Director, Engineering

OUR MISSION

At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.

ABOUT US

Redwood Software is the leading orchestration platform for the autonomous enterprise, driving business transformation at the lowest total cost of ownership. Redwood empowers organizations to intelligently automate and orchestrate mission-critical business and IT processes across complex ERP, hybrid cloud, data and emerging agentic AI systems. Through its SaaS-first automation fabric—with AI embedded across the automation lifecycle—Redwood accelerates the path to autonomous operations. Backed by 30 years of experience and trusted by more than 50% of the Fortune 50, Redwood helps organizations unlock human potential to focus on innovation, growth and what’s next. 

CORE VALUES

One Team. One Redwood

Make Your Own Weather

Obsess over Customer Success

Work the Problem

Be Curious

Own the Outcome

Respect Each Other

YOUR IMPACT

Redwood Software delivers powerful automation solutions that simplify and accelerate critical business and IT processes for some of the world’s largest enterprises. The Redwood Automation Platform streamlines complex business workflows and operations, reduces manual effort, ensures compliance, and accelerates business outcomes through intelligent, cloud-native automation.

As Director of Engineering, you are the accountable owner of the products and services chartered to our Netherlands Engineering Hub, reporting to the Vice President of Engineering. You will provide decisive leadership, establish clear operating standards, and ensure the consistent delivery of high-quality, enterprise-grade software aligned with Redwood’s strategic priorities.

This role carries full responsibility for execution, technical direction, delivery predictability, and team performance within the Netherlands hub. You will build and sustain a culture where commitments are met, outcomes are owned, and excellence is the baseline.

You are not only a people leader — you are the operational authority for the hub’s output, health, and performance.

Success in this role requires a relentless focus on results, measurable impact, and continuous improvement. You will set a high bar for accountability and ensure that teams deliver on their commitments with discipline, transparency, and urgency.

At Redwood, our Software Development Lifecycle is AI-embedded and AI-first. You will be responsible for evangelizing and operationalizing AI across the entire development process — from ideation and architecture through coding, testing, release, diagnostics, and continuous improvement. AI adoption is not optional; it is a leadership mandate.

Hub Leadership

• Own the technical and operational outcomes of the Netherlands Engineering Hub.
• Establish clear accountability for roadmap delivery, quality, reliability, and performance.
• Define and enforce measurable KPIs around delivery predictability, cycle time, defect rates, and operational health.
• Ensure commitments made to Product and executive leadership are delivered — or transparently escalated with mitigation plans.
• Drive a culture where teams “Own the Outcome” and operate with autonomy, urgency, and clarity.

Results-Driven Execution

• Translate strategic product objectives into executable roadmaps with clear milestones and ownership.
• Hold teams accountable for sprint commitments, release targets, and quality standards.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and implement structured recovery (“path-to-green”) plans.
• Drive continuous improvement in velocity, predictability, and operational excellence.
• Instill disciplined planning, estimation, and follow-through across all teams.

Foster a Culture of Accountability & Continuous Learning

• Build a high-performance engineering culture rooted in ownership, transparency, and measurable impact.
• Create an environment where engineers are accountable for outcomes, not just activity.
• Promote post-mortem rigor, root cause analysis, and data-driven retrospectives.
• Develop continuous learning in architecture, cloud-native practices, and AI-enabled engineering through dedicated learning investments.
• Develop future engineering leaders within the hub through coaching, mentorship, and clear performance expectations.

AI-Driven Software Development Leadership

• Champion and operationalize Redwood’s AI-Driven SDLC across all teams.
• Ensure AI tools are deeply integrated into the full SDLC, from ideation to design to development and delivery
• Establish clear standards for responsible AI usage, validation, and quality control.
• Measure AI-driven productivity gains and ensure AI increases throughput without sacrificing quality.

Technical & Architectural Authority

• Provide architectural oversight and decision-making authority for hub-owned services.
• Ensure systems meet Redwood standards for scalability, security, reliability, and observability.
• Partner closely with Principal Engineers and Architecture leadership to align on long-term technical strategy.
• Make decisive technical trade-offs to protect delivery timelines and platform integrity.

Organizational Scaling & Talent Leadership

• Hire and retain high-caliber engineers with strong AI fluency and systems thinking.
• Set a high bar for technical rigor, ownership, and execution.
• Align team structure and capacity planning with product growth objectives.
• Drive succession planning and leadership development within the hub.

YOUR EXPERIENCE 

• 8–12+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years leading engineering teams with full delivery accountability.
• Demonstrated ownership of roadmap execution and delivery outcomes.
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise SaaS products on time and at high quality.
• Experience building high-performance, accountability-driven engineering cultures.
• Deep understanding of Agile execution with measurable delivery metrics.
• Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, design systems, and backend development (e.g., Java or similar).
• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor) across the SDLC.
• Ability to operate with authority, influence cross-functionally, and make decisive trade-offs.
• Strong bias for action and measurable results.

Why Redwood?

As Redwood scales, distributed engineering hubs must operate with clarity, authority, and measurable execution discipline. The Netherlands Engineering Hub plays a critical role in delivering mission-critical capabilities to our enterprise customers. This leader ensures that the hub is not just productive — but predictable, accountable, and AI-forward.

You will directly shape how Redwood builds software in an AI-augmented future.