Director of Engineering

Job overview

The Director of Engineering role is onsite in Raleigh, NC, with compensation of $200,000–$225,000 per year. Leap builds software for home-improvement contractors, including CRM, sales and estimating, payments and financing, and an AI product. The director runs engineering delivery, production operations, and day-to-day department execution across about 35 engineers on seven teams, partnering with the VP of Engineering. The role develops team leadership and consistent engineering practices while helping deliver stable features and maintain the products customers rely on.

What you'll do

• Own roadmap delivery and weekly reporting
• lead team leads and engineers
• coach staff and set expectations
• oversee releases, alerting, on-call, and incident reviews
• run delivery and specification reviews
• coordinate with partner teams
• lead hiring and onboarding
• establish shared engineering practices
• write code regularly as a player-coach.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of engineering

full-time

onsite

raleigh nc

leap

engineering leadership

software delivery

production operations

player-coach

ai coding agents

on-call

$200,000–$225,000/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health and wellness coverage
• 401(k) company match
• flexible time off
• 10 paid sick days
• 8 paid company holidays
• employee assistance program
• LifeMart discounts
• MoveSpring wellness app.

Why this role

Leads a roughly 35-person engineering organization across seven teams and remains hands-on, writing code weekly with AI coding agents. Benefits include health and wellness coverage, 401(k) match, flexible time off, paid sick days, holidays, and an employee assistance program.

About the employer

Leap is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.