Director of Engineering
Posted 10ds ago
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Job Description
Director of Engineering overseeing full SDLC at Backcountry, handling software engineering leadership in eCommerce. Leading teams and ensuring high quality deliverables across projects.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the full SDLC process from planning to deployment, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget
- Implement Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban to drive high quality deliverables
- Develop product line roadmaps with product management teams, outlining feature sets aligned with timeline expectations
- Establish engineering best practices that support collaboration, code reuse, efficiency, and scalability
- Partner with stakeholders to review SDLC progress, anticipate changes in business objectives, and identify areas for improvement
- Lead end to end user testing to ensure customer satisfaction and provide feedback on product enhancements or required adjustments
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field with 10 plus years of experience in software engineering leadership
- Strong experience with software development and technology practices within e Commerce environments
- Proven ability to own architecture decisions and clearly communicate required investments and business value across the organization
- Demonstrated success in building and scaling teams, including coaching and managing performance at a leadership level
- Experience evaluating vendor software and making build versus buy decisions that balance risk, cost, and time to market
Benefits:
- Executive access: Work directly with brand CEOs and senior leadership, solve real business problems, and gain mentorship from top operators
- AI first skill building: Get hands on with advanced AI tools, from automation to prompt engineering, and build a modern tech stack that elevates your career
- Accelerated career path: High performers gain rapid responsibility, new challenges, and leadership opportunities across our portfolio of brands
- Competitive benefits: Paid time off, retirement match, medical dental vision coverage, supplemental benefits, and employee discounts across our portfolio companies



















