Director of Engineering

Summary

Join HubSpot as the Director of Engineering and lead our FinTech engineering efforts, focusing on the core Billing group. This impactful role involves leading a team of approximately 50 engineers and partnering with the Finance Systems team. You will be responsible for the architecture, development, and operational excellence of systems managing billing, payments, account lifecycle, fraud prevention, and financial reporting. The ideal candidate will have experience in engineering leadership, deep domain expertise in FinTech and billing systems, and a proven ability to build and operate finance-critical systems at scale. This position requires strong architectural skills, excellent cross-functional leadership, and a commitment to operational excellence. You will mentor and develop engineering leaders and engineers, guiding a technically diverse team. This is a remote position based in Ireland or the United Kingdom.

Requirements

• Embody HubSpot’s engineering leadership principles and are enticed by our embed onboarding process
• Experience in engineering leadership, including proven success in a 2nd line management role (managing managers) within a software development environment
• Deep domain expertise in FinTech, billing systems, payments, or financial platform engineering
• Proven ability to design, build, and operate finance-critical systems at scale, ideally within large SaaS, Enterprise Tech, FinTech, or eCommerce companies
• Experience working with and integrating ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and other financial platforms (e.g., Coupa, Aptitude, payment gateways)
• Strong architectural skills and the ability to lead technical strategy for complex, distributed systems using Java, JavaScript, React, Kubernetes, SQL, etc
• Excellent cross-functional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, translate complex requirements, and build alignment across diverse teams (Engineering, Finance, Product)
• A strategic mindset balanced with a strong execution focus, capable of navigating ambiguity and leading teams through technical and financial complexity
• A commitment to operational excellence, system reliability, and data accuracy in systems where precision is paramount
• Experience leading technically diverse teams (software engineers/developers, business system administrators)

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and scaling of HubSpot's finance-critical systems, including billing, invoicing, collections, revenue recognition, and reporting, ensuring they support future growth and complexity
• Drive the technical strategy and architectural evolution for the Billing group, balancing performance, compliance, flexibility, and modernization efforts
• Partner closely with senior leaders across Product Management, Finance, UX, and other Engineering groups to define roadmaps and deliver solutions that enable new pricing models, business initiatives, and streamlined operations
• Ensure high data integrity and audit readiness across financial systems, mastering the flow of data between CRM, billing, CPQ, and ERP platforms (like NetSuite) and proactively tackling reconciliation challenges
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, technical rigor, and high-trust collaboration within your teams and across functional boundaries
• Mentor and develop engineering leaders and engineers within your organization, guiding a technically diverse team working across microservices, APIs, data pipelines, and financial platforms
• Reduce time-to-market for monetization changes by improving system architecture and internal tooling

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with complex recurring revenue models (ARR), SaaS/subscription management, and usage-based billing is highly desirable