Director of Engineering, Flywheel Digital
CA$200k
Simplified digital commerce solutions
Be an early applicant
Simplified digital commerce solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$200k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To redefine a future where all businesses can seamlessly navigate the rapid change of digital commerce and drive growth.
Role
Who you are
- Experienced engineering leader with 7+ years in software engineering roles, and 3+ years managing engineering teams (including managers and senior/staff engineers) in a SaaS, ecommerce, or tech-driven environment
- Strong technical background in web-based platforms and data-intensive systems; hands-on experience with Python, Django, Flask, ReactJS, Airflow, and cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure) is a plus
- Proven track record of building, scaling, and operating high-availability, data-driven products
- Excellent collaborator and communicator, able to work across teams and functions and clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Passionate about people development, with a history of mentoring and growing engineers and technical leaders
- Customer-focused and data-driven, with a bias for action and a commitment to delivering business value
- Experienced in scaling systems that ingest and process large volumes of data
- Committed to fostering an inclusive, high-performance engineering culture
What the job involves
- As Director of Engineering, you will play a key leadership role, guiding teams building advertising bidding algorithms that perform millions of bids daily and continuously optimize campaign performance
- You will partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and other functions to deliver robust, scalable, and innovative solutions for our customers
- You’ll help shape our engineering culture, drive operational excellence, and develop the next generation of technical leaders
- Lead and mentor multiple engineering teams responsible for core platform components, ensuring a collaborative and high-performance culture
- Drive engineering execution and delivery—establishing clear goals, processes, and best practices to ensure timely, high-quality product releases
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders (Product, Design, Data, QA) to align technical execution with business goals and customer needs
- Guide architectural and technical decisions to ensure our platforms are reliable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective
- Promote engineering excellence through code reviews, design reviews, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and learning
- Attract, hire, and develop top engineering talent, with a focus on building a diverse and inclusive team
- Support operational excellence by driving incident management, technical debt remediation, and platform reliability initiatives
- Represent engineering in strategic planning, roadmap discussions, and executive forums as needed
Our take
Flywheel is a digital commerce solution company that provides tools for retail commerce ops, media execution and market intelligence. Its real-time insights and decision making is aimed at boosting eCommerce sales, helping companies grow faster, smarter and more efficiently.
Founded in 2014, Flywheel amalgamated a number of digital commerce tools into a proprietary cloud platform that manages tens of billions in product sales and billions in advertising spend every year. It serves over 4500 brands internationally, a sure sign that it has solidified a presence in the space.
In 2023, New York-based Omnicom Group acquired Flywheel for $835 million. The company will continue to operate under its own name, but now as a "Practice Area" within Omnicom. Flywheel’s products will be connected to Omnicom’s audience and behavioural data, elevating both companies' analytics and insights power.
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Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Country-specific savings and benefits plans
Company HQ
Locust Point, Baltimore, MD
Leadership
Patrick G Miller
(Co-Founder)Previously Co-President at Ascential, Vice President at Compass Marketing, Director of Community at Chesapeake Bay Foundation and an Operations Director at Petrie Ross Ventures.
Chip DiPaula
(Co-Founder)Previously Executive Vice President at Compass Marketing, COO at Petrie Ross Ventures and Chief of Staff for Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr of Maryland.
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