Senior Director, Engineering

Affinity.co•New York City, NY

14d•$250,000 - $300,000

About The Position

Join Affinity as we redefine how professionals manage and leverage their networks, transforming relationships into meaningful opportunities. You'll be part of a team focused on improving our core product and platform, making relationship intelligence indispensable through advanced data analytics. With our growing user base and expansion into new markets, we're more committed than ever to delivering relationship intelligence to professionals everywhere. Your role and impact: As the Sr. Director of Engineering at Affinity, you will report to the CTO and lead the development of our innovative CRM product. Your strategic vision will ensure we build strong foundations that drive outstanding customer outcomes.

Requirements

B2B SaaS enterprise company experience, with a proven track record leading engineering within complex, customer-focused product environments.
8+ years of experience building scalable web applications with large volumes of data and rich visualizations.
8+ years in an engineering leadership role, with experience leading multiple teams through managers and team leads.
You’re excited about practical applications of AI, both to enhance productivity internally, and to delight your customers.
Experience developing, coaching and managing engineering leaders, such as Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers.
Care personally about the people you work with, and about helping them to grow and develop in their careers, while also challenging them when necessary.
You build talent density on your teams, from recruiting to investing in the growth of your team members.
Balance thoughtfully between short-term business priorities and long-term investment and strategy.
Take pride in delivering an exceptionally high-quality product, ensuring outstanding functionality, while maintaining the platform’s overall performance and reliability.
You're excited to work collaboratively within engineering and across functional teams.
Articulate, confident, and persuasive communication skills, coupled with the ability to listen and represent diverse perspectives.

Responsibilities

Shape Product Roadmap: Collaborate with product and design leaders to establish a compelling future vision for our product, crafting a strategic roadmap that seamlessly integrates product, design, and engineering.
Lead Engineering Execution: Lead engineering execution, ensuring quality software and a delightful user experience through continuous, iterative development practices, while driving initiatives to refine our overall development approach and delivery processes.
Develop Teams: Guide and develop a high-performing team through leadership, coaching, and mentoring, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement while ensuring inclusive development opportunities for all team members.
Craft Technical Strategy: Drive and execute toward a technical strategy that aligns with Affinity’s business and product needs, focusing on delivering high quality, great usability, and fast performance across applications and APIs.

Benefits

We live our values: As owners, we take pride in everything we do. We embrace a growth mindset, engage in respectful candor, act as playmakers, and "taste the soup" by diving deep into experiences to create the best outcomes for our colleagues and clients.
Health Benefits: We cover your medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums with comprehensive PPO, HDHP and HMO options (in CA), and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being.
Retirement Planning: We offer a 401(k) plan to help you plan for your future.
Learning & Development: We provide an annual education budget and a comprehensive L&D program.
Wellness Support: We reimburse monthly for things like home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment to support your overall health and happiness.
Team Connection: Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected, because building strong relationships is key to success.

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