GoodParty.org is looking to solve the problem of making people matter more than money in democracy by empowering independent candidates to run, win, and serve, and is seeking a Director of Engineering to help reinvent civic leadership in America.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience, with experience in the last 5 years, managing both frontend and backend focused engineers and owning product delivery.
- Experience building and scaling products in a startup or early-stage environment and know how to work through ambiguity.
- Comfortable doing 0 to 1 work, leading greenfield builds, launching MVPs, and making pragmatic decisions with limited data.
- Confident developing across our tech stack — React, Next.js, Node.js, Python, Postgres — and excited to lead in an AI-native environment.
- Experience working with and are a champion of AI-native workflows for coding, including Cursor, OpenAI/Anthropic, Gemini/Perplexity, MCPs, and other similar tools.
- Strong opinions loosely held and advocate for engineering excellence but are open to evolving with new ideas and team input.
- Track record of creating inclusive team cultures, mentoring engineers, and building feedback loops.
Responsibilities
- Lead and empower a mission-critical engineering team, balancing strategic scaling of core systems with ground-up innovation to tackle new challenges.
- Recruit, lead, and develop top-tier Frontend, Backend, and QA engineers, fostering individual growth, overseeing performance, and continuously advancing AI fluency in an ever-changing technological landscape.
- Foster a fast-paced and collaborative culture where engineers feel empowered, supported, and see the impact of their work on democracy.
- Collaborate on embedding AI deeply across our platform — from campaign tools to voter engagement features — in an empowering and responsible way.
- Own and evolve our engineering OKRs and roadmap. Drive clarity and momentum by balancing speed and thoughtful decision-making — you know when to ship fast and when to invest in long-term scalability.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data teams to ideate, prototype, and ship user-facing features and internal tools quickly and iteratively.
- Guide the team through ambiguity, building MVPs to test hypotheses, and continuously improving based on feedback and data.
Other
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- US-based candidates only
- No sponsorship for roles at this time
- Unlimited PTO (sick and vacation) policy
- 100% coverage of health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your dependents
- 401(k) program available
