Director of Engineering

Financial Advantage; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 179,000 - 269,000; Part time

Job summary

Financial Advantage in Longmont, CO is seeking a freelance Director of Engineering to own delivery and architecture. The role emphasizes leadership and hands-on work on scalable systems and data pipelines.

Expect to automate Nginx tasks, replace flaky Kafka with Elasticsearch, and connect Growth Mindset APIs to Kafka. A 10-year track record and strong estimate discipline are stated expectations for this senior role.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technology leadership and delivery.
• Proven track record estimating project timelines.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on familiarity with Growth Mindset and Nginx.

Responsibilities

• Automate the manual Nginx chores that quietly drain Longmont, CO engineering hours
• Replace the brittle Kafka hack with an Elasticsearch solution that survives Longmont scale
• Pull Financial Advantage's Elasticsearch stack out of the CO region before the migration deadline
• Trace a technology number back through Growth Mindset services until it finally adds up
• Wire Growth Mindset APIs to Kafka consumers so data lands where Longmont teams expect it
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Longmont, CO production without dropping the baton
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Financial Advantage's growing user base

Skills

Leadership

Growth Mindset

Estimation discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Nginx

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

This freelance Director of Engineering role at Financial Advantage suits the engineer who reads the changelog before upgrading and the docs before asking. What anchors this Longmont job is ownership; the $179,000 - $269,000, the freelance hours, the 10-year ask all hang off that.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate the manual Nginx chores that quietly drain Longmont, CO engineering hours
• Replace the brittle Kafka hack with an Elasticsearch solution that survives Longmont scale
• Pull Financial Advantage's Elasticsearch stack out of the CO region before the migration deadline
• Trace a technology number back through Growth Mindset services until it finally adds up
• Wire Growth Mindset APIs to Kafka consumers so data lands where Longmont teams expect it
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Longmont, CO production without dropping the baton
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Financial Advantage's growing user base

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
• At least 10 years of standing behind your own estimates
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Hands-on familiarity with Growth Mindset, sharpened by Nginx side projects

As an oddball-friendly leader in technology, Financial Advantage draws top talent to its Longmont, CO headquarters. The door to every manager at Financial Advantage is genuinely open, calendar permitting and politics aside.

We pair $179,000 - $269,000 with a seasoned mentor, so your Growth Mindset sharpens fast while the benefits quietly take care of everything else.

Hiring is open and ongoing for this freelance position in Longmont.