Our client is an established marketing technology startup, venture-backed and generating strong revenues.

We are looking for a Senior Director Engineering based in Los Angeles, United States and legally able to work in the US without sponsorship.

This is an opportunity to make a major impact on the continued success of the company, leading a “small but mighty” global team to innovate and scale the marketing platform.

This is a HYBRID role headquartered in Beverly Hills, reporting to the GM based in Tel Aviv, with leadership/staff primarily in the USA, Latin America, and Europe.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute the technical vision and strategy for our marketing platform, aligning engineering efforts with overall business goals.

• Drive innovation in the development of cutting-edge features and functionalities to enhance user engagement and marketing effectiveness.

• Be a thought leader and subject matter expert for new technology related to API development, AI, data management, cloud, etc. AI is fundamental at this stage of the game - what are you doing with it now? what would you like to do?

• Manage and mentor a nearshore & offshore engineering team of up to 12 including two leads and senior staff.

• Oversee the design and architecture of the marketing platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and optimal performance.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new technologies and industry best practices.

• Drive the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from concept to delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality releases.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand market needs, gather feedback, and align engineering efforts accordingly.

• Ensure seamless integration of engineering solutions into the broader business strategy with effective communication and KPIs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical experience

• Recent and relevant industry experience: marketing platforms, advertising technology, or similar cloud-based platforms

• Startup personality: roll up your sleeves, fully dedicated, solutions oriented, low ego, collaborative and inclusive

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a technical leadership capacity, including nearshore/offshore teams

• Thorough understanding of software development methodologies and processes, particularly API development

• Successful in a metrics-driven environment, defining KPIs and measuring against them

• Demonstrated track record of innovation, staying current with developing technology such as AI

• Ability to “roll up sleeves” occasionally along with the dev team

• Familiarity with Agile and project workflow best practices

• Experienced with a wide range of tools in open source, cloud environments: JS, Git, Python, AWS, GCP, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills across all departments

Salary & Benefits:

• Salary plus bonus around $200K plus stock options.

• Attractive health, dental and vision insurance coverage

• 401(k) retirement plan with standard vesting and matching plans

• Unlimited vacation policy

• Flexible work hours and hybrid (headquarters in Los Angeles, CA)

• Casual work environment and fun work culture, though we take the quality of our work very seriously

• Upward mobility to VP or CTO