Job Description
Team: IT
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Director, Engineering in United States.
This is a high-impact engineering leadership role focused on driving large-scale transformation for a flagship SaaS platform at the intersection of tax, compliance, and AI-driven innovation. You will lead complex engineering organizations responsible for modernizing legacy systems, scaling cloud-native architectures, and embedding AI capabilities into core product experiences. The role combines strategic vision with deep technical leadership, requiring you to influence product direction while ensuring engineering excellence across a high-growth, revenue-generating platform. You will partner closely with product, data, and executive leadership teams to define long-term architecture and innovation strategy. This is a highly visible role where your decisions will directly shape platform scalability, customer experience, and future product differentiation. You will also play a key role in building a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous technical evolution within a fast-moving SaaS environment.
Accountabilities:
- Lead and scale engineering teams responsible for a large, revenue-generating SaaS platform with a focus on modernization and long-term scalability.
- Drive multi-year platform transformation initiatives, including re-architecture, replatforming, and migration toward modern cloud-based and microservices-based systems.
- Own the technical roadmap for the product, ensuring alignment with business objectives, customer needs, and enterprise-scale performance requirements.
- Integrate AI capabilities into core product functionality in collaboration with product managers, data scientists, and cross-functional partners.
- Provide strategic technical leadership and guidance to executive stakeholders on engineering investments, system design, and innovation priorities.
- Establish engineering best practices, ensuring high standards for reliability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Build and mentor high-performing engineering teams, fostering a culture of ownership, execution excellence, and continuous improvement.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, and business teams to ensure successful delivery of strategic initiatives.
- Champion engineering innovation, including adoption of AI tools and modern development practices to improve efficiency and product outcomes.
- Proven experience leading engineering organizations responsible for large-scale SaaS products, ideally $50M+ in revenue or similar enterprise scale.
- Strong technical background in software engineering, architecture, and distributed systems, with the ability to engage deeply in technical discussions.
- Experience leading platform modernization initiatives, including replatforming, scalability improvements, and cloud-native transformations.
- Demonstrated success integrating AI, machine learning, or advanced data-driven capabilities into production-grade software products.
- Strong leadership experience building, scaling, and mentoring high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced environments.
- Ability to translate business strategy into technical execution plans and long-term architectural vision.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence executive leadership, product teams, and technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Strong strategic thinking combined with hands-on engineering judgment and problem-solving ability.
- Experience working in high-growth, high-visibility SaaS environments is highly preferred.
- Competitive total compensation package including base salary, performance bonuses, and eligibility for additional incentives.
- Paid time off and comprehensive parental leave policies.
- Private medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage depending on location.
- Life and disability insurance benefits.
- Inclusive workplace culture with strong emphasis on diversity, equity, and employee resource groups.
- Flexible work environment supporting remote collaboration.
- Opportunity to lead AI-first product innovation at enterprise scale.
- Career growth within a fast-scaling global SaaS organization.
- Employee wellness and professional development support programs.
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Date Posted
05/07/2026
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