# Director of Engineering at Zania

- Company: Zania
- What the company does: Deploy AI compliance agents for controls testing, risk assessments, policy management, and audits with evidence-backed accuracy. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://zania.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $230K to $280K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-12
- Apply by: 2026-11-26
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zania/ecad4997-2715-4411-9588-08f2d8847b98?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zania-director-of-engineering/

## About the role

As Director of Engineering, you will lead the teams building the agents that do real GRC work for the world's most demanding enterprises. This is a hands-on technical leadership role: you will run day-to-day engineering execution, grow and develop engineers and managers, and stay close enough to the code to make the hard architectural calls. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Builder first, leader second: You are a strong engineer who can read a PR, spot an architectural mistake, and fix it yourself
- AI-native experience: You have shipped LLM, agentic, or ML systems to production and understand evaluation, context management, and the difference between a demo and a production system
- Scaling experience: You have grown engineering teams through a Series A/B and developed engineers into leaders
- Shipping velocity: You measure engineering health by what's in production and know how to remove process that slows teams down
- Correctness mindset: You have built in a domain where getting it right matters, such as security, compliance, fintech, or health
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tags: Engineering, Product, Design

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zania-director-of-engineering/