Director, Engineering

Job details

Work model

On-site

Salary

$250K - $350K per year

Location

San Francisco

Hiring context

How this role compares at Campfire

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Job description

Campfire is building the AI-native ERP for modern finance teams, backed by a $65M Series B from Accel and Ribbit Capital. Our engineering org is ~30 people today and growing to ~100, and we're hiring Directors of Engineering to lead that scale-up. Each Director owns a segment of the org - roughly 25–40 engineers across 3–5 teams - and will report to the CTO alongside two peer Directors. This is a manager-of-managers role: you'll hire and develop engineering managers, shape team structure within your area, and own how your teams plan, ship, and operate. Responsibilities - Own the org design for your area: team boundaries, charters, and staffing plans - Lead, coach, and hold accountable 3–5 engineering managers; develop first-time managers and grow future leaders from the IC ranks - Drive hiring for your teams: headcount planning, recruiting, interviewer training, and closing senior candidates - Run planning and delivery for your area: roadmap alignment with product, quarterly commitments, and predictable execution across teams - Uphold operational rigor expected of a financial-systems company: on-call, incident response, SLOs, and release practices that hold up to enterprise and audit scrutiny - Partner with peer Directors, security, and compliance on cross-cutting concerns - shared platform, SOC 2, enterprise security reviews, AI governance - Set and uphold engineering standards - code review, testing, observability, architecture decisions - across a Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, and AWS stack Qualifications - 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and 2+ years managing managers - Led a group of 20+ engineers with multiple managers reporting to you, through a period of rapid growth - Built or operated systems where correctness and auditability are non-negotiable: fintech, accounting, payments, or ERP - Technically credible with senior ICs - able to review architecture and weigh in on data-model and infrastructure decisions - Comfortable operating as one of several peer leaders: collaborative, low-ego, and effective at working across org boundaries - Hands-on interest in running LLMs and agents in production - Clear, direct communicator who writes well and gives hard feedback kindly Bonus - Experience taking a product through enterprise security and compliance (SOC 2, SSO/SAML, vendor reviews) - Familiarity with revenue recognition, GAAP close, or accounting integrations (Stripe, Deel, Rippling, banks, payroll) - Experience with MCP or building integrations for AI platforms - Depth in Python and relational databases

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