Director of Engineering (Perl / AWS)
Fullsteam · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteInformation Technology$118k–$176k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end engineering execution across WebRezPro.
- Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery aligned with product roadmaps and business priorities.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and QA to drive speed, quality, and measurable customer impact.
- Align engineering initiatives with growth objectives, including new customer acquisition, expansion revenue, payments attachment, and customer retention.
- Accelerate development through the adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices, including code generation, testing automation, and release optimization.
Engineering Excellence, Platform Reliability & AI-Enabled Productivity
- Establish and uphold standards for code quality, system performance, scalability, and security.
- Implement best practices for automated testing, observability, incident response, and operational readiness.
- Drive platform modernization and technical debt reduction across the portfolio.
- Deploy AI-enabled tools and workflows to increase developer productivity and reduce development cycle time.
- Foster a culture of craftsmanship, ownership, and continuous improvement supported by data and automation.
Operating Model & Process Leadership
- Own and evolve Pod & Sprint operating frameworks to optimize collaboration, planning, and delivery cadence.
- Standardize engineering practices across multiple business units.
- Continuously evaluate team structure, capacity, and workflows to improve efficiency and throughput.
- Use data and AI-driven insights to improve estimation accuracy, capacity planning, and delivery predictability.
Talent & Organization Leadership
- Directly manage engineer and software analyst team and develop them as strong people and delivery leaders.
- Build and scale high-performing engineering teams across WebRezPro.
- Drive recruiting, onboarding, retention, and performance management.
- Establish training and expectations around effective use of AI tools to elevate individual and team productivity.
- Evolve the organization to support scale while increasing autonomy, accountability, and outcome ownership.
Cross-Business & Strategic Leadership
- Serve as a technical thought partner to Product and Business Unit leaders across Fullsteam Hospitality.
- Identify opportunities for shared platforms, infrastructure, data models, and common services across Fullsteam Hospitality.
- Partner with Product and GTM leaders to prioritize AI-enabled product capabilities that:
- Improve customer workflows and outcomes
- Differentiate the platform competitively
- Create monetizable features or premium tiers
- Support pipeline generation, expansion opportunities, and customer acquisition
- Drive responsible adoption of AI and automation to improve both internal efficiency and customer-facing value.
- Represent Engineering in company planning, investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
Skills & Competencies
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering leadership.
- Experience leading multiple teams or products within a SaaS environment.
- Strong experience building and developing team members.
- Demonstrated success improving delivery predictability, operational performance, and engineering quality.
- Ability to translate business strategy and growth objectives into technical priorities and execution.
- Experience in PMS industry.
Minimum Qualifications
- Experience leading engineering across multiple business units or product lines.
- Background in vertical SaaS, SMB software, or payments-adjacent platforms.
- Experience with platform modernization, cloud-native architectures, or complex system integrations.
- Experience implementing AI-enabled product capabilities, developer productivity tooling, or automation at scale.
- Experience in growth-stage or multi-product SaaS environments.
- Hands-on experience with AWS DevOps.
- Experience with Cloudflare preferred.
- STRONG PREFERENCE FOR PERL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.
Benefits
- Medical
- Extended Health and LTD plan
- Dental
- Vision
- RRSP (with employer match)
- Health Spending Account
- Flexible paid time off
Pay
US: USD $118,000–$176,000 base salary
Schedule
N/A