Director of Engineering, Network for Good/Salsa

Bonterra

6d•$170,000 - $210,000

About The Position

As a Director of Engineering you will serve as both a hands-on technical contributor and a leader for a globally distributed team with members in India and the US supporting the Network for Good and Salsa products. This role centers on three key responsibilities: Product Stewardship, Technical Leadership, and Performance Management. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure we’re building the right things, the right way, while also ensuring our engineering team is high-performing and aligned to company goals. The perfect candidate for this role will be someone who is ready and excited to lead on AI adoption both externally and internally. We want someone who can assess our clients needs and identify ways to utilize AI to address them. That person should also excel at identifying workflows within their organization that would benefit from a newer more modern approach. The tech stack for these products include Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Java, and MySQL; all of which are hosted within AWS. We are seeking someone who can both lead by example in this environment and elevate the performance of the entire team.

Requirements

Proven experience as a technical lead, engineering manager, or player/coach working with distributed teams.
Experience balancing AI/ML initiatives with traditional software development
Strong technical expertise in AWS and either Ruby/Postgres or Java/MySQL .
Track record of partnering with product and business teams to deliver customer-centric solutions.
Ability to balance hands-on engineering with team leadership and oversight.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across multicultural and distributed environments.
Solid understanding of Agile development and CI/CD best practices.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on experience shipping AI/ML features that directly improved user experience or business outcomes.
Prior experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.
Demonstrated success driving both technical delivery and people management.
Passion for combining product thinking with technical excellence.

Responsibilities

Product Stewardship
Partner with Product Management, Customer Support, and Sales to translate customer needs into actionable engineering priorities.
Identify opportunities for integrating AI into product functionality.
Contribute to product roadmap and backlog refinement by bringing engineering perspective into business discussions.
Ensure clarity of requirements for the engineering team and validate that deliverables align with customer and business needs.
End-to-end ownership and accountability for outcomes in collaboration with stakeholders
Technical Leadership
Collaborate with product SMEs to define technical solutions, system design, and architecture.
Serve as an exemplar for AI-adoption in the performance of day-to-day work.
Provide hands-on contributions to the code base to set a quality bar, and enforce it through rigorous code review.
Establish and reinforce engineering best practices, coding standards, and scalable approaches.
Guide the team through technical trade-offs to ensure solutions are efficient, maintainable, and secure.
Performance Management
Manage a team of 10+ globally distributed engineers, ensuring productivity and accountability.
Conduct performance reviews, provide regular feedback, and drive professional development.
Set clear expectations, monitor delivery progress, and proactively address performance issues.
Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports your health, well-being and growth - explore full details here.
Compensation and benefits for this role apply to full-time employees in the United States and may vary based on local standards, laws and norms.
Pay is determined by location, skills, experience, and education, and is one part of Bonterra’s total rewards package, which may also include bonuses, incentives, equity, and a comprehensive benefits program.

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