Director of Software Engineering — AI-Driven SaaS Leader

SnapLogic; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Equity packages

Global wellness benefits

Generative AI tooling

Job summary

SnapLogic in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Director of Software Engineering who is a hands-on Java leader and visionary. You will drive enterprise SaaS/PaaS distributed applications, balancing commitments, tech debt, and product innovation to mitigate risk.

You will mentor team leads, govern Agile delivery, and foster a high‑performing culture while partnering with customers and leadership to continuously improve the product experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience developing enterprise SaaS products.
• 7+ years Java experience.
• 5+ years experience leading and managing on‑shore and offshore engineering teams.
• Passion for consumable APIs and highly available distributed systems.
• Passion for building highly resilient, highly distributed and scalable capabilities.
• Passion for using generative AI in all aspects of the product.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems including HTTP protocols, distributed caching strategies, and observability.
• Hands‑on experience with REST/JSON architectures.
• Deep understanding of SOAP/XML/JMS.
• BS/MS in Computer Science

Responsibilities

• Engineer leadership and team building, oversee hiring, forecast, budget, mentor leads, delegate technical ownership.
• Develop and launch enterprise SaaS/PaaS distributed apps in multi-tenant clouds, ensure production-grade code and ROI.
• Drive Scrum, retrospectives, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release milestones.
• Champion AI throughout the SDLC, design and deploy AI agents to automate engineering workflows.
• Improve production/SRE processes and manage escalations with customers when needed.
• Communicate with customers and field teams to align on product vision and renewals.

Skills

Java

APIs

Distributed systems

Leadership

REST/JSON

SOAP/XML/JMS

Agile/Scrum

AI in product

BS/MS in CS

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science

Tools

AWS deployment

Job description

SnapLogic in San Mateo, CA is seeking a Director of Software Engineering who is a hands-on Java leader and visionary. You will drive enterprise SaaS/PaaS distributed applications, balancing commitments, tech debt, and product innovation to mitigate risk.

You will mentor team leads, govern Agile delivery, and foster a high‑performing culture while partnering with customers and leadership to continuously improve the product experience.