Director, Engineering

About the role

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.

Key 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

Required profile

• 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

Required skills

• Python
• Django
• PostgreSQL
• Next.js
• AWS