Director, Engineering - Corporate Giving

Bonterra•Remote-US-Texas, TX

7d•$140,000 - $190,000•Remote

About The Position

Bonterra is seeking a purpose-driven engineering leader to join their team as the Director of Engineering for Corporate Giving. This role is responsible for leading the engineering organization that powers Bonterra's corporate and workplace giving solutions at an enterprise scale. The position involves building and shaping the engineering team, owning the product roadmap for Deed (employee and workplace giving), and leading the migration of a legacy disbursement platform to a modern, standalone service. The role requires ensuring SOC 2 compliance and delivering for enterprise clients who rely on these systems. This is a strategic role focused on building an organization, making foundational architectural decisions, and partnering with product and clients on a roadmap supporting significant annual disbursements.

Requirements

12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership, with demonstrated experience at Director level or equivalent.
Track record of building and scaling multi-team engineering organizations—not just managing a team, but growing one from early-stage.
Experience owning or co-owning a product roadmap alongside product leadership.
Deep technical credibility: able to evaluate architectural decisions, set credible non-functional requirements, and challenge technical proposals meaningfully.
Familiarity with TypeScript/Node.js and AWS serverless infrastructure; comfortable evaluating modern cloud-native architectures.
Experience with compliance programs at scale (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, or equivalent).
AI-first mindset: actively uses AI coding tools, champions spec-driven development, and coaches engineers to work effectively with AI-generated output.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with enterprise clients, senior leadership, and ICs.
Passion for empowering the social good sector through technology.

Nice To Haves

Experience with employee giving, workplace giving, grant management, or disbursement processing.
Experience leading platform modernization — moving a production system forward while keeping it stable and compliant.
Background in mission-driven, nonprofit, or social impact technology.

Responsibilities

Build and lead the Corporate Giving engineering organization, scaling from an early-stage team to a fully staffed, high-performing domain.
Recruit, develop, and retain engineering talent across IC levels; build management depth as the domain grows.
Coach engineers and leads on spec-driven development and AI-assisted delivery practices; hold the organization accountable for applying them consistently.
Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.
Contribute directly to technical work—architecture reviews, design decisions, and hands-on engagement with the codebase at a minimum of 25% of your time.
Own the technical direction for Corporate Giving: Deed, Bonterra Grants, the legacy disbursement platform, and the new standalone disbursement service.
Own Deed's product roadmap in partnership with Product leadership—not just engineering delivery, but the product vision and prioritization for employee and workplace giving.
Lead the migration from the legacy disbursement platform to the new standalone disbursement service, ensuring continuity for enterprise clients throughout.
Ensure systems meet SOC 2 compliance requirements; work with InfoSec and GRC on ongoing compliance posture and audit readiness.
Maintain the technical depth needed to evaluate architectural decisions, set credible non-functional requirements, and earn the confidence of senior engineers.
Own delivery outcomes across the domain: set clear goals, establish metrics, and ensure commitments are met.
Coordinate inter-team dependencies with Online Contribution & Forms and Payments Platform.
Anticipate and remove process friction at organizational scale—structural bottlenecks, dependency issues, and workflow inefficiencies that constrain delivery.
Partner with Product, Customer Success, and enterprise clients on Corporate Giving roadmap direction and prioritization.
Work with InfoSec on access controls, SOC 2 requirements, and audit preparation.
Collaborate with the VP of Engineering and peer Directors on org-wide engineering standards and delivery model evolution.