Director, Software Engineering

About GoodLeap:GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeap’s proprietary, AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $30 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018. GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit, GivePower, which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America.
Position Summary We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the development of our next-generation SaaS platform serving professionals in the trades industry. This platform empowers users with advanced tools for project management, energy modeling, savings calculations, and optimization of home energy systems—including rooftop solar, battery storage, and home efficiency and home improvement upgrades. 
As the Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for shaping the technical strategy, system architecture, and organizational structure of this critical important new product and business area. You’ll lead a growing team, working closely with product and design leadership to ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performance software.  
This is a pivotal leadership role for a hands-on technical leader with a passion for team development, deep architectural experience, and a track record of building resilient, distributed systems in fast-paced environments. 

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs across multiple teams, promoting a high-performance, collaborative culture. 
• Define the engineering vision and roadmap in alignment with company goals and product strategy. 
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and technical excellence. 
• Drive hiring and talent development to build a strong, diverse engineering organization. 
• Architect and guide the implementation of a distributed, event-driven platform leveraging Python, FastAPI, and modern software delivery practices. 
• Ensure systems are robust, scalable, secure, and highly available, capable of supporting complex energy modeling and analytics. 
• Lead technical reviews, design sessions, and engineering planning to ensure architectural decisions align with business needs and long-term maintainability. 
• Establish and enforce software development best practices across SDLC, including coding standards, testing, monitoring, and documentation. 
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Operations teams to align engineering efforts with customer outcomes and business impact. 
• Own delivery and execution across large, complex initiatives—balancing velocity, quality, and cost. 
• Define and track KPIs and SLAs to measure and continuously improve engineering performance and system reliability. 
• Advance CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and deployment automation to enable rapid, reliable releases. 
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and operational best practices across cloud-based infrastructure. 
• Support platform scalability and maintainability through disciplined technical debt management and modular architecture. 

Required Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years in technical leadership roles, including managing engineering managers and cross-functional teams. 
• Proven success in leading the development of complex, cloud-native SaaS platforms. 
• Deep technical expertise in: 
• Python, FastAPI, and modern asynchronous programming 
• Distributed systems and microservices architecture 
• Event-driven design and message queuing (e.g., RabbitMQ) 
• Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform or OpenTofu 
• Scalable CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices 
• Strong grasp of the full SDLC and Agile development methodologies. 
• Experience guiding teams through architectural decisions and hands-on problem solving. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the energy domain, including solar modeling, battery