About this role
Campfire is building the AI-native ERP for modern finance teams, backed by a $65M Series B from Accel and Ribbit Capital. Our engineering org is ~30 people today and growing to ~100, and we're hiring Directors of Engineering to lead that scale-up. Each Director owns a segment of the org — roughly 25–40 engineers across 3–5 teams — and will report to the CTO alongside two peer Directors. This is a manager-of-managers role: you'll hire and develop engineering managers, shape team structure within your area, and own how your teams plan, ship, and operate.
Responsibilities
Own the org design for your area: team boundaries, charters, and staffing plans
Lead, coach, and hold accountable 3–5 engineering managers; develop first-time managers and grow future leaders from the IC ranks
Drive hiring for your teams: headcount planning, recruiting, interviewer training, and closing senior candidates
Run planning and delivery for your area: roadmap alignment with product, quarterly commitments, and predictable execution across teams
Uphold operational rigor expected of a financial-systems company: on-call, incident response, SLOs, and release practices that hold up to enterprise and audit scrutiny
Partner with peer Directors, security, and compliance on cross-cutting concerns — shared platform, SOC 2, enterprise security reviews, AI governance
Set and uphold engineering standards — code review, testing, observability, architecture decisions — across a Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, and AWS stack
Qualifications
10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and 2+ years managing managers
Led a group of 20+ engineers with multiple managers reporting to you, through a period of rapid growth
Built or operated systems where correctness and auditability are non-negotiable: fintech, accounting, payments, or ERP
Technically credible with senior ICs — able to review architecture and weigh in on data-model and infrastructure decisions
Comfortable operating as one of several peer leaders: collaborative, low-ego, and effective at working across org boundaries
Hands-on interest in running LLMs and agents in production
Clear, direct communicator who writes well and gives hard feedback kindly
Bonus
Experience taking a product through enterprise security and compliance (SOC 2, SSO/SAML, vendor reviews)
Familiarity with revenue recognition, GAAP close, or accounting integrations (Stripe, Deel, Rippling, banks, payroll)
Experience with MCP or building integrations for AI platforms
Depth in Python and relational databases