Campfire
Director, Engineering
$250K–$350K
San Francisco · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and 2+ years managing managers; led 20+ engineers with multiple managers through rapid growth.
About the job
Leads a 25–40-engineer segment across 3–5 teams, scaling managers, organizational design, hiring, delivery, and operational practices for Campfire’s AI-native ERP.
What you'll do
- Design team structure, charters, and staffing plans; hire and develop engineering managers.
- Lead hiring, planning, and predictable delivery across teams in partnership with Product.
- Set engineering and operational standards, including incident response, SLOs, security, compliance, and architecture.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and 2+ years managing managers.
- Led 20+ engineers with multiple managers reporting through a period of rapid growth.
- Built or operated systems requiring correctness and auditability, such as fintech, accounting, payments, or ERP.
- Technically credible with senior ICs; interested in running LLMs and agents in production.
Nice to have
- Experience with enterprise security and compliance, such as SOC 2, SSO/SAML, or vendor reviews.
- Familiarity with accounting integrations or MCP and AI-platform integrations; depth in Python and relational databases.
Pay
$250K – $350K (base salary)
Tools
Python/Django, PostgreSQL, Next.js, AWS, LLMs, MCP
AI focus
Hands-on interest in running LLMs and agents in production; AI governance and AI-platform integrations are also mentioned.
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