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.
Company Culture: Magnite's culture is rooted in collaboration and connection, recognizing that both are essential to success. Our hybrid schedule includes two remote workdays (Monday and Friday) and three in-office days (Tuesday through Thursday), where employees can take advantage of catered lunches, beverages, snacks, training opportunities, and engaging office events that enhance the work experience. In addition, we support our team through meaningful benefits and programs, including community service and volunteer opportunities, company-matched charitable contributions, access to mental health resources, structured career development initiatives and growth frameworks, culture and inclusion programs, and our Bonusly peer-to-peer recognition platform.
Recruiting Agency NoticeMagnite does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
