Director of Technology
About The Position
FlyUSA is scaling at 50 to 75 percent annual growth and building a national private aviation platform. Technology is not a support function here. It is core infrastructure. Position Summary: We are seeking a hands on Director of Technology to architect, scale, and strengthen the systems that power maintenance, flight operations, finance, mobile experiences, and executive decision making. This is a player coach role. You will lead development, own infrastructure, manage vendors, and turn executive vision into scalable systems. If you want to build, not maintain, this is that opportunity.
Requirements
- A senior engineering leader ready to build something meaningful.
- Or a strong Head of Engineering or Senior Engineering Manager ready for Director level ownership.
- Comfortable being both architect and execution leader.
- Experienced scaling internal platforms in high growth companies.
- Strong in cloud infrastructure including AWS and Azure.
- Experienced integrating internal systems with commercial off the shelf software.
- Decisive and accountable.
- Calm under growth pressure.
Nice To Haves
- No aviation experience required.
- No certifications required.
Responsibilities
- Directly manage three in house remote developers.
- Transition away from external development firm support.
- Establish engineering cadence, code standards, and documentation discipline.
- Lead ongoing development of our headless architecture built on Directus, Supabase, and n8n.
- Own architectural decisions and review code when necessary.
- Drive API integrations across operational systems including Corridor, CAMP, and JetInsight.
- Oversee continued development and enhancement of FlyUSA mobile applications.
- Make build versus buy decisions with executive alignment.
- Own cloud architecture across AWS and Azure.
- Ensure scalability to support rapid revenue and operational growth.
- Oversee uptime, performance, and cost optimization.
- Manage MSP relationship with accountability and performance standards.
- Strengthen cybersecurity posture.
- Implement disaster recovery and business continuity strategy.
- Develop scalable data governance practices.
- Convert executive roadmap into delivery plans.
- Prioritize and ship meaningful improvements quarterly.
- Improve automation across maintenance and flight operations.
- Prepare systems for acquisition integration.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and solve them with technology.
Benefits
- Optional Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
- Disability insurance (short and long term).
- 401(k) with company match after 3 months of employment.
- Hybrid working environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
