Director, Engineering
Campfire·San Francisco·Posted 18 September 2026
About the role
Campfire is building the AI-native ERP for modern finance teams, backed by a $65M Series B from Accel and Ribbit Capital. Our engineering org is ~30 people today and growing to ~100, and we're hiring Directors of Engineering to lead that scale-up. Each Director owns a segment of the org — roughly 25–40 engineers across 3–5 teams — and will report to the CTO alongside two peer Directors. This is a manager-of-managers role: you'll hire and develop engineering managers, shape team structure within your area, and own how your teams plan, ship, and operate. Responsibilities - Own the org design for your area: team boundaries, charters, and staffing plans - Lead, coach, and hold accountable 3–5 engineering managers; develop first-time managers and grow future leaders from the IC ranks - Drive hiring for your teams: headcount planning, recruiting, interviewer training, and closing senior candidates - Run planning and delivery for your area: roadmap alignment with product, quarterly commitments, and predictable execution across teams - Uphold operational rigor expected of a financial-systems company: on-call, incident response, SLOs, and release practices that hold up to…
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