Engineering Director: AI-Driven B2B SaaS Growth

clarity; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity is seeking a Director of Engineering to guide its growth. You will lead a product-minded engineering team, shaping architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with founders to scale the organization.

You will drive AI-driven productivity, hire top talent, and build processes that support rapid shipping of value to schools and families. You will work closely with Product and leadership to balance priorities, maintain technical debt discipline, and grow a robust

Qualifications

• Passion for engineering leadership and team growth.
• Experience scaling cross-functional engineering teams at a multi-product company.
• Belief in AI to improve productivity and willingness to adopt tools.
• Experience building B2B SaaS products; extra points for B2C.
• Hands-on backend/fullstack development.
• Proven ability to hire, grow, retain top engineering talent.
• Strong communication and transparency in leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team through daily technical and operational challenges.
• Conduct regular 1-on-1s, understand growth goals, and advocate for engineers.
• Shape key architectural decisions and stay hands-on with code reviews.
• Participate in hiring and shaping organizational structure for growth.
• Build an engineering culture that ships high-quality value for users.
• Drive adoption of AI tools to improve velocity and leverage.
• Partner with Product and leadership to align priorities with feasibility and risk.
• Establish engineering processes, observability, and debt prioritization to support shipping.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team mentorship

AI adoption

B2B SaaS

Backend/fullstack

Hiring & retention

Communication

Tools

Code review

Architectural design

Job description

Clarity is seeking a Director of Engineering to guide its growth. You will lead a product-minded engineering team, shaping architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and partnering with founders to scale the organization.

You will drive AI-driven productivity, hire top talent, and build processes that support rapid shipping of value to schools and families. You will work closely with Product and leadership to balance priorities, maintain technical debt discipline, and grow a robust