Remote Director of Engineering & AI‑Driven Delivery

Socket.dev; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexcess is seeking a senior leader to run and own the product engineering organization end to end, shaping architecture, delivery, and roadmap. Build and enable an AI-enabled engineering org that ships fast and reliably.

The role emphasizes DORA metrics, monthly delivery cycles, and building a manager bench to scale teams across time zones with high availability and security as core concerns.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading managers.
• Evidence of making an engineering org faster using metrics such as DORA.
• Hands-on AI-assisted engineering at scale with measurable impact.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture design, delivery and engineering roadmap for your teams.
• Run delivery on monthly cycles with clear cut lines and evidence-backed commitments.

Skills

AI-native engineering

Delivery orchestration

Team leadership

Architectural design

Organizational design

Education

12+ years software engineering

5+ years leading engineering teams

Tools

DORA metrics

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Security in SDLC

Job description

Nexcess is seeking a senior leader to run and own the product engineering organization end to end, shaping architecture, delivery, and roadmap. Build and enable an AI-enabled engineering org that ships fast and reliably.

The role emphasizes DORA metrics, monthly delivery cycles, and building a manager bench to scale teams across time zones with high availability and security as core concerns.