Director of Engineering

Job overview

The Director of Engineering is an onsite role in Albany, NY. Compensation is $200,000–$225,000 USD; the posting says compensation is determined by experience, skills, and qualifications. The role supports Leap’s software products for home improvement contractors, including Leap CRM, SalesPro, Leap Pay, and Leap Crew. The director owns day-to-day engineering delivery across approximately 35 engineers on seven teams, leads team leads and engineers, and partners with the VP of Engineering. The role helps deliver stable product features, maintain production quality, and develop consistent engineering practices while continuing to contribute code.

What you'll do

• Own engineering delivery against the product roadmap and report delivery measures
• 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
• manage hiring and onboarding
• establish shared engineering practices and tools
• write code weekly and build with AI coding agents.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of engineering

engineering leadership

software delivery

product engineering

people management

production operations

ai coding agents

leap crm

leap crew

albany ny

onsite

$200,000–$225,000 usd

leap

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
• wellness app and team-building activities.

Why this role

Player-coach role with weekly coding; leads approximately 35 engineers across seven teams, most through offshore partner teams. The posting lists health and wellness coverage, 401(k) match, flexible time off, 10 paid sick days, and 8 paid company holidays.

About the employer

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