Collective
Director of Engineering
San Francisco · Director
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PythonReactDjangoFull-Stack DevelopmentAccountingLeadership
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About the role
- You'll be expected to encourage the use of modern AI tools and agent-based workflows to accelerate development, improve code quality, and unlock new product capabilities.
- Act as a player-coach, balancing hands-on technical contribution and people leadership
- 8-10+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 4+ years of management experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow managers and leaders, fostering a culture of high-performance and empathy.
- Work with teams of talented engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver a robust platform.
- Define, own, and ensure the timely delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible engineering projects.
- Drive clarity about architecture, design, and product decisions across teams, utilizing full-stack capability (e.g., Python/Django backend, React frontend).
- Manage team processes and interface effectively with non-technical stakeholders, including Operations teams.
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives and drive conversations from engineering teams to executive leadership.
- Technical depth to drive end-to-end systems ownership, including architecture, design, and data modeling.
Requirements
- Demonstrated success in operating as a player-coach, maintaining hands-on technical proficiency.
Compensation
- Team Connection: Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit.
Benefits
- Commuter Support: $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses.
- Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being.
- Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays.
- Comprehensive Coverage: 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees
- 75% coverage for dependents.
- Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid.
- Retirement & Ownership: 401k plan plus an equity package.
Company info
- Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work.
- Our technology and team of trusted advisors help members achieve financial independence by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a thriving community, all in one integrated platform.
- We believe in empowering self-employed people to enjoy the same tax savings that big companies get, so they can focus on their passion, not paperwork.
- Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Financial Times, TechCrunch, and more.
- We are backed by General Catalyst, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), QED Investors, Google's Gradient Ventures, Expa, and other investors who have financed iconic companies like YouTube, Substack, Twitch, Box, Hims, Instacart, and Lyft.
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