Blitzy
Director of Engineering
Cambridge, MA · Director
Sponsorship not specified$250k-$330kDetected 56 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsCode ReviewNoSQLPostgreSQLAWSGCPAzureKubernetesTerraformRESTgRPCLLMsIncident ResponseRoadmappingForecastingCustomer SuccessLeadershipCommunication
About the role
- You will be expected to stay close to the code, make credible technical decisions, and hold the bar on delivery quality.
- Engineering teams under your leadership ship reliably, predictably, and at high quality - without constant re-prioritization or rework
- You reduce delivery friction through clear ownership, smart process, and tight feedback loops
Responsibilities
- We move quickly and decisively to innovate internally and deliver exceptional software externally.
- Reporting directly to the CTO, you will own engineering execution across our backend platform, infrastructure, and AI product surface - directly managing and developing a team of Principal and Senior Engineers.
- You maintain a close enough pulse on the technical work to identify risk early and course-correct before it compounds
- You build a team culture of accountability, craftsmanship, and speed without sacrificing durability
Requirements
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, including direct management of senior or principal-level engineers
- Prior experience as a hands-on engineer with deep backend expertise - you can read and reason about production code
- Demonstrated track record of shipping complex software products on time and at scale
- You have direct experience leading engineering in an AI-native or LLM-powered product company
- You will manage some of the most technically capable engineers in the market - your credibility must be earned, not assumed
- You are working at the frontier of AI-powered enterprise software development, with a platform that has over 27 patents and counting
- You operate with a high degree of autonomy and executive trust in a fast-moving, low-ego, high-output environment
Nice to have
- PostgreSQL, NoSQL systems
- vector and graph databases a plus
- Databases: PostgreSQL, NoSQL systems
Skills
- GCP,, AWS or Azure; Kubernetes; Terraform
Compensation
- Engineering teams under your leadership ship reliably, predictably, and at high quality - without constant re-prioritization or rework
- You reduce delivery friction through clear ownership, smart process, and tight feedback loops
- Principal and Senior Engineers are unblocked, growing, and doing the best work of their careers
- You maintain a close enough pulse on the technical work to identify risk early and course-correct before it compounds
- You translate product and business priorities into clear engineering roadmaps with realistic commitments
- Incident response is coordinated, post-mortems lead to real change, and reliability improves over time
Company info
- Led by two pioneering co-founders we are one of the fastest growing companies in the U.S., creating our own category of enterprise autonomous software development.
- We automate thousands of hours of software development for our customers, which includes strong representation within the Fortune 500.
- How we work:
- "We move Blitzy Fast": Time is both our company's and our clients' most precious asset.
- Championship Mindset: We operate like a professional sports team.
- We win as a team by holding ourselves and each other to high standards, collaborating in-person, and remaining focused on the mission.
- Passion for Invention: We're pushing the frontier of what's possible, requiring constant innovation and iteration.
- We Work for the Customer: We focus on delivering outsized value to the customers we work with and expanding those relationships into deep, meaningful partnerships.
- We believe in being 'everyday athletes'-taking care of ourselves so we can bring our best minds to work.
- We promote great sleep, movement, and restorative activities for optimal mental performance.
- It makes for a happier and more productive team.
- Blitzy is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team.
- We believe different perspectives make us stronger.
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