Director of Engineering

Overview

Revivn is a profitable and rapidly growing company that helps enterprises manage their technology through our end of life software platform. We repurpose hardware that still has remaining life and provide it to people who lack dedicated computer access, making technology more affordable. We work with companies like Instacart, Lyft, Qualtrics, X, Gensler, and Allbirds to change how companies view used technology, focusing on repurposing rather than recycling.

We’re building a category-defining company focused on expanding access to technology by giving devices a second life. Our work sits at the intersection of software, hardware, logistics, and sustainability, where problems are real, messy, and operationally complex, and where getting things right matters to our customers every day.

This is not a company with rigid org charts, deeply layered processes, or narrowly scoped roles. It’s a place where people own outcomes, move quickly, and work closely with operations and customers to solve real-world problems.

Please note this role is based on-site at our Brooklyn Navy Yard office with Remote Wednesdays.

The Role

We’re looking for a senior engineering leader to lead our existing engineering team and grow it thoughtfully over time, while sharing ownership of product outcomes and serving as a strong internal advocate for our customers.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll join a small, capable team, write production code alongside them, set technical direction, and work directly with the business. As the team scales, you’ll gradually spend less time in the code, but stay close enough to guide architecture, standards, and decision-making.

From day one, this role is part of company leadership. You’ll partner closely with the Co-CEO/Co-Founder and cross-functional leaders to ensure what we build meaningfully improves our operational and customer experience, not just that it ships.

What You’ll Do

• Own engineering as a function: technical direction, execution, hiring, and culture
• Write production code and make architectural decisions that matter immediately
• Lead and support an existing team of engineers, ensuring both short- and long-term success
• Balance delivery of high-impact projects with improving team cohesion, process, and engineering craft
• Grow the team through thoughtful, additive hiring, strong onboarding, and clear performance expectations
• Build toward a forward-deployed engineering model, engineers who work closely with operations and GTM to solve real customer problems directly
• Introduce structure where it helps, and avoid it where it slows us down
• Partner directly with the CEO and leadership team to translate business priorities into technical reality
• Gradually scale yourself out of the critical path over time while maintaining high technical standards

Who This Role Is For

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Has led engineers before, but still loves building
• Has worked in both low-structure environments (startup, founding team, early-stage company) and more formal engineering orgs, and wants to blend the best of both
• Has owned a meaningful product, platform, or system end-to-end (e.g., a full onboarding flow, a core product line, or a major operational system)
• Wants to take ownership of a team’s growth and evolution as the company scales
• Finds energy in being in the office, collaborating in real time, and building alongside others

What We’re Looking For

• Strong software engineering background with recent hands-on experience
• Prior people management experience, including hiring and performance management
• Demonstrated ability to build teams
• Experience operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with limited structure
• Product ownership mindset: you care deeply about outcomes, not just implementation
• A builder mentality: you roll up your sleeves

Bonus signals we care about

• You’ve started a company, joined very early, or worked in a scrappy environment before
• You’ve owned a meaningful product or system at a mid-sized company (200–500 employees)

How We Work

• In-office culture. We believe being together matters, especially at this stage. Collaboration, speed, and shared ownership are built in person.
• Ownership over process. We don’t hire for rigid roles, we hire for impact.
• Execution over optics. We care about building the best version of this company, not matching benchmarks or best practices for their own sake.
• Leadership from day one. This role shapes not just engineering, but the company itself.

Why This Role Is Special

• True ownership without unnecessary bureaucracy
• Direct partnership with the CEO
• Opportunity to define engineering culture, structure, and standards from the ground up
• A role that scales with you; this is meant to be a career-defining step, not a holding pattern
• Room to build something meaningful and lasting

If this sounds like you, apply! If you don’t meet all of the qualifications but think you could be a match, we’d still love the chance to review your application.

We embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment. At Revivn, we encourage people from all ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Revivn does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

At Revivn, we prioritize transparency about our salary throughout the entire recruitment process. Be prepared to chat about compensation on your initial screen so that we can ensure alignment. If salary expectations and ranges are out of sync, we believe it is kind to respect everyone’s time and may discontinue conversations.

But, here at Revivn, we ALSO believe in investing in the lifetime value of each individual we meet and interact with. (We love knowing good humans and supporting them in whatever they do). We know that if it isn’t a good fit at the moment, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it won’t be a good fit in the future as we both continue to grow! We work to remain in contact with prospective candidates if the recruitment process ends early on.

For all job openings, we consider candidates with various backgrounds and levels of experience. When we give an offer it is based on individual skills and experience, as well as how that stacks up against other employees in the role. The salary range for an Engineering Manager is expected to be between $190,000-215,000/year . Your exact offer may vary based on these factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, and experience. The compensation package will also include comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with a 401(k) plan.