Director of Engineering

About the role

This hands‑on leadership position will expand the platform’s capabilities, using AI as a core lever to accelerate delivery and improve team velocity. You will build and lead the new Medellín engineering hub, partnering closely with the established engineering organization in Australia.

Key responsibilities

• Recruit, interview and hire engineers, tech leads and future managers for the Medellín team.
• Champion AI‑first, AI‑native development practices and tooling to increase speed, improve code quality and lift team velocity.
• Establish engineering practices, tooling, coding standards and delivery rhythms suited to a distributed, multi‑region product organization.
• Partner across time zones with Australian engineering leadership on architecture, roadmap and ways of working.
• Own delivery accountability for the Colombia team’s contributions to the product roadmap while maintaining quality standards.
• Represent the Medellín team in global leadership discussions and planning cycles.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading software engineering teams, ideally building or scaling a new team, office or function.
• Strong hands‑on technical background in full‑stack, cloud‑native SaaS with credibility to hire and evaluate senior engineers.
• Experience building highly available, scalable cloud/SaaS solutions on AWS.
• Track record of hiring, sourcing, interviewing and building strong engineering teams.
• Demonstrated use of AI‑first or AI‑native development practices to improve delivery speed.
• Experience working in a distributed, global engineering model across time zones and cultures.
• Fluent written and spoken English for regular collaboration with global leadership.

Required skills

• AWS

What we offer

• Permanent contract with full legal benefits.
• Competitive salary.
• Private health insurance.
• Relocation bonus to Medellín.
• On‑site role in Medellín, five days a week, with parking.
• Opportunity to build and lead a new engineering hub from day one.