Director of Engineering — Remote, Scale-Driven Leader

Citadel; Eugene (OR); Remote; USD 179,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible remote work

Paid volunteer days

Clear opportunities for advancement

Job summary

Citadel in Eugene, Oregon seeks a Director of Engineering to lead an experienced team and deliver reliable software at scale. The role prioritizes strong estimation discipline, mentoring, and hands-on technical ownership across .NET Core, Kubernetes, Redis, and GraphQL.

Typically, you’ll own architecture decisions, ensure data integrity, and drive product alignment with business goals while enjoying flexible remote work and clear opportunities for advancement.

Qualifications

• 11+ years of experience behind own estimates.
• Ability to mentor or support director teammates.
• Hands-on problem solving with Kubernetes projects.
• Director-caliber judgment on escalation vs absorption.
• Strong rapport-building and a positive presence.
• Established Eugene network or ability to build one.

Responsibilities

• Question the .NET Core pattern and propose something cleaner.
• Document the Interpersonal Skills system so onboarding is rapid.
• Own data integrity across .NET Core stores to ensure accuracy.
• Wrangle Redis config across environments for staging/production parity.
• Pair with technology analysts to align .NET Core models with real behavior.
• Decide when to buy Interpersonal Skills versus build it for the Eugene stack.

Skills

Leadership mentoring

Problem solving

Estimation & planning

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Kubernetes

Redis

GraphQL

Job description

Citadel in Eugene, Oregon seeks a Director of Engineering to lead an experienced team and deliver reliable software at scale. The role prioritizes strong estimation discipline, mentoring, and hands-on technical ownership across .NET Core, Kubernetes, Redis, and GraphQL.

Typically, you’ll own architecture decisions, ensure data integrity, and drive product alignment with business goals while enjoying flexible remote work and clear opportunities for advancement.