Engineering Director

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About the Company

Engineers became engineers to solve problems — not to wrestle with outdated spreadsheets and clunky design tools. Our platform exists to change that.

We help structural engineers run fast, accurate calculations without inflexible software, freeing them to focus on design, innovation, and problem-solving. Today, our cloud-based calculators power 50,000+ projects a year across the Americas and Australia, with standards bodies and manufacturers partnering with us to modernize how engineering decisions are made.

Role Overview

This is a high-impact, senior leadership role overseeing our engineering content organization — the team responsible for building, scaling, and validating the structural and design calculations that fuel our platform.

This is not a software development role. Instead, you will lead the engineering leaders and technical teams who use our proprietary Calculator Builder to encode structural standards, design methods, and best practices into scalable, validated tools — without writing software.

This is our first manager‑of‑managers hire in engineering. You will directly influence team structure, delivery velocity, throughput systems, quality standards, and organizational scaling.

You will also be a key member of the leadership team, reporting directly to the CEO.

What You Will Do

Leadership & People Management

- Lead and mentor Group Engineering Managers, who oversee engineering teams and technical leads.

- Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, growth, and high performance.

- Develop leaders within the team and build strong succession pathways.

- Scale a distributed engineering organization while maintaining cohesion and quality.

Process, Systems & Delivery

- Own throughput forecasting and engineering KPIs (e.g., calculators/features per group).

- Build delivery systems, processes, and metrics that enable predictable, scalable output.

- Design onboarding, QA, and validation frameworks that uphold the company’s high quality bar.

- Remove bottlenecks; partner with Product and Development teams to drive workflow and tooling improvements.

- Ensure effective use of the proprietary Calculator Builder to codify engineering standards into scalable tools.

- Ensure unit economics of engineering content remain sustainable as the company grows.

- Align engineering delivery with broader company growth objectives and roadmap priorities.

- Explore and manage relationships with external engineering partners to expand capacity.

- Help shape long‑term strategy for team structure, product velocity, and content expansion.

Stakeholder & Executive Alignment

- Partner closely with Product, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to ensure engineering output supports market and customer needs.

- Present engineering P&L, KPIs, forecasts, and delivery outcomes to executives and the board.

- Negotiate with external vendors, ensuring accountability around quality and timelines.

What We’re Looking For

Leadership Experience

- 10–20+ years in engineering leadership roles, including experience managing managers.

- Demonstrated ownership of KPIs, budgets, P&L, or team‑level financial outcomes.

- Experience re‑engineering processes and scaling delivery teams across multiple locations.

- Strong people leadership skills: able to coach, mentor, and elevate managers and engineers.

- Comfortable in high‑growth SaaS, consulting, or startup environments.

Technical Background

- Structural or civil engineering background is preferred, but candidates from adjacent technical verticals (product engineering, consulting, technical delivery) are welcome.

- Experience working with engineering standards, validation frameworks, or technical QA is highly valued.

Mindset

- Systems thinker with an operational mindset.

- A builder of process, culture, and long‑term organizational capability.

- Comfortable making decisions with clarity and confidence in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments.

Why Join Us

- Lead and scale a globally distributed engineering team with a major hub in Bogotá.

- Play a central role in shaping a platform used daily by thousands of engineers.

- Competitive compensation plus equity — directly participate in the upside you help create.

- Executive‑level visibility and influence over long‑term company direction.

- Be part of a mission‑driven company modernizing how engineers design the built world.

Work Model: Hybrid — 3 days in‑office, 2 days from home

Office: 15‑minute walk from the Calle 127 TransMilenio station

Flexibility: Very flexible for short‑term arrangements if you need to be away from Bogotá

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