Director of Engineering

Get to know us:

Tyroo is a leading APAC-focused AdTech platform enabling growth for global publishers and marketers. We're trusted by some of the world's most iconic media and commerce brands to

drive performance, branding, and monetization outcomes across connected devices and

platforms.

Our portfolio includes VidTech.ai for social media yield maximization, Tyroo TV for connected

TV advertising, and the Tyroo Marketplace platform, empowering publishers and advertisers

across the APAC region and beyond. We operate at the intersection of high-scale data,

real-time decisioning, and strategic enterprise partnerships.

We are in a rapid growth phase and are looking for a technical leader to help us scale our infrastructure, our team, and our ambition.

Core Purpose:

To create a positive impact in the world by helping businesses scale anywhere, be more

successful, compounding wealth and generating resources for communities they serve

to experience dignity and respect.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a strategic and hands-on Director of Engineering to provide the technical vision and leadership for our 15-20 person engineering team. You will partner with our existing Engineering Manager to scale our technical capabilities, drive key architectural decisions, and foster a culture of excellence and innovation. Your mission will be to ensure our engineering organization is a powerhouse that can simultaneously support complex enterprise partnerships and maintain rapid, agile product development across our diverse platforms. This role is critical to our next chapter of growth, offering the unique challenge of balancing deep technical complexity with strategic business

impact.

What You Will Own

1. Technical Vision & Architecture

• Define and evangelize the long-term technical strategy for our VidTech.ai, Tyroo TV, and Marketplaces platforms.
• Architect scalable, resilient, and cost-effective systems that support high-volume ad serving, real-time bidding (RTB), and large-scale data processing.
• Drive pivotal technology decisions, establishing engineering standards and best practices for a multi-product environment.
• Balance the roadmap to manage technical debt while maintaining high feature velocity.

2. Engineering Leadership & Team Scaling:

• Partner with the Engineering Manager on team structure, hiring, talent development, and performance management.
• Scale engineering efficiency and innovation by leveraging the latest advancements in AI and tooling.
• Cultivate a world-class engineering culture rooted in ownership, quality, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Establish clear career progression frameworks and mentorship programs to grow and retain top talent.

3.Technical Partnerships & Enterprise Integration:

• Lead the technical due diligence and integration strategy for key supply and enterprise partner relationships (e.g., Meta, Google, TikTok, major DSPs/SSPs).
• Architect robust solutions for complex third-party API integrations and marketplace platforms.
• Define the technical standards and processes for onboarding new partners swiftly and reliably.
• Manage technical stakeholder relationships with enterprise clients and platform providers.

4. Engineering Operations & Delivery Excellence

•  Implement and optimize engineering processes that ensure both high reliability (meeting enterprise SLAs) and startup agility.
• Define and monitor KPIs for system health, engineering productivity, and release quality.
• Oversee DevOps, SRE, and infrastructure strategy for our multi-region, high-availability cloud environments (AWS/GCP).
• Champion a security-first mindset, ensuring compliance in all aspects of data handling and processing.

Qualification and Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 4+ years in a senior technical leadership role (Director, Sr. Manager, or Head of Engineering).
• A proven track record of scaling high-performing engineering teams from 15 to 40+ members, including managing technical leads and managers.
• Deep, hands-on expertise in the Ad Tech ecosystem (programmatic advertising, DSPs/SSPs, RTB, attribution) and/or high-scale data platforms.
• Strong background in designing and operating distributed systems, microservices architecture, real-time processing, and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Exceptional strategic and business acumen, with experience making technical decisions that directly impact revenue, partnership growth, and market expansion.
• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives an partners.