Director of Engineering

Filetwigbay; Atlantic City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 179,000 - 259,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Clear career ladder

Flexible remote days

Benefits package

Job summary

NYU Langone in Atlantic City, NJ seeks a Director of Engineering to own latency budgets and MongoDB-driven tooling, guiding a remote-friendly team. You will lead complex data workflows, optimize production reliability, and influence architecture decisions in a fast-moving environment.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in tech leadership, strong Next.js judgment, and a proven track record delivering in remote structures. Flexible remote days are supported.

Qualifications

• 10+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts.
• Practical command of Creativity, with bonus points for Next.js.
• A wildly-collaborative bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait.
• At least 10 years of standing behind your own estimates.
• Proven Next.js judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit.
• A track record of growth-minded delivery in a remote structure.

Responsibilities

• Build the MongoDB tooling that makes every other Atlantic City engineer faster.
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for hands-dirty production environments.
• Stitch PHP events into the Next.js pipeline feeding NYU Langone's technology reports.
• Map data flow across NYU Langone's PHP services and spot the leaks.
• Harden NYU Langone's Continuous Learning auth so the NJ audit comes back clean.

Skills

Creativity

Leadership

Collaboration

Estimation discipline

Remote collaboration

Tools

MongoDB

Next.js

Job description

We're hiring a Director of Engineering who treats latency budgets like personal grudges and MongoDB like a second language. What lands on the table: 10-plus years behind you, $179,000 - $259,000 for it, and a runway at NYU Langone that keeps climbing.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the MongoDB tooling that makes every other Atlantic City engineer faster
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for hands-dirty production environments
• Stitch PHP events into the Next.js pipeline feeding NYU Langone's technology reports
• Map data flow across NYU Langone's PHP services and spot the leaks
• Harden NYU Langone's Continuous Learning auth so the NJ audit comes back clean

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
• Practical command of Creativity, with bonus points for Next.js
• A wildly-collaborative bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• At least 10 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Proven Next.js judgment when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• A track record of growth-minded delivery in a remote structure

NYU Langone treats Atlantic City, NJ as both home and laboratory, prototyping feedback-driven technology ideas no larger rival would risk. Autonomy here comes with a partner: ask for help the moment you're stuck on MongoDB.

The $179,000 - $259,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible remote days you can plan around.

The Atlantic City, NJ office is bringing people on this season, and this is one of those roles.