Director, Software Engineering

Summary

Join Globalization Partners as a Director of Engineering and lead teams of engineers in building emerging products. You will collaborate with product, architecture, and other teams, defining the long-range direction of software development. Responsibilities include leading the engineering lifecycle, designing and monitoring operations, recruiting and developing a world-class team, and evaluating new technologies. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software engineering experience, proven leadership skills, and expertise in Agile methodologies. This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic, high-growth environment with a globally distributed team.

Requirements

• Solid software engineering background, with 15+ years of experience developing enterprise-scale web/cloud-based commercial software products
• 3+ experience in managing a team of leaders and driving changes though leaders
• 8+ years of experience leading complex software development projects through all phases of the software development life cycle using Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong experience with either back-end and front-end technologies – Java, Node.js, React. iOS, Android
• Strong knowledge of modern cloud architectures and technologies
• Experience of transforming engineering teams from feature factory to empowered product teams

Responsibilities

• Work with the Head of Engineering, and Engineering leadership to define the current and long-range direction of software development
• Lead in all aspects of the engineering lifecycle; prioritize and evaluate the work generated by our team in order to ensure effective and on time delivery of our products; identify gaps between requirements, design, and production and work with teams on practical solutions across the lifecycle of the product
• Design, implement, and monitor all operations and key performance metrics/operational efficiency for the engineering team; identify risk and monitor of day-to-day team activities plus assess and disposition aggregate technical risks across a product / program
• Work with the Product, Architects, Engineering leadership to define current and long term vision of the G-P Platform, influence the roadmap, engineering culture and drive engineering and operations efficiencies
• Recruit, engage, develop and retaining a world-class team viewed as the leader in our industry through thoughtful leadership and collaborative team building
• Support the team by ensuring productivity, continual improvement, best engineering practices, and strong support for career growth and personal development
• Evaluate new technologies and solutions in the market and keeping abreast of trends - have an innovation mindset
• Evangelize agile methodologies and Software Development Cycle best practices
• Continue to evolve our product to differentiate the customer experience and ensure industry leading business performance metrics
• Work closely with customers and key stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AWS and Serverless is a plus
• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment is highly desirable
• Experience in working with globally distributed teams
• Someone who loves taking challenges and keen to work in an evolving new market

Benefits

Competitive compensation and benefits