Remote Director, Engineering

Summary

Join Livefront as a Director, Engineering to lead the engineering practice, mentor engineers, and drive technical initiatives.

Requirements

• Experience leading software engineering teams
• Experience teaching, mentoring, and motivating software engineers
• Experience with strategic planning, leading and facilitating technical problem solving, designing technical solutions in a team environment, and motivating and managing teams to successful execution
• Experience setting and maintaining standards and expectations for software development best practices, code reviews, testing, and application monitoring
• At least 7-10 years of software engineering experience, ideally in a consulting environment or as part of an in-house, cross-functional product team
• Experience building consumer-facing native mobile and web applications, with a fluent command of the native languages and core frameworks
• Demonstrated expertise architecting, building, maintaining, and scaling modern software on various platforms
• Ability to understand client expectations, the work the team has done and still has to do to meet those expectations, and the ability to motivate the team to successfully deliver on time and on budget
• Experience with public speaking and writing on engineering-related topics
• Excellent communication skills and a strong ability to present and defend technical and architectural choices persuasively
• Renowned problem-solving skills. Above-average discipline and personal organization skills
• A demonstrated hunger for personal and professional growth
• A self-evident love and care for the craft of software engineering

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering practice at Livefront
• Mentor, support, and manage engineers reporting directly to you
• Work with client partners and the Livefront team to create and refine technical vision for engagements
• Participate in technical discovery, advocate for engineering philosophy and approach, choose technologies to solve problems, and see projects through to completion
• Collaborate with Livefront leadership to push everything forward across three pillars: Excellence in Delivery & Communication, One-of-a-Kind Team, and Thought Leadership and Community
• Work with the engineering team to refine architectures and engineering standards, define software development standards, plan and execute engineering initiatives, ensure security of source code, systems, and data, and roll up sleeves to work directly in the codebase from time-to-time
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentorship for engineers on the team, conduct employee performance reviews, support and cultivate professional growth for engineers reporting to you, foster a culture of learning, ownership, accountability, and transparency for the engineering team
• Actively participate in recruiting process by interviewing candidates, evaluating candidates' technical abilities via interviews or code review, contributing to broader engineering community through writing, public speaking, and open source, committing to at least two articles or speeches per year, mentoring other engineers regarding community contributions

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with passionate and talented people who are always looking for ways to make things better
• A work environment where respect, mutual trust, and egoless collaboration are paramount
• Colleagues who take their work seriously but not themselves, and who know how to let loose and have a good time
• Part of a team that has a reputation for excellence and gives back to the community by educating, mentoring, and sponsoring
• Opportunity to work on products and accounts that have outsized impact and reach