Summary
Join our growing team of tenacious builders, designers, and people igniters, and help transform the industry of personal benefits for good. As a Director of Engineering, you will lead software development efforts, making key architectural decisions, driving the adoption of best software design and security practices, and leading a global team of talented engineers.
Requirements
- At least ten years of professional software engineering experience, with a significant portion in a leadership role
- Proven Python and Django ORM expertise and familiarity with front-end technologies such as Angular
- Strong experience in designing and architecting APIs and complex software systems
- Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to guide and inspire a technical team
- In-depth knowledge of software design principles, architecture, and security best practices
Responsibilities
- Strategic technical leadership: Lead a software engineering team, setting technical direction and ensuring the implementation of best practices across all projects
- Architectural oversight: Oversee the design and architecture of scalable software solutions and APIs, ensuring they align with business objectives and technical requirements
- Team management: Mentor and manage a team of engineers and technical leads, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, and continuous learning
- Hands-on development: You are comfortable with diligently reviewing code, contributing to coding and development tasks where needed, and demonstrating best practices by example
- Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, Design, and QA teams to ensure cohesive and efficient software delivery
- Quality assurance: Ensure the delivery of high-quality, secure, and efficient software products by maintaining a strong focus on code quality and modular design
- Dev ops: Ensure that software deployment is efficient, secure, and meets SLAs
Preferred Qualifications
- Comfortable with CI/CD tooling and DevOps
- Experience with ML infrastructure, recommendation engines, authentication protocols (SAML 2, OAuth 2, OpenID Connect, etc.), file transfer protocols (SFTP with PGP, HTTPS POST with different mime encodings)
- Experience integrating with platforms like Workday, Slack, Teams, and Shopify
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Lifestyle Spending Account
- Generous PTO