Director of Engineering

About the role

Booksy is an international, cloud-based marketplace connecting independent business owners with their customers. As Director of Engineering, reporting to the Chief Technology Officer in the Provider Domain, you will own the technical strategy and delivery for the systems used by hundreds of thousands of independent businesses. The role sits in a deliberately flat structure with no layers between you and the engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery across 4-5 cross-functional teams, leading through Engineering Managers and Staff+ Engineers
• Set the engineering standard for the domain, including frameworks for architecture decisions, technical proposals and how teams work
• Lead the AI transformation of the engineering lifecycle and define the measures that prove it worked
• Partner with Product to turn commercial strategy into engineering strategy, backed by experimentation and data
• Build a team of exceptional density and coach leaders who can operate autonomously

Required profile

• Ability to think like a product owner, understanding unit economics, funnels and growth mechanics
• Experience establishing engineering rigor such as architecture decision records, technical proposals and standardised ways of working
• Practical experience embedding AI tooling into the engineering lifecycle and measuring its impact
• Experience leading multiple squads through Engineering Managers and Staff Engineers in a high-growth scale-up, marketplace or SaaS business
• Conversational English; English is the company language

Required skills

• Nice to have: two-sided marketplaces or booking platforms
• Nice to have: growth engineering or growth experimentation
• Nice to have: B2B SaaS experience at scale

What we offer

• Distributed, remote-first organisation; office access or full remote depending on the market
• Benefits vary by location and are explained during or after the first conversation with a Talent Acquisition Specialist