Director of Engineering

Citadel; Eugene (OR); Remote; USD 179,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Paid volunteer days

Clear opportunities for advancement

Job summary

Citadel in Eugene, Oregon seeks a Director of Engineering to lead an experienced team and deliver reliable software at scale. The role prioritizes strong estimation discipline, mentoring, and hands-on technical ownership across .NET Core, Kubernetes, Redis, and GraphQL.

Typically, you’ll own architecture decisions, ensure data integrity, and drive product alignment with business goals while enjoying flexible remote work and clear opportunities for advancement.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of experience behind own estimates.
• Ability to mentor or support director teammates.
• Hands-on problem solving with Kubernetes projects.
• Director-caliber judgment on escalation vs absorption.
• Strong rapport-building and a positive presence.
• Established Eugene network or ability to build one.

Responsibilities

• Question the .NET Core pattern and propose something cleaner.
• Document the Interpersonal Skills system so onboarding is rapid.
• Own data integrity across .NET Core stores to ensure accuracy.
• Wrangle Redis config across environments for staging/production parity.
• Pair with technology analysts to align .NET Core models with real behavior.
• Decide when to buy Interpersonal Skills versus build it for the Eugene stack.

Skills

Leadership mentoring

Problem solving

Estimation & planning

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Redis

GraphQL

Job description

If shipping reliable software at scale excites you, our Director of Engineering opening in Eugene, OR is worth a serious look. The $179,000 - $250,000 is the floor, not the ceiling; with 10 years and technology ownership, this Citadel role keeps rising.

Key Responsibilities

• Question the warm-yet-rigorous .NET Core pattern everyone copied and propose something cleaner
• Document the Interpersonal Skills system so the next director engineer onboards in days, not weeks
• Own data integrity across Citadel's .NET Core stores so Eugene numbers never lie
• Wrangle Redis config across environments so Eugene staging mirrors production
• Pair with technology analysts so Citadel's .NET Core models match real behavior
• Decide when to buy Interpersonal Skills versus build it for Citadel's Eugene, OR stack

What You'll Bring

• At least 11 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support director teammates
• Hands-on familiarity with Problem Solving, sharpened by Kubernetes side projects
• Director-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• An Eugene network, or the hustle to build one from scratch

Citadel is a proudly-imperfect team based in Eugene, OR, building products that customers rely on every day. New hires ship something real in week one, because we'd rather you learn by doing.

We combine $179,000 - $250,000 with flexible remote work, paid volunteer days, and clear opportunities for advancement.

Right now, today, this seat at Citadel is genuinely empty and waiting.

Whether GraphQL or Prioritization is your strong suit, this Director of Engineering seat has room for both.