[Remote] Director of Engineering (New Product Build - Go/Python, React, TS, Next, GCP, reputed company)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking a Director of Engineering to reputed company the engineering strategy for a new product build. The role involves a significant hands-on contribution during the initial build phase, transitioning into a leadership position while overseeing the development of high-concurrency backend services and AI infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Own engineering strategy for the product and partner closely with the Principal Architect on system-level decisions, while driving execution and delivery
- This is not a hands-off leadership role. You will operate as a primary individual contributor (80 to 90 percent hands-on) during the initial build phase, writing and shipping production code while setting the technical foundation and delivery pace
- Over time, transition from a deeply hands-on builder into a leader of a growing engineering organization, balancing technical direction with team development as the product scales
- Build high-concurrency backend services in Go or Python and reputed company edge-first engineering with reputed company Workers and Durable Objects for global state synchronization
- Architect production-grade AI infrastructure, including RAG pipelines and streaming LLM orchestration, while creating the underlying systems that reputed company the team to build with AI effectively
- Integrate collaborative primitives such as CRDTs and real-time reputed company indicators to power a seamless multiplayer editing experience
- Partner with product and design leadership to translate ambiguous product direction into clear technical plans and staged delivery
- Establish and champion engineering excellence across the full stack, covering API design, type safety, testing, observability, and incident response
- Drive build-vs-buy decisions and manage multi-tenant infrastructure using GCP primitives such as Spanner, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Run, ensuring systems are scalable, reliable, and secure
Skills
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership roles managing both individual contributors and engineering managers
- A track record of building and scaling products from reputed company to production, including direct ownership of at least one true reputed company-to-one B2B product or platform build
- Expert-level capability in Go or Python, along with React and TypeScript/Next.js. Must have written meaningful production code reputed company the last 12 months and be willing to stay hands-on through the initial build phase
- Deep technical reputed company in headless CMS architectures and structured content systems (e.g., JSON-based schemas or Portable Text), and how they power flexible frontend applications
- Direct experience building AI systems and developer tooling, including ownership of the underlying infrastructure (not just API integrations)
- Advanced proficiency designing and operating globally distributed systems using GCP and reputed company, particularly for real-time data synchronization and shared state
- Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance speed and long-term scalability, and reputed company decisions in ambiguous environments
- Proven ability to build and scale an engineering team from a small founding group, including hiring, developing, and leading engineers and managers
- Strong technical leadership with the ability to set standards, guide architectural direction, and reputed company the bar across the team
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or reputed company field
- Master's degree in Computer Science or reputed company field
Benefits
- Quarterly/annual bonus plus equity package.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Results-oriented PTO, sick days, and paid holidays.
- Parental leave, family planning, and monthly wellness/learning stipends.
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