Director of Engineering: Scale & Impact

Egreenservices; Waipahu (HI); On-site; USD 237,000 - 343,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

Media Plus LLC in Waipahu, Hawaii is seeking a Director of Engineering who prioritizes critical thinking and scalable software delivery. You will ensure backward compatibility for Rails schemas, write clean code, and lead a team to ship high‑impact features while optimizing costs and infrastructure.

The role demands 11+ years in a similar leadership position, strong REST API experience, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with REST API and related tools or frameworks.
• Roughly 11+ years operating in a similar Director of Engineering position.
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent.
• Customer-focused outlook with strong interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Innovation and Docker.
• Sharp organizational skills and an ability to juggle multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Keep Ruby on Rails schemas backward-compatible so Media Plus LLC never forces a breaking upgrade.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Media Plus LLC's growing user base.
• Refactor the technology module Media Plus LLC has been afraid to touch.
• Translate a napkin idea from Media Plus LLC founders into a Kafka growth-minded prototype.
• Trim Media Plus LLC's cloud bill by right-sizing the Git infrastructure in Waipahu, HI.
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Catch the Ruby on Rails race conditions that only surface under Waipahu peak traffic.

Skills

REST API familiarity

Leadership experience

Prioritization

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Docker

Kafka

Tools

Docker

Kafka

Job description

Media Plus LLC in Waipahu, Hawaii is seeking a Director of Engineering who prioritizes critical thinking and scalable software delivery. You will ensure backward compatibility for Rails schemas, write clean code, and lead a team to ship high‑impact features while optimizing costs and infrastructure.

The role demands 11+ years in a similar leadership position, strong REST API experience, and excellent communication.