Engineering Director, AI-Driven Accounting Platform

Actionstep; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401K with company match

Flexible PTO

Birthday off

Team building events

Training & development

Job summary

Actionstep is seeking an Engineering Director for the Accounting Platform to lead a new AI-enabled platform serving law firms. This hands-on leadership role combines engineering, design, QA and accounting expertise to drive a greenfield build that emphasizes accuracy, auditability and trust.

You will own delivery, set technical direction, and scale an AI-first development approach while guiding cross‑functional teams across time zones and regions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering for financial/accounting systems.
• Track record taking a new platform from first commit to paying customers.
• Built and run multi-tenant SaaS products.
• Led an engineering org to adopt AI-driven development with measurable impact.
• Managed teams across time zones and contractors.
• Ability to explain trade-offs and delivery risk to executives.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery plan, communicate progress and risks to the executive team.
• Set the technical direction with the tech lead and senior engineers.
• Lead the AI-first build, measure outcomes, improve velocity.
• Hire and grow the team, set standards and processes.
• Coordinate scope and dates with dependent teams (permissions, approvals, workflow).
• Undertake other reasonable duties as required.

Skills

Financial systems experience

Greenfield delivery

SaaS experience

Led AI PDLC adoption

Distributed team leadership

Clear executive communication

Job description

Actionstep is seeking an Engineering Director for the Accounting Platform to lead a new AI-enabled platform serving law firms. This hands-on leadership role combines engineering, design, QA and accounting expertise to drive a greenfield build that emphasizes accuracy, auditability and trust.

You will own delivery, set technical direction, and scale an AI-first development approach while guiding cross‑functional teams across time zones and regions.