Director of Engineering

InnovateNow; Harrisonburg (VA); Presencial; USD 165.000 - 242.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

InnovateNow in Harrisonburg, VA seeks a Director of Engineering to lead refactoring efforts, define testing and quality standards, and drive critical incident postmortems. You will own the technical roadmap, partner with teams, and ship timely AWS fixes for local customers.

Ideal candidates show ownership, strategic judgment, and a collaborative approach to scaling a growing platform from its Harrisonburg base.

Formación

• Growth mindset and openness to feedback.
• Director-caliber judgment about when to escape and when to absorb.
• Scrappy problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission.
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities.
• Collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame.

Responsabilidades

• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time.
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early.
• Drive the Change Management incident postmortem to stop outages from recurring.
• Ship AWS fixes to customers in Harrisonburg, VA the same day they report them.
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions.

Conocimientos

Growth mindset

Judgment

Problem solving

Ownership

Collaboration

Descripción del empleo

Some engineers tolerate complexity; the Director of Engineering we want at InnovateNow hunts it down and refactors it out of existence. What you're really weighing is $165,000 - $242,000 against 12 years, with technology ownership and InnovateNow growth tipping the scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Drive the Change Management incident postmortem that stops the Harrisonburg outage from recurring
• Ship AWS fixes to InnovateNow customers in Harrisonburg, VA the same day they report them
• Contribute to sprint planning, estimation, and technology roadmap discussions

What You'll Bring

• A growth mindset that treats feedback as fuel, not threat
• Director-caliber judgment about when to escape and when to absorb
• Scrappy problem-solving that doesn't wait for permission
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame

Trusted by businesses nationwide, InnovateNow operates a detail-loving technology platform from its Harrisonburg base. Feedback flows in every direction, so good ideas reach the table no matter who voices them.

We offer $165,000 - $242,000, performance bonuses, comprehensive insurance, and the freedom to shape how and where you work.