Director, Software Engineering (Partner Platform)

About the role

The Director of Engineering for the Partner Experience organization is a senior engineering leader who owns team health, technical strategy, and delivery velocity across two product teams: Partner Quoting & Delivery and Partner Reporting & Insights. This person is an active champion of AI-native engineering — not just personally, but as an operating model they build, measure, and hold their teams accountable to.

Responsibilities

• Learn about Niche by meeting with various team members to learn more about our company through our Onboarding meetings
• Meet all direct reports and key cross-functional partners; build an initial read on team strengths and gaps
• Deeply understand the partner experience end to end — onboarding speed, lead pacing, platform engagement — and where the biggest engineering leverage points are
• Form an initial point of view on the teams' AI tooling adoption and where the gaps are
• Present your assessment of the organization's engineering health — delivery, architecture, team org, AI readiness — to the CTO and Sr. Director of Product
• Align with product leadership on near-term technical priorities and any pressing architectural decisions
• Identify the top 2–3 things you'd change in the first half of your tenure and propose a plan
• Begin actively coaching EMs on embedding AI-native practices into their teams' day-to-day workflows
• Own the engineering roadmap and resourcing for both teams with full confidence
• Have a defined velocity measurement framework in place that accounts for AI-augmented output
• Be actively leading at least one meaningful initiative to accelerate agentic engineering adoption
• Establish a strong operating rhythm with the product lead, CTO, and Sr. Director of Product

Requirements

• 8+ years in software engineering, with at least 3+ years managing engineering managers
• Demonstrated, hands-on experience driving a team's transition to AI-assisted or agentic engineering workflows — building the culture, tooling, and measurement systems, not just personal AI usage
• Track record of shipping high-quality product at scale in a fast-moving, cross-functional environment
• Strong communicator — able to represent engineering credibly to product and GTM partners and translate fluidly between technical and business language
• Experience working alongside embedded data engineers, with meaningful exposure to modern data tooling (dbt, Snowflake, or similar)
• Systematic thinker who brings structure to ambiguous problems without over-processing

Qualifications

• Nice to have: Experience in EdTech, marketplace, or consumer platform businesses; Familiarity with spec-driven development (SDD) or similar AI-paired engineering operating models; Experience in B2B2C businesses with CRM-integrated product surfaces; Exposure to partner-facing reporting systems, data pipelines, or lead delivery infrastructure

Skills

• Experience in software engineering
• Experience in managing engineering managers
• Experience in AI-assisted or agentic engineering workflows
• Experience in fast-moving, cross-functional environments
• Experience in communication with product and GTM partners
• Experience in data tooling (dbt, Snowflake, or similar)
• Experience in systematic problem-solving

Benefits

• Competitive compensation in a fast-growing company
• Comprehensive and competitive rewards package
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• Stipend for building your work-from-home office
• Meaningful 401(k) with employer match
• Comprehensive and transparent interview process

Pay

Our national target base salary range is $168,640-$210,800, plus participation in our Annual Bonus and Stock Option Program. Base compensation will be commensurate with experience and skills.

Schedule

Full time, salaried position

Company Information

Niche is a fully flexible workforce empowering our employees to choose to work remotely, in our Pittsburgh office or whatever combination suits you. Full time, salaried position with competitive compensation in a fast-growing company. Best-in-class 100% paid employee health plan, including vision and dental and supplemental coverage. Flexible Paid Time Off Policy. Stipend that allows you to build your work from home office in a style and function that suits your personal preferences. Parental leave for all employees (12 weeks fully paid) in addition to short term disability for birthing parents. Meaningful 401(k) with employer match. Your ideas and work will make an immediate impact on our company and millions of users. You will join a team that cares about you, our mission, our work - and celebrates our wins together!

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.