Director, Engineering

Campfire is building the AI-native ERP for modern finance teams, backed by a $65M Series B from Accel and Ribbit Capital. Our engineering org is ~30 people today and growing to ~100, and we're hiring Directors of Engineering to lead that scale-up. Each Director owns a segment of the org — roughly 25–40 engineers across 3–5 teams — and will report to the CTO alongside two peer Directors. This is a manager-of-managers role: you'll hire and develop engineering managers, shape team structure within your area, and own how your teams plan, ship, and operate.

Responsibilities

Own the org design for your area: team boundaries, charters, and staffing plans

Lead, coach, and hold accountable 3–5 engineering managers; develop first-time managers and grow future leaders from the IC ranks

Drive hiring for your teams: headcount planning, recruiting, interviewer training, and closing senior candidates

Run planning and delivery for your area: roadmap alignment with product, quarterly commitments, and predictable execution across teams

Uphold operational rigor expected of a financial-systems company: on-call, incident response, SLOs, and release practices that hold up to enterprise and audit scrutiny

Partner with peer Directors, security, and compliance on cross-cutting concerns — shared platform, SOC 2, enterprise security reviews, AI governance

Set and uphold engineering standards — code review, testing, observability, architecture decisions — across a Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, and AWS stack

Qualifications

10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and 2+ years managing managers

Led a group of 20+ engineers with multiple managers reporting to you, through a period of rapid growth

Built or operated systems where correctness and auditability are non-negotiable: fintech, accounting, payments, or ERP

Technically credible with senior ICs — able to review architecture and weigh in on data-model and infrastructure decisions

Comfortable operating as one of several peer leaders: collaborative, low-ego, and effective at working across org boundaries

Hands-on interest in running LLMs and agents in production

Clear, direct communicator who writes well and gives hard feedback kindly

Bonus

Experience taking a product through enterprise security and compliance (SOC 2, SSO/SAML, vendor reviews)

Familiarity with revenue recognition, GAAP close, or accounting integrations (Stripe, Deel, Rippling, banks, payroll)

Experience with MCP or building integrations for AI platforms

Depth in Python and relational databases