Director, EngineeringNew York City, NYBoston, MABuffalo, NYEast Coast RemoteIn this role you will:- Leadership
- Have full responsibility for multiple engineering teams including ownership of software development and delivery, SDLC, software quality, and people management
- Own alignment of teams to business and strategic goals
- Continue to build and develop your teams to meet the future needs of the organization
- Perform resource forecasting and planning to meet product release plans
- Handle management and governance of incidents, problems, and changes including escalations, meeting SLAs, and driving best practice across teams
- Conduct performance reviews & appraisals
- Mentor engineers and leaders within your department
- Teams & People
- Inspire a team and motivate people around a shared vision
- Have excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills
- Work closely with Tech Lead(s) to develop and grow team members
- Manage, focus and ensure team execution and delivery
- Provide team/project status and metrics
- Communication & Collaboration
- Be a central point of contact for key stakeholders across the business, including planning, prioritization, and estimation to ensure business needs are met
- Cascade communication - foster and ensure relevant communication of information necessary to teams
- Provide external communication about team execution and delivery status and metrics
- Be the primary liaison with Product / Product Owners and other stakeholders
We're looking for someone with:- 8+ years of software development experience, 5 years of which should be at Senior Engineering Manager level
- Experience working in a fast-paced, agile environment
- Experience leading teams with engineering practices including DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing and infrastructure as code
- Hands on experience with large scale, low latency, high performance distributed applications
- Experience with Hadoop, Kafka, Scylla, Cassandra or other scale data-based technologies
- Experience with Rust, Go, Spark or other similar technologies
- Experience working with distributed teams across multiple time zones
Our current tech stack:- Golang, Rust, Java / Spring Boot
- ECS, Fargate, Kubernetes
- Spark
- Docker
- ALB, HAProxy
- RDS, MariaDB, Postgres
- Redis, Memcache
- Kafka, SNS, SQS
- RESTful API
- Microservice architectures
- Terraform, Github Actions, Jenkins
- JavaScript / TypeScript / React
- Linux (both on-premise and AWS)
In NY, the base salary range for this role is $230,000 - $250,000.
Actual compensation will be determined based on location, experience, skills, and internal equity.
This role is also eligible for:
- Annual performance-based bonus
- Equity (NASDAQ: MGNI)
- Comprehensive benefits package
During the interview process, candidates will receive more specific information about the salary range applicable to their experience and location.
Perks and Benefits: - Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage from Day One
- Generous Time Off
- Holiday Breaks and Quarterly Wellness Days
- Equity and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Family-Focused Benefits and Parental Leave
- 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Match
- Disability and Life Insurance
- Cell Phone Subsidy
- Monthly Fitness and Reimbursement
Career Growth:We support internal mobility, skill development, and leadership pathways through structured career frameworks and learning programs.
