Director of Engineering
Moxie
Summary
We're looking for a Director of Engineering to become the day-to-day leader of Moxie's Engineering organization. You'll own delivery, organizational health, manager development, staffing, and engineering operating strategy for roughly 60 engineers, and you'll lead our AI strategy and execution across both the product and the software development lifecycle.
Job description
Our Objectives for the Role
- Become the clear leader of Engineering: Within three months all seven EMs report to you with a working management cadence, you run the Engineering side of the Product and Engineering operating cadence, and you are the first escalation point for cross-team delivery, staffing, and execution issues.
- Mature existing measures and drive improvement: Build on and refine existing measures of Engineering performance and health (Linear, DORA, and reliability metrics) and implement 2–3 concrete operating improvements.
- Make AI a source of leverage: Assess current AI usage across the product and SDLC, drive at least one AI or agentic initiative into production use, and embed AI-assisted development in the Engineering operating model.
- Set an opinionated technical roadmap: Allocate capacity across product delivery, architecture, platform investment, reliability, developer productivity, and technical debt, aligned with Product and company priorities.
We're Looking For
- 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership and at least 3 years leading managers and technical leaders.
- Management depth: You've run a 30-60 person engineering organization through multiple Engineering Managers, ideally at a Series B-D product company.
- Operating rigor: You've built KPI systems (DORA, cycle time, reliability) that teams actually use to change behavior.
- Proven experience building production AI and agentic systems with real standards for evals, observability, security, and cost.
- Technical judgment: Comfortable with system design, software design patterns, and engineering processes (agile, scrum, SRE, devops).
- Comfort with real delegation and real authority: Experience building and shaping engineering organizations, from hiring strategy and people management to maturing the SDLC and org design.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience
- 5+ years in engineering leadership
- At least 3 years leading managers and technical leaders
- Experience running a 30-60 person engineering organization through multiple Engineering Managers
- Experience building KPI systems (DORA, cycle time, reliability)
- Proven experience building production AI and agentic systems
- Comfortable with system design, software design patterns, and engineering processes (agile, scrum, SRE, devops)
- Experience building and shaping engineering organizations, from hiring strategy to org design
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health insurance
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
Company overview
Moxie is a company operating in the retail health and personal care products sector, focusing on providing consumers with wellness and self-care solutions. While specific details about the company's product portfolio and market positioning are limited, companies in this space typically develop and distribute a range of consumer health products, personal care items, and wellness solutions designed for retail markets. These businesses often combine health-focused formulations with consumer-friendly packaging and marketing to make wellness products accessible to broader audiences. The retail health and personal care industry represents a significant segment of the consumer goods market, with companies like Moxie contributing to the growing demand for health-conscious products that bridge the gap between traditional healthcare and everyday consumer needs. Such companies play an important role in making health and wellness products more available through retail channels, potentially including supplements, skincare, hygiene products, and other personal care items that support overall wellbeing.