[Hiring] Director of Engineering @Clarity

Role Description

We’re hiring a Director of Engineering to help lead Clarity through its next phase of growth. Our engineering organization, product surface area, and operational complexity continues to scale, and we’re looking for a boots on the ground, product-minded engineering leader who can structurally and technically lead our builders. This role will require structural & people management, technical guidance, and close partnership with Clarity’s founders.

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of product-minded engineers through day-to-day technical and operational challenges.
• Build trust and credibility with each engineer through regular 1-on-1s, understanding their growth goals, strengths, and concerns, and advocating for them within leadership.
• Shape key architectural and technical decisions, and stay hands-on with code and code review to maintain deep technical context with the team.
• Participate in hiring engineers and shaping organizational structure to support a growing team.
• Build an engineering culture that enables each engineer to ship more high-quality value for our users, increasing output per engineer across the team.
• Drive thoughtful adoption of modern AI tools and workflows to improve engineering velocity and team leverage.
• Partner with Product and leadership to ensure technical feasibility and risk are factored into priority decisions.
• Establish and maintain engineering processes, systems, and workflows including project management, observability, and technical debt prioritization to support consistent shipping and team operations.
• Ensure engineers understand company priorities and how their work connects to them.

Qualifications

• Enthusiasm for engineering leadership and investing in your team's growth.
• Experience managing and scaling cross functional engineering teams at a multi-product company.
• Conviction that AI can meaningfully improve engineering productivity, and eagerness to actively explore and adopt tools within your team.
• Prior experience building B2B vertical SaaS products. Extra points for also having experience building in B2C.
• Technical expertise with hands-on experience in backend/fullstack development.
• Expertise in hiring, growing, and retaining top engineering talent.
• Strong communicator who builds trust through transparency and follows through on commitments.