{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d7f85ef1d657dd10c13c2e52","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d7f85ef1d657dd10c13c2e52","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d7f85ef1d657dd10c13c2e52","title":"Director, Engineering & Development","description":"About SH/FT\nShift Paradigm is an execution-led strategic consultancy that bridges the gap between enterprise strategy and technical reality. We partner with Fortune 500 brands and emerging leaders to solve the inherent complexity of modern digital marketing. As partners to the world’s leading MarTech platforms, including Adobe, Salesforce, Optimizely, and Braze, we deploy integrated experts across data analytics, marketing strategy, technology development, engineering, and revenue operations to ensure our clients’ tech stacks don't just exist, but perform.\n\nDirector, Engineering and Development\nLocation: Remote, US or CAN\nTravel: None — this is a fully remote position; candidates must be located in North America.\nAbout SH/FT\nSH/FT is a client services business that focuses on implementing and activating technology and data to make sales and marketing work. Our people bring combined experience across technology, data and analytics, business strategy, and campaign operations to accelerate our clients’ businesses. We keep pace with change in modern marketing and technology in order to create effective, scalable, and future-proof solutions for clients that span both the Fortune 500 and emerging industry leaders. We have also built strong relationships with the world’s most influential martech platforms and are key partners to them and their clients.\nThe Role\nAs Director of Engineering and Development, you’ll lead SH/FT’s engineering practice across platform engineering, web and web application development, and custom software development. You’ll own the people, the craft, and the output of the engineering team — setting technical standards, building capacity, and ensuring delivery quality across client engagements. This role also involves participating in pre-sale scoping, representing SH/FT’s engineering capabilities in client-facing settings, and contributing a clear point of view on how AI is reshaping software development.\nWhat You’ll Accomplish\nEngineering Leadership and Team Development\nLead and develop a team of front-end engineers, back-end engineers, architects, and solutions engineers\nSet and uphold technical standards, code quality practices, and engineering culture across the team\nBuild team capacity and capability intentionally, identifying skill gaps and creating development pathways that keep the team ahead of client needs\nCreate structure and process where it is needed, without over-engineering the way the team works\nFoster an environment where engineers can do their best work, ask hard questions, and grow professionally\nAI-Native Practice Leadership\nBring a clear, informed point of view on how AI is changing software development, delivery workflows, and what it means for how a professional services engineering team should be structured and operate\nChampion the integration of AI-assisted development tools, code generation, testing automation, and other AI-enabled workflows across the engineering team\nHelp SH/FT and its clients think through the implications of AI on custom development timelines, cost structures, and build-versus-buy decisions\nStay current on the AI development landscape and translate that into practical guidance for both the team and client stakeholders\nClient Delivery and Technical Oversight\nOwn the quality and integrity of engineering output across client engagements, from architecture decisions through to deployment\nPartner with project and delivery leadership to ensure engineering work is scoped correctly, resourced appropriately, and delivered on time\nProvide hands-on technical guidance and escalation support on complex or high-risk deliverables\nMaintain visibility across active engagements to identify risk early and keep delivery on track\nPre-Sale Scoping and Client Engagement\nParticipate in pre-sale conversations to assess custom development requirements, translate business needs into technical scope, and develop accurate level-of-effort estimates\nShow up with confidence and credibility in client-facing settings, including discovery sessions, architecture reviews, and executive presentations\nHelp clients understand the trade-offs between custom development and platform-native capabilities, including total cost of ownership, timeline, and long-term maintainability\nContribute to RFP and RFI responses, ensuring technical accuracy and a clear articulation of SH/FT’s engineering approach and differentiators\nPractice Development\nIdentify opportunities to build reusable frameworks, accelerators, and engineering assets that improve delivery speed and consistency across engagements\nPartner with the VP of Technology Services and other practice leads to shape how SH/FT positions and grows its engineering and development capabilities\nWhat You Bring\nExperience & Expertise\n8 or more years in software engineering or development roles, with at least 3 years leading engineering teams in a professional services, consulting, or agency environment\nDemonstrated experience building and developing engineering teams in environments where process is still maturing and the work requires figuring things out in real time\nTrack record of managing delivery across multiple concurrent client engagements without sacrificing quality\nStrong communication skills and the confidence to lead technical conversations with client stakeholders at all levels, from developers to C-Suite executives\nExperience scoping custom development work, writing statements of work, and setting realistic client expectations around timelines and complexity\nExperience in developing and working with teams across geographical regions, including integrating nearshore and offshore teams\nSkills & Capabilities\nBroad engineering fluency across front-end development, back-end systems, API design, systems integration, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, etc.)\nExperience working within or alongside martech ecosystems such as Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, Marketo, or similar platforms\nFamiliarity with Agile and waterfall delivery methodologies and the judgment to apply the right approach to the right engagement\nAbility to review, critique, and guide technical architecture decisions across a range of languages, frameworks, and infrastructure patterns\nActive, informed perspective on how AI is changing software development, including experience with AI-assisted coding tools, prompt engineering for development workflows, and the broader implications for engineering team structure and delivery economics\nExperience evaluating, piloting, or implementing AI-native development practices within a team or organization\nAbility to help clients and internal stakeholders think critically about AI in the context of custom development, not just as a productivity tool but as a strategic input to build-versus-buy and sourcing decisions\nMindset\nComfortable presenting complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences in a way that builds confidence and drives informed decision-making\nExperience contributing to business development conversations, including pre-sale positioning and proposal development\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive compensation aligned with your experience and impact\nRemote flexibility\nCollaborative culture that values diverse perspectives and innovative thinking\nWork that makes a measurable difference for your clients\nWhy SH/FT:\nSH/FT is a consultancy built for transformation. We bridge the gap between marketing, data, and technology to unlock growth for some of the world’s most recognized brands. As Director of Engineering and Development, you will shape how our clients build and scale technology solutions, lead a team of talented engineers doing genuinely complex work, and have a real voice in how SH/FT’s engineering practice grows and evolves.\nComp & Benefits\nAs required by law, SH/FT provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, Hawaii, New York, New Jersey, or Washington. The salary range for these residents is $165,000 to $185,000. Salary is based on several factors including but not limited to scope of responsibilities, skillset, relevant experience, certifications, and more.\nIn addition to base salary, SH/FT offers benefits such as medical, dental, vision, STD/LTD, Life/AD&D, Flexible Paid Time Off, and various other ancillary benefits and perks.\nWe welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.\nCandidates must have current U.S. or Canada work authorization. For U.S. candidates, this employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.\nNo relocation assistance can be offered at this time.\nAll inquiries are held in strict confidence.","company":"Shift Paradigm","rawCompany":"shift paradigm","city":"Remote","state":"OR","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T20:38:51.859Z","occupations":[{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"},{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"}],"industries":[{"code":"541330","title":"Engineering Services","slug":"engineering-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Director, Engineering & Development","description":"About SH/FT\nShift Paradigm is an execution-led strategic consultancy that bridges the gap between enterprise strategy and technical reality. 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