Director, Engineering

We’re excited to welcome a Director of Engineering to lead our Email Archive portfolio—critical products that help organizations meet compliance, eDiscovery, and security needs at global scale.

With more than 8 years of leadership experience, you’ll guide distributed teams building and operating systems that ingest, transform, and store over 50 petabytes of data in AWS and Azure.

• Lead globally distributed teams through transformation and growth, fostering a healthy, high‑performing, and connected culture.
• Partner with Product Management and UX to define and deliver roadmaps that improve customer experience and retention.
• Engage directly with customers on incidents and roadmap validation; champion reliability and transparency.
• Own architecture and operations for large‑scale data ingestion, indexing, and storage with strong compliance and auditability.
• Drive excellence in CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and progressive delivery.
• Leverage AI responsibly to enhance product capabilities and engineering workflows.

• 15+ years in software engineering, 8+ years in leadership roles (including managing managers).
• Proven success leading remote, distributed teams and partnering cross‑functionally.
• Ability to build strong relationships and create an environment where people feel valued and heard.
• Experience with compliance archiving & eDiscovery (journaling, legal hold, WORM storage).
• Expertise in AWS and/or Azure, multiregion deployments, and cost optimization.
• Strong background in CI/CD, observability, and incident management.
• Hands‑on experience with large‑scale data systems (ETL, search/indexing, object storage).
• Experience applying AI/ML in enterprise products with governance and guardrails.

• Equity (non‑qualifying options).
• High‑quality health benefits.
• Retirement plan with employer match.
• Career‑growth opportunities.
• Flexible time off and paid time off benefits.
• Volunteer opportunities.

Compensation: $198,000–$260,000 on‑target earnings, plus benefits and equity.

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