Position: Director of Engineering
Company: SD Solutions
Category: Lead
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

Tipalti eliminates up to 80% of the payables workload for finance and accounting departments. Our AI-driven technology does the work no one wants to do, and we do it better than anyone.

Tipalti is looking for our first Director of Engineering in Tbilisi who will be building and leading our Georgian engineering team.The Tbilisi engineering group will be composed of 3-5 teams, building both our core product and innovative new products.

We are looking for a true leader with great communication skills who can help us scale our growing engineering team in a new site while upholding a high technical bar.This role requires collaboration with stakeholders across the organization, high technical competency, the ability to initiate and drive processes independently, manage projects under time constraints, and most importantly keep our team members challenged and engaged.

**In this role, you will be responsible for:**
- Hiring and leading a new group of 3-5 development teams, building our engineering presence in Georgia
- Owning the end-to-end delivery of Tipalti’s core products from planning to production, ensuring we deliver a high-quality and scalable product at a fast pace
- Driving engineering excellence through constant improvement in processes, tools, practices, and skills
- Working closely with our product team and other stakeholders in the building and executing your group’s product roadmap
- Helping your team unlock their full potential by providing coaching and supporting their personal growth

**Requirements:**

- 5+ years of experience in an engineering leadership role, preferably in SaaS companies
- 10+ years in a software development role, designing and building distributed scalable systems
- Truly exceptional communication skills
- High level of independence, working in situations of high ambiguity
- Track record of driving projects and "making things happen"
- Experience in hiring and onboarding teams at scale
- Occasional global travel required

**About Product**

Tipalti is an accounting software financial technology business that provides accounts payable, procurement and global payments automation software for businesses.