Engineering Director, Amsterdam — Global SaaS Leader

Brivo; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Diverse team

23 paid holidays

Travel compensation

Company equipment

Pension plan

Company events

Job summary

Brivo is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our Amsterdam office, guiding multiple teams in designing and delivering SaaS products. This role emphasizes strategy, people leadership, and maintaining a strong, empathetic culture across the department.

You will manage projects from design through testing, providing decisive technical direction and acting as the primary escalation point for technical challenges.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years in a technical leadership role, and 10+ years developing production SaaS code for mission critical services.
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to be highly decisive on technical and architectural decisions.
• Exceptional people management skills with a focus on empathy, adding organizational structure, and fostering a supportive culture.
• Ability to drive a culture of quality, personal accountability, and strong relationships with internal and external colleagues and clients.
• Experience with Agile & DevOps principles, and AI-driven SDLC.
• Preferred experience with large connected devices and distributed systems.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science and/or Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Direct and oversee software engineering activities in the development, release, and maintenance of full-stack SaaS applications in hosted environments.
• Manage project goals, contribute to product strategy, and provide technical leadership for multiple development teams
• Maintain and nurture a positive, empathetic culture by deeply caring for your people, organizing team-building activities, and keeping a solutions-oriented mindset
• Act as the primary escalation point for the Amsterdam team, rapidly unblocking technical issues and making critical, decisive technical choices.
• Manage team performance proactively, addressing technical gaps, overseeing resource allocation, and implementing necessary corrections to ensure high throughput and optimal quality.
• Effectively collaborate with and lead a globally distributed team of both full-time employees (FTEs) and contractors, ensuring strong alignment across overlapping US and international time zones.
• Recruit, manage, train and mentor your staff to be the best that they can be
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop business and user requirements
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and architectural decisions, ensuring strong alignment across teams in overlapping time zones.

Skills

Leadership

Agile & DevOps

SaaS Architecture

Distributed Systems

Mentoring

Hiring

Team Building

Full-Stack Development

Technical Decision Making

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Cloud platforms

Job description

Brivo is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our Amsterdam office, guiding multiple teams in designing and delivering SaaS products. This role emphasizes strategy, people leadership, and maintaining a strong, empathetic culture across the department.

You will manage projects from design through testing, providing decisive technical direction and acting as the primary escalation point for technical challenges.