Engineering director leading architecture, managers, and delivery for Space Dinosaurs’ high-performance ecommerce platforms. Shaping Next.js, Shopify Plus, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud solutions for global retail brands.
Responsibilities
Own delivery outcomes and velocity across delivery teams
Diagnose systemic bottlenecks and remove architectural or process blockers
Hire, develop, and performance-manage engineering managers, leads, and architects
Build the engineering leadership layer
Define frontend architecture patterns, rendering strategies, and performance standards for multiple delivery teams
Drive story refinement and documentation standards
Establish standards and workflow patterns that enable effective AI-agent execution across squads
Partner with PMs and stakeholders across time zones
Manage competing priorities across client engagements while maintaining delivery quality
Coach managers on cross-cultural communication and proactive async collaboration
Develop managers' ability to represent technical tradeoffs to non-technical audiences
Own people, architecture, and delivery across multiple squads and client engagements
Represent Engineering in senior client conversations
Shape engineering standards across the organization
Remain hands-on on key initiatives, contributing approximately 20–30% of the time
Requirements
5+ years in engineering management
Experience managing managers, leads, or architects, not just individual contributors
Architectural judgment in modern frontend systems
Experience defining Next.js architecture patterns, state management, and performance standards
Delivery ownership in agency or professional services environments
Experience running client engagements across competing priorities while maintaining quality
Strong written and verbal English
Ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the US, Europe, and LATAM
Experience developing managers' communication skills across cultures
Evidence of establishing standards and workflow patterns for effective AI-agent use across a squad
Experience with spec-driven development, code review for AI-generated output, and coaching engineers to decompose work for reliable agent execution
Preferred: hands-on experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud or Shopify Plus/Hydrogen
Preferred: familiarity with composable commerce patterns, MACH architecture, or headless CMS platforms
Proficiency with React, Next.js, TypeScript, Shopify Plus, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, BigCommerce, SCAYLE, Vercel, CI/CD pipelines, Cursor and/or Claude Code, ChatGPT, Jest, Cypress, Playwright, Slack, Jira, and Confluence
Benefits
Market-aligned pay
Comprehensive benefits
Bonus structures where applicable
Unlimited PTO
100% remote work
Growth and development opportunities
Premium AI tooling licenses (Cursor and/or Claude Code) for the entire team
Organizational support for building AI-first delivery practices
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