Director of Engineering

SEON is the command center for fraud prevention and AML compliance, helping thousands of companies worldwide stop fraud, reduce risk and protect revenue. Powered by 900+ real-time, first-party data signals, SEON enriches customer profiles, flags suspicious behavior and streamlines compliance workflows - all from one place. SEON provides richer data, more flexible and transparent analysis, and faster time to value than any other provider on the market. We’ve helped companies reduce fraud by 95% and achieve 32x ROI, and we’re growing fast, thanks to our partnerships with some of the world’s most ambitious digital brands like Revolut, Wise, and Bilt. As the Director of Engineering at SEON, you will be responsible for the ownership and optimization of our Software Engineering specializing in our modern technology stack. This role offers flexibility and can be based in Budapest with a hybrid schedule. WHAT YOU’LL DO: - Develop and execute our software engineering strategy to drive business objectives and empower engineering teams. - Establishing software engineering standards across the SEON platform for our engineering teams to ensure consistency and usability. - Build and develop a team of software engineer leaders, provide clear expectations (1:1s, constant feedback, individual career planning, goal setting, etc.) - Lead the team’s recruitment efforts to ensure we can meet our growth objectives - Collaborate with product teams in planning, dependency management, risk management - Resolve knowledge and process gaps - Help to implement and propose development process improvements to make the team’s work more efficient - Work directly with Product Managers, Architects, and your peer Engineering Managers to explore and deliver the best value to our customers and provide visibility on the progress of the ongoing projects - Help the team grow with mentoring on both technical and non-technical skills and performance management. - Be an excellent steward of our engineering cu