Director of Engineering

Lviv, Kyiv
Engineering – Engineering /
Full-time /
On-site
Simulmedia is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our senior full stack engineering team in Ukraine. You’ll report to our Ukraine-based VP of Engineering and play a critical role in building the foundation of our next-generation self-serve TV ad buying platform.

This is a hands-on leadership role focused on delivering scalable, user-facing features while collaborating with cross-functional leaders in Data, DevOps, and Science, including future-facing work on LLMs and agentic workflows. You'll bring broad technical depth, full stack expertise, and a passion for creating seamless, intuitive experiences in a product-led growth environment.

This position is located in Kyiv or Lviv, Ukraine. Our team is remote-first, with occasional team meetings in our office and full flexibility to work from either city.

What You’ll Do
      Lead and mentor a team of full stack engineers building a modern web-based ad buying platform.
      Set technical direction across frontend, backend, and API design, ensuring high quality and performance.
      Stay hands-on in the codebase where necessary to unblock the team, spike new approaches, or review critical paths
      Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Engineering, DevOps, and Science teams to deliver impactful features.
      Contribute to architectural decisions that balance scalability, velocity, and maintainability.
      Support integration of real-time data, machine learning models, and agentic capabilities into the product.
      Help grow the team through recruiting, onboarding, and professional development.
      Participate in the on-call rotation to help ensure system availability and quick incident resolution.
      Foster a high-trust, performance-driven engineering culture.

What We’re Looking For
      8+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in technical leadership.
      Deep hands-on expertise in full stack development — React/Next.js, TypeScript, Node.js.
      Strong architectural skills and experience building scalable customer-facing SaaS products.
      Comfortable being hands-on when needed — whether coding, debugging, or exploring solutions
      Experience working with cloud services (preferably AWS), CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code practices.
      Familiarity with data-intensive systems, model integrations, or LLM-driven workflows.
      Excellent communication and collaboration skills across global, cross-functional teams.
      Ability to work 11 am – 8 pm EEST to align with U.S.-based counterparts.



Bonus Points
      Experience in ad tech, martech, or performance-oriented SaaS platforms.
      Exposure to DevOps principles, observability tooling, or real-time analytics.
We are excited to be building out the various perks and benefits for our Ukraine team. More will be discussed during the interview phase!