Director of Engineering

Roberts Recruiting, LLC; Quincy (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology recruiting firm in Quincy, Massachusetts is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead teams in delivering high-quality software. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in engineering management, solid understanding of scaling technology companies, and the ability to inspire and develop technical talent. This role emphasizes accountability, innovation, and a metrics-driven approach.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of experience in engineering management or relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of consumer internet products and platforms.
• Strong emphasis on managing change and performance.

Responsibilities

• Keep engineering teams productive and engineers happy.
• Ensure we ship high-quality code.
• Actively build a culture of technical excellence and innovation.

Skills

Engineering management

Scaling technology companies

Team accountability

Technical pedigree

Metrics driven management

Tools

Java

AWS

Angular

Terraform

Kubernetes

MySQL

MongoDB

PHP

Job description

Required Skills

• Five or more years of experience in engineering management or other relevant experience.
• Solid understanding of scaling technology companies, consumer internet products and platforms.
• Know how to hold a team accountable for predictable and speedy delivery of high‑quality software.
• Enjoy catalyzing team members’ potential and helping them develop professionally.
• Do you welcome change? We certainly do, and we have a lot of it, regularly. You have to be able to manage change and people (relationships, perceptions, attitudes). Yes, performance management is also on your plate.
• Strong Technical Pedigree – should have prior experience building and/or leading cutting‑edge products.
• Strong emphasis towards Non‑Functional Requirements.

Plus

• Relatively recent experience as an engineer. Ideally, still remember how to write code. In a perfect world can differentiate good code from bad code.
• Have had broad technical exposure and ability to dig deep on specific projects as needed.
• Experience working at a product company.
• Working collaboratively across teams, ideally in a distributed organization in different time zones.
• Metrics driven management.

Duties

• Keep engineering teams productive and engineers happy.
• Ensure we ship high‑quality code.
• Responsible for building teams.
• Actively building a culture of technical excellence and innovation.
• Inspire, retain, and develop technical talent.
• Keep our people engaged, energized, and having fun.

Technology Stack

• Java based Microservices
• AWS Infrastructure with Cloud first and mobile first strategy
• Angular, iOS, Android based frontend
• Terraform, K8S
• MySQL, Mongo
• PHP