Engineering Director

The Role

Upstatement is looking for a Engineering Director to join our engineering practice. The right person for this role is an experienced engineering leader who has a proven track record of growing full-stack engineering teams, directing complex technology projects, overseeing quality, and winning new business.

People who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Upstatement is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

Why Upstatement

Upstatement is a digital product studio with an editorial mindset. We use the tools of design, engineering, and journalism to enrich lives and create a more just society. Our 40-person team works with established leaders (MIT, ESPN, PBS, Microsoft) and emerging companies who are about to change the world. We are members of the kyu Collective and combine the energy of a boutique studio with the business maturity of an established global innovation leader.

• Work with ethical and mission-driven organizations.
• Collaborate in a high-trust environment that empowers creative ownership.
• Build a portfolio you can be proud of.
• Blossom in a small studio culture full of top talent and peers who help you grow.
• Find your path at a place that prizes flexibility: We encourage experimentation, support role switching, and help people balance between maker/manager and lead/support.

Check out our Engineers page to learn a bit more about the technology department, read some blog posts, and figure out what makes our engineers tick.

What You’ll Do

• Engineering Management. Work closely with your direct reports to establish goals and promote their career development.
• Grow the team. Assist the CTO with recruitment, hiring, and retention efforts and team building initiatives aimed at strengthening department culture and cohesion.
• Business Development. Contribute an executive presence to the business development process, bringing us new work and strengthening the quality of the opportunities before us.
• Technology Direction. Fulfill the Technology Director role on 1-3 client projects, working alongside project leads to establish a cohesive and impactful technology strategy as part of Vision phases.
• Dependable Delivery. Collaborate with design and engineering leads to ensure the successful execution and evolution of technology strategy throughout the Build & Delivery phase.

About You

• Experienced Engineering Manager, preferably in an agency context
• Has executive presence; can lead a room
• Expert stakeholder manager
• Comfortable navigating uncertainty
• Experienced developing technical strategies through research and solution architecture
• Fluent with one or more server-side languages
• Knowledgable of popular frameworks and CMSs
• Familiar with modern front-end development tools and best practices
• Capable of working on multiple projects concurrently

Compensation

Upstatement is committed to helping our people grow and providing transparent salary benchmarks. This job fits two possible levels in our skill progression framework (something we’d love to share during the interview process). The level depends the candidate’s unique qualifications, to be determined during the interview process.

Level: EM5
Official Title: Engineering Director
Department: Engineering
Salary Range: $160,000 - $180,000

Level: EM6
Official Title: Senior Engineering Director
Department: Engineering
Salary Range: $180,000 - $200,000

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, and supplementary health benefits (FSA & HSA)
• Experience true life-work balance with a 4-Day Work Week.
• Online Mental Health Therapy with Talkspace & First Stop Health
• Short/long term disability insurance
• One Medical membership
• Health Advocacy Support
• Gynecology and Family-building Care with Kindbody
• Non-elective 401k company contribution
• $1,000 home office setup stipend
• $1,500 annual professional development budget
• 3 weeks vacation to start, plus company-wide closure between Christmas & New Year’s Day (fully paid)
• 12 weeks paid parental leave, plus 12 additional weeks available as unpaid
• Co-working spaces in New York City, Boston, and Chicago as well as a fully distributed workforce