[Hiring] Director of Engineering @Schema App

Role Description

Schema App is looking for a Director of Engineering to partner with our CTO in leading our engineering organization. You'll set the engineering strategy and operating model, lead our team leads, and ensure predictable delivery of our product and platform roadmap.

You'll translate company priorities into a clear engineering plan, raise the bar on talent and technical excellence, and lead our transition to an AI-driven software development lifecycle (SDLC), where agents help draft, build, and verify work while people remain accountable for intent, judgment, and quality.

You've done this before. You've successfully led multiple engineering teams through team leads or managers, bring energy and urgency to your work, and maintain high standards while helping people grow.

You'll work closely with Product, Customer Success, and executive leadership to ensure engineering is a trusted strategic partner in driving revenue, retention, and business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to set engineering direction, translate business objectives into actionable plans, and build effective operating models.
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to challenge architectural decisions and guide senior technical leaders.
• Demonstrated experience leading multiple engineering teams through managers or team leads in a SaaS environment.
• Track record of building or improving engineering delivery systems that increase speed, predictability, and quality.
• Practical experience implementing AI-assisted software development practices.
• Communicates clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Translate company and CTO objectives into an actionable engineering strategy, including capacity planning, sequencing, dependencies, and trade-offs.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering operating practices, including planning cadence, escalation paths, definition of done, release management, and incident response.
• Own engineering delivery outcomes across multiple teams, ensuring predictable execution against commitments.
• Lead, coach, and develop engineering team leads, strengthening their leadership capabilities, decision-making, and accountability.
• Lead the implementation of an AI-driven software development lifecycle across engineering.
• Provide technical oversight to maintain strong architecture, reliability, observability, and production practices.
• Partner with Product leadership on roadmap sequencing, prioritization, capacity, and release planning.

Benefits

• Weekly 1:1 conversations around Professional Development.
• Great benefits for health & wellness, with coverage starting as soon as you do.
• RRSP matching.
• Flex days to re-energize on top of vacation days; you don’t work on your birthday.
• The Culture Club keeps our virtual team connected through fun and innovative events.
• Diverse smart team; the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

Metrics

• Increase meaningful customer-facing product releases while maintaining quality.
• Improve development cycle times and delivery predictability.
• Improve change failure rates and reduce escaped defects through effective quality gates and verification.
• Successfully implement and scale AI-assisted development practices across engineering teams.
• Build and maintain a high-performing engineering organization with measurable growth in team lead capabilities.
• Maintain strong SOC 2 control coverage and engineering security practices.
• Support Product in achieving customer-feature adoption objectives through reliable engineering delivery.

Our Values

• Growth Mindset: We continuously learn, improve, and challenge ourselves to grow.
• Resourceful: We find creative solutions, take initiative, and make the most of our resources.
• One Team: We collaborate, support one another, and work toward shared goals.
• Humble: We stay curious, welcome feedback, and recognize that great ideas can come from anywhere.