Senior Director Engineering

Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.  

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. 

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The Senior Director of Engineering is a pivotal leader within our product development organization. This role operates at the intersection of product vision, user experience design, and technical execution. You'll collaborate closely with Product Management and Design to define our strategic direction and ensure successful delivery of critical internal and external applications. We are looking for a strategic, innovative, and people-first engineering leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You'll guide teams responsible for building core HCM services—including Payroll, Tax, Expense Management, Procurement, Payables, and Money Movement—ensuring solutions scale with our customers and meet evolving market needs. 

What You'll Do: 

-Set the long-term vision for engineering within the Office of the CFO and rally cross-functional teams around that vision. 

-Drive innovation and execution across multiple product and platform teams. Foster a culture of ownership, curiosity, accountability, and high performance. 

-Collaborate with product, design, and engineering peers to ensure seamless delivery of high-quality, scalable solutions. 

-Champion engineering excellence, continuous improvement, and operational reliability. Build and grow inclusive, diverse, and high-performing teams; coach and develop future leaders. 

-Represent engineering in strategic business conversations and contribute to product planning and growth initiatives. 

Who You Are:

-A strategic thinker with deep technical expertise and a customer-first mindset. 

-A collaborative and inspiring leader who drives alignment and builds trust across functions. 

-Entrepreneurial, curious, and resilient—comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change. 

-Passionate about scaling products, teams, and systems with quality and efficiency. 

-A coach and mentor who creates inclusive environments that support team growth and development. 

-A strong communicator with a proven ability to influence with a high level of emotional intelligence and drive change across organizations. 

Required Experience:

-Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent experience). 

-15+ years of experience in the HCM domain, including Payroll, Tax, Expense Management, Payables, and Money Movement. 

-10+ years leading multiple engineering teams, with at least 5 years managing organizations of 50+ people. 

-5+ years working in a global context across multiple time zones and cultures. Proven track record of leading large, high-performing teams and delivering complex products at scale. 

-Strong business acumen, with the ability to align technology strategy to business objectives. 

-Mastery in modern engineering practices, architectural patterns, and development frameworks. 

-Hands-on experience with agile methodologies, cloud technologies, mobile platforms, and open source ecosystems. 

-Demonstrated success in building stable, secure, and scalable systems with 24/7 operational demands. 

-Exceptional interpersonal, communication, and decision-making skills; a true “we” not “they” leader.

Airbase by Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Airbase by Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, or any other status protected by state or local law for an individual who falls within the jurisdiction of such law. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting accessibility@paylocity.com