Hybrid Engineering Director - Grow, Mentor, Shape Your Week

Energy Innovation Corp; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 234,000 - 327,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Innovation Corp in Washington, DC is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a technology team focused on scalable PostgreSQL-based systems, robust incident response, and the evolution of our collaboration tools. You will translate business requirements into durable architectural decisions and partner with product and QA to ensure reliability.

The package includes a headline salary of $234,000–$327,000, a nurturing mentorship, room to grow into director work, and the freedom to shape

Qualifications

• Extensive PostgreSQL experience; Swift as a close second.
• 12+ years in senior engineering roles with leadership impact.
• Comfort with hybrid arrangements and agile workflows.

Responsibilities

• Translate detail-loving business requirements into technical specifications and tasks
• Troubleshoot and resolve production incidents across Collaboration-based applications
• Partner with QA to define test coverage and catch regressions early
• Replace the brittle GitHub Actions hack with a Kafka solution that survives Washington scale
• Decide when to buy REST API versus build it for KKR's Washington, DC stack
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver hybrid projects

Skills

PostgreSQL

Swift

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Energy Innovation Corp in Washington, DC is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a technology team focused on scalable PostgreSQL-based systems, robust incident response, and the evolution of our collaboration tools. You will translate business requirements into durable architectural decisions and partner with product and QA to ensure reliability.

The package includes a headline salary of $234,000–$327,000, a nurturing mentorship, room to grow into director work, and the freedom to shape