Director of Engineering

Energy Innovation Corp; Rapid City (SD); On-site; USD 146,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexible hours

Job summary

Retail Plus Inc is seeking a Director of Engineering to reduce years of technical debt while delivering measurable improvements. The role emphasizes careful use of Selenium, a lean rewrite approach, and strong leadership to guide a high-performing team in Rapid City, SD.

The position offers a comprehensive compensation package with a salary range and opportunities for mentorship, benefits, and flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience.
• Strong PostgreSQL skills and database tuning.
• Ability to balance rapid delivery with technical debt paydown.

Responsibilities

• Spike a Linux PoC quickly to answer yes/no.
• Keep Linux CI under ten minutes for flow in Rapid City, SD engineers.
• Build customer-focused Linux feature to win back SD accounts Retail Plus Inc lost.
• Pull Selenium telemetry into leadership dashboards.
• Lead design reviews to catch costly mistakes before Rapid City, SD builds them.
• Turn vague tickets into crisp PostgreSQL acceptance criteria.
• Tune queries and schemas for high-throughput Retail Plus Inc workloads.
• Design cross-functional APIs for other Rapid City, SD teams.

Skills

PostgreSQL

Linux

Ambiguity navigation

Ownership

Tools

Selenium

CI

Job description

The Director of Engineering we hire will help Retail Plus Inc pay down years of technical debt without anyone calling it a rewrite, using Selenium sparingly and well. Weigh it however you like the math still lands at $146,000 - $202,000, temporary hours, and a team at Retail Plus Inc worth joining.

Key Responsibilities

• Spike a Linux proof of concept fast when Retail Plus Inc needs a yes-or-no answer
• Keep Retail Plus Inc's Linux CI under ten minutes so Rapid City, SD engineers stay in flow
• Build the customer-obsessed Linux feature that wins back the SD accounts Retail Plus Inc lost
• Pull Selenium telemetry into dashboards Retail Plus Inc leaders actually open
• Lead Communication design reviews that catch the costly mistakes before Rapid City, SD builds them
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable PostgreSQL acceptance criteria
• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Retail Plus Inc workloads
• Design Cross-Functional Collaboration APIs other Rapid City, SD teams will still thank you for next year

What You'll Bring

• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first
• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• 10+ years that left you with strong instincts and few illnesses
• Proven aptitude for PostgreSQL, ideally near Rapid City, SD
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written

Growing steadily over 11 years, Retail Plus Inc now leads feedback-hungry innovation in the technology market. A director title opens doors here, but earning real trust is what keeps them open.

The bottom line: $146,000 - $202,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Director of Engineering role that grows as fast as you do.

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