Director of Engineering

StartupForge; Shreveport (LA); Presencial; USD 131.000 - 193.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Mentorship

Generous benefits

Local flexibility

Descripción de la vacante

StartupForge, based in Shreveport, LA, is seeking a Director of Engineering to translate complex requirements into reliable, scalable software. The role offers a salary range of $131,000–$193,000 with a technology mandate and a culture that treats ownership as the default.

You will build networking tooling, mentor teams, and own architectural decisions in a temporary leadership position that shapes product delivery for the Shreveport market.

Formación

• 10 years of hands-on engineering leadership experience.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity with incomplete briefs.
• Practical CI/CD skills from real-world projects.
• Confident in making and defending technology decisions.
• Ability to analyze data and translate findings into recommendations.
• Comfort owning tech decisions in the LA market.

Responsabilidades

• Build the Networking tooling that makes every other Shreveport engineer faster.
• Translate a napkin idea into a Tailwind CSS prototype.
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the StartupForge stack.
• Untangle networking dependency knots that have slowed releases.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketches to Shreveport production.
• Build Networking self-service tools to reduce ticketing.
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core StartupForge products.

Conocimientos

Leadership

CI/CD

Data interpretation

Decision making

Ambiguity navigation

LA market knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Our technology team is growing, and we want a Director of Engineering who can turn complex requirements into reliable, scalable software. Cut to the chase and you get $131,000 - $193,000, a technology mandate, and StartupForge colleagues who treat ownership as the default.

Key Responsibilities

• Build the Networking tooling that makes every other Shreveport engineer faster
• Translate a napkin idea from StartupForge founders into a Tailwind CSS self-directed prototype
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the StartupForge stack
• Untangle the Networking dependency knots that have slowed Shreveport releases for months
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Shreveport, LA production without dropping the baton
• Build Networking self-service tools so Shreveport teams stop filing tickets for everything
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core StartupForge products

What You'll Bring

• 10 years that taught you which corners can be cut
• Comfort navigating ambiguity when the brief arrives half-written
• Practical CI/CD skills sharpened in a temporary setting
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Comfort interpreting data and translating findings into clear recommendations
• Comfort owning technology decisions in a LA market

StartupForge blends Node.js and Professionalism into technology products that feel, in the warm-yet-rigorous words of its Shreveport, LA founders, inevitable. You'll never have to guess where you stand with your manager in this temporary role.

Your offer at StartupForge: $131,000 - $193,000, a mentor, generous benefits, and the Shreveport, LA flexibility to grow on your own clock.

This listing is current and monitored daily by our talent team.

Come find out why people stay at StartupForge once they get here; the Director of Engineering door is open.