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Salary: USD 240,000 - 0 / annual
First Due is seeking a strategic and people-focused Director of Engineering to lead and scale the engineering organization. This role is responsible for developing engineering leaders and teams, defining technical and operational strategy, driving delivery excellence, and ensuring successful execution of the product roadmap.
The Director of Engineering will partner closely with Product, Design, Customer Success, and executive leadership to align engineering investments with business priorities while fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
Engineering Leadership & Team Development:
- Understand products, how customers use them, and go deep with individual teams to optimize delivery with broader PDLC stakeholders
- Hire, lead, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers and technical leaders, fostering a high-performance culture focused on accountability, growth, and execution
- Build and scale a world-class engineering organization through hiring, succession planning, talent development, and organizational design
- Establish clear performance expectations and provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and career development opportunities
- Promote employee engagement, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning across the engineering organization
- Drive organizational health, retention, and team effectiveness through thoughtful leadership and management practices
Delivery & Execution:
- Own engineering execution and delivery against company objectives, product roadmaps, and strategic initiatives
- Partner with Product and Design leadership to establish priorities, staffing plans, and delivery timelines
- Drive predictable software delivery through effective planning, resource allocation, estimation, and prioritization
- Monitor engineering metrics and delivery performance to identify opportunities for increased velocity, quality, and operational efficiency
- Ensure effective communication and alignment across distributed teams and stakeholders
- Experience partnering with executive leadership on annual planning, budgeting, and strategic initiatives
First Due's mission is to prevent first responder injury or death by providing fire and EMS agencies with transformative, end-to-end software solutions that empower them to run safer, smarter, and more effective operations.
Requirements:
The posting does not explicitly state specific years of experience, certifications, or educational requirements in the provided excerpt. However, the role expects an experienced engineering leader who has successfully managed managers and engineering teams within a high-growth SaaS environment, can go deep with individual team performance and delivery, and can effectively balance long-term technical vision with day-to-day execution. All applicants must be authorized to work for any US employer in the United States; the company is unable to sponsor or transition sponsorship ownership of employment visas at this time.
