SaaS Engineering Director (MERN) | Lead Platform Delivery

Intellispec; The Woodlands (TX); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

PTO & holidays

Health, dental, and vision

401(k) match

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

intelliSPEC is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in The Woodlands, TX, to lead multipl e engineering teams responsible for our SaaS platform. You will guide architecture reviews, delivery decisions, and coaching of managers and senior engineers, balancing speed with long‑term platform health.

You will drive architectural excellence in MERN stack applications and partner with DevSecOps to ensure security and reliability across the stack.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in engineering leadership
• Proven experience leading multiple software engineering teams delivering SaaS applications
• Strong technical depth in MERN-stack technologies including React, Node.js, and MongoDB
• Ability to review architecture, designs, and code for quality, scalability, and risk
• Experience operating in Agile or SAFe environments with predictable delivery outcomes
• Strong people leadership skills including coaching engineering managers and senior engineers
• Ability to balance delivery speed, technical quality, and long‑term platform health
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting execution status, risks, and trade-offs to senior leadership

Responsibilities

• Own execution and delivery of IntelliSPEC’s SaaS platform across frontend and backend teams
• Serve as a hands-on technical leader in architecture reviews, design decisions, and delivery trade-offs
• Ensure consistent engineering standards across React applications, Node.js services, and MongoDB data layers
• Partner with the Chief Architect to ensure architectural intent is executed correctly
• Collaborate with DevSecOps and SDET leadership to ensure security, quality, and reliability are built into delivery
• Coach engineering managers and senior engineers on technical decision-making and execution discipline
• Establish and track engineering metrics for delivery predictability, quality, and team health
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, and execution rigor

Skills

Engineering leadership

MERN stack

Architectural review

Agile / SAFe

People leadership

Strategic communication

Delivery discipline

Tools

MongoDB

React

Node.js

Job description

intelliSPEC is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in The Woodlands, TX, to lead multipl e engineering teams responsible for our SaaS platform. You will guide architecture reviews, delivery decisions, and coaching of managers and senior engineers, balancing speed with long‑term platform health.

You will drive architectural excellence in MERN stack applications and partner with DevSecOps to ensure security and reliability across the stack.