Director of Technology

Impact Scale; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Daily catered lunches

Free garage parking

Job summary

Impact Scale is seeking a Director of Technology to guide day-to-day engineering operations, translate technical strategy into reliable software delivery, and lead high-performing squads in Vancouver, WA. You will manage engineering managers, tech leads, and developers, shaping processes, standards, and architecture to scale with the business while maintaining quality and velocity.

This role collaborates with Product Managers and Designers to balance roadmaps with capacity and to hire

Qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering with 3+ years in engineering management.
• Proven track record scaling internal engineering processes and delivering cloud-native platforms.
• Strong background as a Senior Engineer with hands-on code review and architectural guidance.
• Deep expertise in modern SDLC, DevOps, and issue tracking tools (Jira/Linear).
• Excellent communication for leading high-throughput APIs and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery lifecycle of the engineering organization, ensuring scope, timing, and quality.
• Manage engineering managers, tech leads, and developers, mentoring and career planning.
• Standardize and optimize agile/scrum methodologies, CI/CD, code reviews, and testing protocols.
• Oversee system architecture decisions to keep the platform modular and maintainable.
• Partner with Product and Design to balance roadmap commitments with capacity.
• Manage day-to-day engineering resources and hiring pipelines.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud-native systems

SDLC

DevOps

Code reviews

Jira/Linear

Tools

Jira

Linear

Job description

We are seeking a highly tactical and leadership-driven Director of Technology to manage our day-to-day engineering operations, technical execution, and team development. While our executive team sets the overarching vision, you will be the operational bridge—translating that technical strategy into reliable software delivery, clean code architecture, and high-performing engineering squads.

You will manage our engineering managers, tech leads, and developers, establishing the processes and engineering standards required to build a highly predictable delivery engine as we scale.

Core Responsibilities

• Engineering Delivery Execution: Own the delivery lifecycle of our engineering organization, ensuring sprints are well-scoped, shipped on time, and meet strict quality standards.
• Team Leadership Management: Manage, mentor, and grow engineering managers and senior technical individual contributors, conducting performance reviews and mapping out career paths.
• Process Optimization: Standardize and optimize our agile/scrum methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, code review workflows, and testing protocols to maximize developer velocity and minimize technical debt.
• System Integrity Code Quality: Collaborate with architects to oversee day-to-day system architecture decisions, ensuring the platform remains modular, maintainable, and stable.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner directly with Product Managers and Designers to balance engineering capacity with product roadmap commitments and feature requirements.
• Resource Allocation: Manage day-to-day engineering resource allocation, identifying bottlenecks in the team's capacity and optimizing hiring pipelines to fill skill gaps.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years in engineering management roles (Engineering Manager, Director, or Head of Engineering) leading multi-disciplinary squads.
• Execution Track Record: Proven success scaling internal engineering processes and managing the predictable delivery of cloud-native platforms.
• Technical Roots: Strong foundational background as a former Senior Engineer, with the ability to deeply understand codebases, conduct technical code reviews, and guide architectural discussions.
• Process Mastery: Deep expertise in modern software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies, modern DevOps practices, and issue tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Linear).
• People Operations: Exceptional communication skills with a proven success managing teams that build high-throughput, low-latency APIs or large-scale data ingestion pipelines.

Compensation Benefits

• Salary Range: $140,000 - $ 185,000 per year (Dependent upon experience, expertise, and strategic value).
• Health Wellness: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance packages (Available following a standard 90-day introductory period).
• Retirement: Corporate retirement savings plan options with a traditional 401(k) (Eligible after 90 days of continuous employment).
• Time Off: Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) allotment and observed holiday schedule.
• Perks Luxury Culture: Daily catered lunches, a fully stocked premium coffee and tea bar, unlimited snacks, and free garage parking. Employees also enjoy routine professional development opportunities within an elite, growth-driven leadership environment in Downtown Vancouver, WA.