Director of Engineering, Product Engineering

Everlaw • Oakland, CA

26d • $241,000 - $305,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

In this role as ‘Director of Engineering, Product Engineering’, you will guide the building of Everlaw's product offerings and lead the team responsible for delivering on our ambitious, full-stack product roadmap. You will work closely with our Product Management, Design, and Platform Engineering leads to set direction, communicate the product vision and roadmap, manage resourcing, and drive execution for the features we ship to customers. You will also collaborate with our Engineering Operations team to improve processes to help with goal setting, empowerment and execution across Everlaw Engineering.
Engineering is the backbone of the Everlaw Platform. We build features and functionality into the product and ensure its smooth functioning. We also provide data and insights to the rest of Everlaw. At our core, we like to build and enjoy the creative process of building software that is smart, that works well, that scales well, and that is reliable and secure. We do this by supporting and empowering our team members to do their best work, by tackling challenging and complex engineering problems and by nurturing and supporting each team member through mentoring, coaching, and comprehensive feedback.
Everlaw’s mission is to promote justice by illuminating truth. Our company culture is open and vibrant and we’re committed to the professional growth of our team members, offering an annual learning and development stipend and regular check-ins with managers regarding career goals. If you’re looking for a place that values passion, integrity, thinking big, and a desire to learn, we’d love to hear from you! Think you’re missing some of the skills and are hesitant to apply? We do not believe in the ‘perfect’ candidate and encourage you to apply if you feel you can bring value to our team.
This is a full-time position based in our Oakland, California office with a hybrid work schedule: in office M/W/Th with the option to work from home Tu/Fr.
Getting started
We want you to feel like part of the team early on! Our onboarding process will integrate you into the company with informative sessions on our product, policies, processes, and team structure and goals. [And you’ll spend meaningful time getting to know your direct reports and discover what excites and challenges them.]
We’re excited for you to learn, grow, and contribute right away! We trust that you’ll bring experience and knowledge that will uplift and uplevel the team, but we don’t expect you to know everything on Day 1.

Requirements

• You have at least 4 years of experience managing and leading senior engineers. You have experience managing the technical workstreams of software engineers and supporting them in execution.
• You have at least 2 years of experience managing and leading managers - coaching and mentoring them on talent management, strategic planning and execution. You have experience managing platform engineering teams.
• You have experience managing product engineering and/or full-stack teams.
• You have at least 5 years of experience as a Software engineer with full stack web technologies and building applications and/or distributed systems.
• You have experience working with stakeholder teams (internal and/or external) communicating and collaborating on topics related to product and application infrastructure.
• BS/MS or PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent).
• You have a sound understanding of a wide range of computer science topics and concerns relating to system and software design.
• You are authorized to work in the United States. Please note that currently, Everlaw is not sponsoring employment visas.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and empower your managers to cultivate high-performing teams, fostering a culture of continuous feedback and professional growth to ensure successful project delivery and career development.
• Use your technical knowledge to align stakeholders across Engineering and Product on the ideal path forward on complex technical decisions and roadmap decisions.
• Strategize, prioritize, resource, and execute against features by collaborating closely with your Engineering, Product and Design counterparts.
• Work with Engineering Operations, cross-functional teams, team members and managers to improve various processes that affect infrastructure growth, support, alignment, collaboration, and accountability.
• Critically observe and understand Everlaw’s Product, platform, tooling and processes.

Benefits

• Equity program
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• Health, dental, and vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts for health and dependent care expenses
• Paid parental leave and approximately 10 days (80 hours) per year of sick leave
• Seventeen paid vacation days plus 11 federal holidays
• Membership to Modern Health to help employees prioritize mental health and wellness
• Annual allocation for Learning & Development opportunities and applicable professional membership dues
• Company-sponsored life and disability insurance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees