Director of Engineering

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Espresa

πŸ“Remote - United States

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
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