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About the Role

Campfire is seeking Directors of Engineering to lead the scale-up of its engineering organization from approximately 30 to 75 people. Each Director will own a segment of the organization, comprising 25-40 engineers across 3-5 teams, and report to the CTO. This is a manager-of-managers role focused on hiring and developing engineering managers, shaping team structures, and overseeing planning, shipping, and operations within their area.

Responsibilities

Own the org design for your area, including team boundaries, charters, and staffing plans.
Lead, coach, and hold accountable 3-5 engineering managers, developing first-time managers and growing future leaders from the IC ranks.
Drive hiring for your teams, encompassing headcount planning, recruiting, interviewer training, and closing senior candidates.
Run planning and delivery for your area, ensuring roadmap alignment with product, quarterly commitments, and predictable execution across teams.
Uphold operational rigor expected of a financial-systems company, including on-call, incident response, SLOs, and release practices that meet enterprise and audit scrutiny.
Partner with peer Directors, security, and compliance on cross-cutting concerns such as shared platform, SOC 2, enterprise security reviews, and AI governance.
Set and uphold engineering standards across a Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, and AWS stack, covering code review, testing, observability, and architecture decisions.

Requirements

10+ years in software engineering, with at least 5 years managing engineers and 2 years managing managers.
Experience leading a group of 20+ engineers with multiple managers reporting to you through a period of rapid growth.
Experience building or operating systems where correctness and auditability are non-negotiable (e.g., fintech, accounting, payments, ERP).
Technical credibility with senior ICs, capable of reviewing architecture and contributing to data model and infrastructure decisions.
Comfortable operating as a peer leader, demonstrating collaboration, low ego, and effectiveness in working across organizational boundaries.
Hands-on interest in running LLMs and agents in production.
Clear, direct communicator with strong writing skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback.
Experience taking a product through enterprise security and compliance (SOC 2, SSO/SAML, vendor reviews).
Familiarity with revenue recognition, GAAP close, or accounting integrations (e.g., Stripe, Deel, Rippling, banks, payroll).
Experience with MCP or building integrations for AI platforms.
Depth in Python and relational databases.

Skills

Python
Django
PostgreSQL
Next.js
AWS
LLMs
AI
Cloud Computing
Software Development
Team Leadership
People Management
Organizational Design
Hiring
Recruiting
Roadmap Planning
Agile Methodologies
Operational Rigor
Incident Response
Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
Release Management
Security Compliance
Architecture Design
Data Modeling
Infrastructure Management
Communication
Feedback Delivery
Enterprise Security
SOC 2
SSO/SAML
Vendor Reviews
Revenue Recognition
GAAP Close
Accounting Integrations
MCP
AI Platforms
Relational Databases

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

10+ years in software engineering
5+ years managing engineers
2+ years managing managers

About the Company

Campfire is building the AI-native ERP for modern finance teams.
Backed by a $65M Series B from Accel and Ribbit Capital.