Director of Software Engineering
AdTech
Hybrid (3 days a week in NYC) or Remote (EST)
$300,000 - $350,000 USD/yr + bonus
Our client is a cutting-edge technology company leveraging AI to optimize every stage of the advertising lifecycle. By unifying creative, media, and performance strategies through an intelligent, data-driven platform, they are transforming how AdTech operates. As they scale rapidly, they are seeking a Director of Software Engineering to drive the next phase of technical growth.
THE ROLE
As the Director of Software Engineering, you will lead cross-functional engineering teams responsible for building scalable, high-performance systems that power the company's AdTech platform. You will oversee software delivery across multiple product lines, ensuring technical excellence, team productivity, and alignment with broader business goals. This is a hands-on leadership role, ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering strategy, team building, and cutting-edge technology development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and ML systems.
- Define and drive software engineering best practices across the organization, ensuring quality, scalability, and performance.
- Partner closely with product, design, data, and ML teams to deliver impactful, customer-facing solutions.
- Remain hands-on with architecture decisions, code reviews, and system design where needed.
- Oversee the end-to-end software development lifecycle — from planning and execution to deployment and monitoring.
- Identify areas of technical debt and drive refactoring and modernization efforts.
- Champion a culture of collaboration, technical ownership, and continuous improvement.
YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced, product-focused environments.
- Strong technical background with experience in full-stack or backend engineering using technologies like Python, TypeScript, Node.js, React, or similar.
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
- Experience integrating ML/AI components into production systems is a strong plus.
- Solid understanding of modern CI/CD practices, observability tools, and agile development workflows.
- Excellent communication skills and a track record of working cross-functionally with product, data, and leadership teams.
- Experience in AdTech or similar data-intensive, high-scale industries is highly desirable.
WHY JOIN?
- Shape the future of an AI-powered AdTech platform at the executive engineering level.
- Work on a high-scale product integrating real-time optimization, large models, and intelligent automation.
- Competitive compensation package, including bonuses and potential relocation support.
- Dynamic, collaborative culture that values innovation, autonomy, and technical rigor.
HOW TO APPLY
If you’re passionate about building and leading world-class engineering teams and want to make a real impact in the AdTech space, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply now by submitting your resume via the Apply link on this page.
KEYWORDS: Software Engineering | Engineering Leadership | AdTech | Cloud Infrastructure | Full Stack | ML Integration | Python | Node.js | React | Docker | Kubernetes | AWS | GCP | CI/CD | AI Systems | Director Role | Team Management
