Director of Engineering (Remote)
Core
Build and scale a best-in-class engineering department for a cash delivery platform serving millions in extreme poverty across 15 countries.
Role type
Director of Engineering (IC/Manager hybrid)
Builds
Production cash delivery platform and supporting infrastructure for financial aid recipients
Domain
Non-profit / International Development / Fintech
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Engineering organization leadership, multi-year technical strategy, hiring and retention of senior talent, incident response and operational excellence, cross-functional stakeholder management, architectural decision-making, product development fluency
Preferred skills
Experience in low-income communities, background in agentic engineering, ability to work in ambiguity
Technologies
Cloud services, APIs, databases, mobile money integrations
Responsibilities
Own engineering organization structure and staffing strategy; define multi-year technical roadmap and architectural transitions; drive operational excellence including on-call and incident response; coach and develop engineers; represent engineering at senior leadership level
Seniority
Director, hands-on leadership with strategic scope
