Director of Engineering
San Francisco
Engineering /
Full-time /
Remote
About AllTrails
AllTrails is the world’s most popular and trusted platform for outdoor exploration. We connect people to the outdoors, help them discover new places, and elevate their experiences on the trail. With the most comprehensive collection of trails in the world, AllTrails supports inclusive access to nature for a global community of millions of trailgoers. Every day, we solve incredibly hard problems to get more people outside, for their wellbeing and the collective care of the natural world. Join us!
This is a U.S.-based remote position. San Francisco Bay Area employees are highly encouraged to come into the office one day a week.
Director of Engineering
At AllTrails, we’re on a mission to get more people outside and we’re looking for a hands-on Director of Engineering to play a critical part in making that happen. Reporting directly to our CTO, you’ll have the opportunity to shape how we scale our technology and deliver best-in-class experiences to millions of users worldwide. This is a high-impact role where you’ll own strategy and execution, collaborate cross-functionally with leaders across the business, and help drive innovation that brings the outdoors closer to everyone.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Lead and inspire a team of frontend, backend, and mobile engineering managers and senior engineers, setting direction and fostering an environment of trust, collaboration, and high performance
- Serve as a strategic and technical leader, representing engineering to executive leadership, product, design, and cross-functional partners
- Drive technical excellence by leading discussions on architecture, design, and long-term platform strategy across iOS, Android, frontend, and backend
- Grow and scale the team by hiring exceptional talent, mentoring future leaders, and ensuring engineers are supported in their career development
- Champion engineering quality and efficiency, advocating for best practices in code, process, and system design while balancing speed and pragmatism
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, introducing new technologies, workflows, and approaches to keep engineering at the cutting edge
- Collaborate across engineering, security, data science, product, and marketing to deliver features that delight millions of outdoor enthusiasts
- Champion the thoughtful adoption of AI-powered tools and workflows, driving experimentation and integration of emerging technologies (e.g., AI agents coordinating workflows and code reviews) to improve developer productivity, quality, and innovation
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams, with proven success at scaling organizations through complex technical and organizational challenges.
- Deep technical expertise across modern programming languages, frameworks, and platform SDKs (e.g., Swift, Kotlin, Python, Ruby), with sufficient hands-on experience to guide architecture decisions and evaluate technical tradeoffs.
- A track record of shipping large-scale, cross-functional projects, balancing business priorities with technical constraints
- Demonstrated experience mentoring and developing engineering managers and senior engineers, with a focus on building future leaders.
- Exceptional communication, influence, and collaboration skills, with the ability to align stakeholders across engineering, product, and executive leadership.
- Comfortable with modern workflows and tools (GitHub, Jira, Confluence, AI-assisted tooling such as Cursor/Claude).
- Willing to roll up your sleeves, but thoughtful about applying just the right amount of process.
- A leader who builds positive culture, values humility and empathy, and understands that the best teams thrive on trust and autonomy.
- Strong background in CI/CD, release management, and observability tooling (e.g., Crashlytics, Embrace, New Relic, Datadog).
- Genuine passion for the outdoors and alignment with our mission to connect people to nature.
- AI Native: You naturally incorporate AI tools to enhance your work. You’re comfortable writing prompts, evaluating AI outputs, and enjoy experimenting with new ways to boost creativity, productivity, and decision-making
Nice to Have:
- Experience balancing platform investment with feature delivery in a consumer-scale mobile app
- Exposure to global markets and scaling mobile experiences internationally
- Thought leadership in engineering community engagement (open source, conferences, writing, or speaking)
- Experience building and scaling B2C web and mobile apps and cloud services
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Competitive and equitable compensation, including salary and equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits to support your physical and mental well-being
- Unlimited PTO and flexible parental leave
- Annual continuing education stipend to support your growth
- Discounts on AllTrails subscriptions and outdoor gear for you and your family
- An authentic investment in you as both a professional and a human being
$200,000 - $260,000 a year
A successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on various factors such as skills, experience, training, and credentials, as well as other business purposes or needs. It is not typical for a candidate to be hired at or near the top of the range of their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the factors and circumstances of each case.
Nature celebrates you just the way you are and so do we! At AllTrails we’re passionate about nurturing an inclusive workplace that values diversity. It’s no secret that companies that are diverse in background, age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective are proven to be more successful. We’re focused on creating an environment where everyone can do their best work and thrive.
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