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At Ibotta, our engineering team is organized cross-functionally by squads that build remarkable products for the company, including the platform powering our app that is used by millions of consumers. We’re looking for a director eager to drive a strong engineering vision, lead multiple teams, and scale the organization while fostering a collaborative, inclusive culture.\nThis position is located in Denver, Colorado as a hybrid position requiring 3 days in office (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). Candidates must live in the United States.\nNot based in Denver? We will offer a relocation bonus to help make your move to the Mile High City a smooth one.\nWhat you will be doing:\nDevelop and deploy new strategies for building a highly engaged development organization that delivers predictably and in line with our emerging customer needs.\n\nInspire and mobilize individuals and teams to achieve results.\n\nEnsure timely delivery of engineering solutions to meet business needs while providing a transparent view to progress.\n\nCommunicate technical concepts to business stakeholders as well as communicate business objectives to the technical team.\n\nCollaborate across functional areas to define and prioritize technical solutions that support business needs, efficiencies, and revenue.\n\nCollaborate with external partners to navigate partner onboarding, technical solutions, and development timelines.\n\nPartner with Product Management and Architecture to prioritize, scope, and plan business milestones and set goals.\n\nFoster an organization that understands how to balance technical debt vs. feature delivery.\n\nCoach and develop engineering managers; address technical, resource, and personnel issues.\n\nSupport technical innovation and lead the creation, continual refinement, and active enforcement of our development standards to ensure that our technology enables a sustainable competitive advantage.\n\nBuild an organization with appropriately high technical competence that strives for excellence.\n\nIdentify opportunities where AI can replace manual processes or create new revenue streams, directly contributing to Ibotta's financial trajectory and competitive positioning.\n\nDrive long-term technology strategy by treating AI as a core utility, championing data literacy and AI fundamentals across engineering, and identifying automation opportunities that multiply team productivity at scale.\n\nUse AI to build solutions, quality of life improvements, team processes and production systems when able\n\nResearch new technologies to stay abreast of industry trends and standards.\n\nEmbrace and uphold Ibotta’s Core Values: Integrity, Boldness, Ownership, Teamwork, Transparency & A good idea can come from anywhere.\n\nWhat we are looking for:\n5+ years of engineering management experience.\n\n10+ years of experience in software engineering.\n\nExperience managing managers, and leading multiple teams.\n\nExperience collaborating with diverse stakeholders including customers, senior management, and other business leaders.\n\nSkilled at agile software development and management.\n\nHas had exposure to multiple languages and frameworks as either an engineer or manager.\n\nExperienced with security, cost, performance, scale, and reliability strategies.\n\nHighly effective performance manager and comfortable managing team members with different skill sets and technical expertise.\n\nMotivated by a fast-paced and adapting environment.\n\nDemonstrates effective written and verbal communication.\n\nHas worked with cloud-based data architectures and platforms (AWS preferred) and experience with DevOps culture. DevSecOps is a plus.\n\nExperience with event-driven architectures and platforms is a strong plus.\n\nUnderstanding native mobile app development and frontend web development is a great extra!\n\nAbout Ibotta (\"I bought a...\")\nIbotta (NYSE: IBTA) is a leading performance marketing platform allowing brands to deliver digital promotions to over 200 million consumers through a network of publishers called the Ibotta Performance Network (IPN). The IPN allows marketers to influence what people buy, and where and how often they shop - all while paying only when their campaigns directly result in a sale. American shoppers have earned over $2.6 billion through the IPN since 2012. The largest tech IPO in history to come out of Colorado, Ibotta is headquartered in Denver, and is continually listed as a top place to work by The Denver Post and Inc. Magazine.\nTo learn more about what our Tech teams are doing day to day, visit Building Ibotta onMedium.com\nAdditional Details:\nThis position is located in Denver, CO and includes competitive pay, flexible time off, benefits package (including medical, dental, vision), Employee Stock Purchase Program, and 401k match. Denver office perks include paid parking, snacks, and occasional meals.\n\nBase compensation range: $189,000 - $214,000. Total compensation for this role also includes a variable component in addition to base salary . Equity is included in overall compensation package. This compensation range is specific to the United States labor market and may be adjusted based on actual experience.\n\nIbotta is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ibotta’s employment decisions are made without regard of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.\n\nApplicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.\n\nApplicants are accepted until the position is filled.\n\nFor the security of our employees and the business, all employees are responsible for the secure handling of data in accordance with our security policies, identifying and reporting phishing attempts, as well as reporting security incidents to the proper channels.\n\nRecruiting Agency Notice\nIbotta does not accept agency resumes and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. 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