We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead our Acuity Scheduling team. Acuity Scheduling is a distinct brand & platform within the Squarespace suite of products.
The Acuity mission is to help appointment-based businesses start & grow their service by allowing clients to directly schedule appointments, removing administrative burden & giving our users more time to focus on what they love doing.
As the Director of Engineering, you will lead a group of growth, mobile, booking, transaction & platform engineering teams that cover all parts of the product journey.
You will oversee technical strategy for the Acuity product, goal setting, career development, team culture, & group operations to ensure we build engaged teams that ship great products.
This is a hybrid role working from our New York office. You will report to the GM of Acuity.
You'll Get To
- Define the Acuity technical strategy for your teams by building a multi-year plan
- Work with Product & Design functional leads to create impact across the team, ensure appropriate staffing & team make-up to achieve your goals, ensure teams are making good progress against goals, & step in to help resolve blockers or challenges to delivery of outcomes
- Recruit & develop a diverse team of frontend, backend & full stack engineers, both in office & remote
- Collaborate cross-functionally with other teams throughout Acuity & Squarespace to ensure top-notch quality & reliability.
- Partner cross functionally with technology leaders across the organization to drive transformational change & technology alignment
Who We're Looking For
- 8+ years as an Engineering leader
- 5+ years of experience managing a team of 20+ engineers inclusive of managers & ICs
- You get satisfaction from growing people & promoting career development.
- Experience successfully recruiting for frontend & backend software engineers
- Successful track record of building strong relationships, & ability to galvanize the company around mission & charter, serving as an internal change agent
- Experience leading customer facing developer teams
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal & written, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business objectives into engineering goals & deliverables.
Benefits & Perks
- A choice between medical plans with an option for 100% covered premiums
- Fertility & adoption benefits
- Access to supplemental insurance plans for additional coverage
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 12 to 20 weeks of paid family leave
- Equity plan for all employees
- Pretax commuter benefit
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 6 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Dog-friendly workplace
- Free lunch & snacks
- Private rooftop
Cash Compensation Range : $255,500 - $350,000 USD
The base salary for this position will vary based on job-related criteria including relevant skills, experience, & location, among other factors.
In addition to the cash compensation above (which includes base salary and, where applicable for eligible roles, may include on-target commissions or overtime pay), all Squarespace employees are eligible to receive equity in the company as part of their total compensation.
About Squarespace
Squarespace (NYSE : SQSP) is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands & businesses online. We empower millions of customers in more than 200 countries & territories with all the tools they need to create an online presence, build an audience, monetize, & scale their business.
Our suite of products range from websites, domains, ecommerce, & marketing tools, as well as tools for scheduling with Acuity, creating & managing social media presence with Bio Sites & Unfold, & hospitality business management via Tock.
Our team of more than 1,700 is headquartered in bustling New York City, with offices in Chicago, Dublin, Ireland, Aveiro, Portugal, & coworking spaces in the UK, Netherlands, & Australia.
For more information about our company culture, visit .
Our Commitment
Today, more than a million people around the globe use Squarespace to share different perspectives & experiences with the world.
Not only do we embrace & celebrate the diversity of our customers, but we also work toward the same in our employees. At Squarespace, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, national origin, gender, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or parental status, disability, veteran status, or other class protected by applicable law.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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