Lead Software Engineer

Director of Engineering / Hands-On Engineering Lead

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Our client is a fast-growing private equity-backed vertical SaaS company serving the martial arts and membership-based business industry. Their platform helps businesses manage operations, memberships, payments, scheduling, and customer engagement. The company is currently undergoing a major product and engineering transformation focused on scalability, AI-enabled development workflows, and product-led growt

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About the R

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We are looking for a highly hands-on technical engineering leader to partner directly with the SVP of Product & Technology and help modernize a legacy SaaS platform while scaling the engineering organizat

ion.
This role combines software architecture, engineering leadership, product collaboration, and hands-on technical execution. The ideal candidate will help drive platform modernization, improve engineering velocity, implement AI-enabled development workflows, and build a high-performing engineering

team.
This is not a traditional corporate Director of Engineering role — the ideal candidate is someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, solving technical problems, mentoring engineers, and leading transformation initiatives in fast-paced environ

• ments.
  ResponsibilitiesLead architecture and modernization efforts for a legacy SaaS p
• latformHelp transition the engineering organization toward AI-enabled development workflows and aut
• omationPartner closely with Product leadership to execute an aggressive product
• roadmapBuild, mentor, and manage a high-performing engineeri
• ng teamCollaborate with offshore engineering vendors and distributed technica
• l teamsDrive improvements in engineering velocity, scalability, and technical
• qualitySupport infrastructure and cloud architecture de
• cisionsParticipate in hands-on technical work, code reviews, debugging, and architectural p
• lanningHelp improve product-led growth (PLG) and self-service customer onboarding expe
• riencesContribute to long-term engineering strategy, hiring plans, and organizational

scaling
Requ

• _irements
  M_ust-Haves10+ years of software engineering e
• xperienceStrong software architecture and system design b
• ackgroundExperience modernizing or replatforming legac
• y systemsHands-on engineering leadership e
• xperienceSaaS/product company e
• xperienceExperience working with cloud infrastructure and scalable distribute
• d systemsStrong understanding of AI-enabled engineering workflows, AI agents, or developer productivit
• y toolingExperience managing or collaborating with distributed/offshore engineer
• ing teamsStrong communication and stakeholder manageme
• nt skillsFluen
• t EnglishNice-to-HavesExperience with VB.NET, .NET, or Microsoft-based legacy e
• cosystemsAzure cloud e
• xperienceProduct-led growth (PLG) or self-service SaaS e
• xperienceExperience scaling engineering teams in startup or scale-up env
• ironmentsExperience building AI-first engineering orga
• nizationsExperience with DevOps, containers, Kubernetes, or cloud-native arch
• itecturesAbility to travel occasionally to

the U.S.
Benefits - What’s in i

• t for you?Competitive compensation in U
• S dollars.1
• 5 days PTOU

S holidays