Engineering Area Director

The role

You will lead engineering for Emplifi Publisher, an enterprise social media tool. You will set technical direction, lead engineering managers and architects, and own delivery speed, quality, and reliability.

What you will do

• Define engineering and architecture strategy that supports the product direction
• Join product discovery early to shape solutions and flag technical risk
• Improve delivery speed, predictability, and release quality across your teams
• Own production health: reliability, security, incident response, and compliance
• Balance new product value against tech debt, operational work, and legacy complexity
• Introduce AI-native engineering practices, tools, and guardrails
• Lead, hire, and develop engineering managers, architects, and senior engineers
• Manage the area's engineering budget, including cloud, tooling, and headcount
• Collaborate with other areas on shared platforms, data, and standards

Required qualifications

• Significant engineering leadership experience in SaaS or enterprise software
• Experience leading multiple teams through engineering managers
• Strong technical and architectural judgment
• Experience owning production systems and operational quality
• A strong product mindset and focus on customer value
• A track record of improving delivery velocity and team effectiveness
• Confidence managing budgets, workforce planning, and tough people decisions
• Practical experience applying AI to software development
• A collaborative style that works well in a Product, Engineering, and UX trio

Benefits

• International and fast-paced environment
• Agile and open-minded culture, with high levels of trust and flexibility
• Opportunity for professional growth and development
• Possibility to learn new and cutting-edge technologies
• AI-first workplace with access to leading AI tools
• Flexible working environment
• Unlimited Paid Time Off
• Sick Days & Community Service Days
• Multisport card
• Maternity and Parental Benefit

About the company

Emplifi is an Autonomous CX platform unifying social marketing, commerce, and customer care for more than 20,000 brands worldwide.