Director of Engineering

At FormAssembly, we believe leaders are at their best when they create direct customer impact, empower their teams with trusted independence, and foster a culture of care, inclusion, and sincerity.

We’re looking for a  Director of Engineering to guide multiple teams building and scaling our SaaS applications in PHP/Laravel. This role is about coaching engineers, partnering with Product Managers and Product Owners, and ensuring our teams deliver secure, scalable, and high-quality software.

We assume positive intent in every interaction. Outcomes may not always be what we expected or desired, but they happen because people take chances and make decisions. We believe teammates are trying their best, and we begin every conversation, assessment, and piece of feedback with that foundation of trust.

We also emphasize care, inclusion, and sincerity. We work here because we believe in the opportunity, the vision, our people, and our ability to create something remarkable. These convictions drive us to care deeply about the market, our customers, and each other. When everything comes together, our customers build stronger businesses and thrive.

If you’re energized by mentoring, Agile leadership, and working at the intersection of people, process, and architecture, this role is for you.

Duties:

• Lead and coach multiple engineers across several  teams building SaaS applications in PHP/Laravel.

• Help facilitate Agile ceremonies and ensure teams are applying Agile best practices pragmatically
• Guide architectural discussions, ensuring scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions in a cloud-native (AWS) SaaS environment.
• Assist driving adoption of DevOps best practices including CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability.
• Encourage a growth mindset through coaching, mentoring, and constructive feedback.
• Protect team health and product quality by making tough trade-offs — including when to say “no.”
• Build and maintain a culture of transparency, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Partner closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to align priorities, set goals, and deliver customer value.
• Partner with other leaders to align on long-term engineering strategy and architecture.
• Demonstrate agency, take ownership of identifying and addressing issues and attempt to present solutions.
• Value code quality, maintainability, and effective communication.
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and openness to giving and receiving feedback.

• Excellent planning, communication, and collaboration skills; you understand how to help teams grow.
• Strong background in web application architecture and SaaS systems.
• Experience leading Agile teams, with deep knowledge of Agile frameworks and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to coach engineers and technical leads.
• Experience working with AWS cloud infrastructure and modern DevOps practices.
• Ability to balance technical trade-offs with business priorities.
• 7+ years in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of PHP/Laravel, MySQL, and modern web stacks.
• Previous work in distributed/remote-first teams.
• US Based with US Citizenship

Nice to have, but not fully required experience:

• Experience scaling web applications that handle high traffic or large data volumes.
• Experience with real-time data processing.
• Hands-on knowledge of API development, and containerization.
• Eastern/Central US Timezone Preferred

FormAssembly is a completely remote/distributed team. We thrive through digital communication, and work to connect numerous times a day. Our culture is vibrant, fun, and unique! Read more about it here. Some of our benefits include:

• Health benefits (health, dental, vision) for Team Members based in the United States
• Mental Health benefits with SpringHealth
• 401(k) with 4% company match
• Unlimited PTO (with a required minimum use of 2 weeks per year) for Salaried/Exempt staff, or 4 weeks of paid vacation for hourly/non-exempt employees.
• 9 paid company holidays
• Flexible work schedule; work from anywhere!
• Generous Paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks)
• Charitable contribution match
• Budget for professional development
• Company provided Mac laptop

You'll be joining a talented and fun team, working together to build something great!