Espresa is hiring a
Director of Engineering

Summary

Join our growing team of tenacious builders, designers, and people igniters, and help transform the industry of personal benefits for good. As a Director of Engineering, you will lead software development efforts, making key architectural decisions, driving the adoption of best software design and security practices, and leading a global team of talented engineers.

Requirements

• At least ten years of professional software engineering experience, with a significant portion in a leadership role
• Proven Python and Django ORM expertise and familiarity with front-end technologies such as Angular
• Strong experience in designing and architecting APIs and complex software systems
• Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to guide and inspire a technical team
• In-depth knowledge of software design principles, architecture, and security best practices

Responsibilities

• Strategic technical leadership: Lead a software engineering team, setting technical direction and ensuring the implementation of best practices across all projects
• Architectural oversight: Oversee the design and architecture of scalable software solutions and APIs, ensuring they align with business objectives and technical requirements
• Team management: Mentor and manage a team of engineers and technical leads, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
• Hands-on development: You are comfortable with diligently reviewing code, contributing to coding and development tasks where needed, and demonstrating best practices by example
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, Design, and QA teams to ensure cohesive and efficient software delivery
• Quality assurance: Ensure the delivery of high-quality, secure, and efficient software products by maintaining a strong focus on code quality and modular design
• Dev ops: Ensure that software deployment is efficient, secure, and meets SLAs

Preferred Qualifications

• Comfortable with CI/CD tooling and DevOps
• Experience with ML infrastructure, recommendation engines, authentication protocols (SAML 2, OAuth 2, OpenID Connect, etc.), file transfer protocols (SFTP with PGP, HTTPS POST with different mime encodings)
• Experience integrating with platforms like Workday, Slack, Teams, and Shopify

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement benefits
• Lifestyle Spending Account
• Generous PTO