AI-Driven Engineering Director (Remote)

Metro Global Ventures LLC; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Metro Global Ventures LLC is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a twenty-strong engineering team across backend, frontend, and QA. This hands-on, player-coach role combines small-company freedom with stable backing as the business modernizes practices, sharpens execution, and accelerates delivery.

You will own the day-to-day execution, set technical direction, and partner with existing leadership to translate product strategy into actionable roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• 3+ years in engineering leadership.
• Excellent communication skills with non-technical stakeholders.
• Hands-on background with modern web architectures and Java backend.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the engineering team across backend, frontend, and QA.
• Own the overall technical architecture and system design decisions.
• Diagnose bottlenecks and improve delivery through process changes.
• Define product vision and translate into technical roadmaps with leadership.
• Define and maintain a playbook of AI-driven development practices and deploy AI tooling.
• Coordinate sprint planning and delivery across teams.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Software engineering

Backend development

Frontend development

AI tooling

Technical architecture

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

CI/CD tooling

AI tooling platforms

Job description

Metro Global Ventures LLC is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a twenty-strong engineering team across backend, frontend, and QA. This hands-on, player-coach role combines small-company freedom with stable backing as the business modernizes practices, sharpens execution, and accelerates delivery.

You will own the day-to-day execution, set technical direction, and partner with existing leadership to translate product strategy into actionable roadmaps.