DirectorSoftware Engineering

Requirements

• Candidate are required to pass the Tech Bar Evaluation for Engineering Director, either Software Development or SRE, to be considered for this position.
• 10+ years of overall technology industry experience and technical delivery for large-scale organizations or start-ups
• Strong systems engineering and hands on application development skills (Java, Go, React).
• Large scale software product engineering experience with contemporary tools and delivery methods in a complex environment (e.g. DevOps, CD/CI, Agile, etc.)
• Extensive experience as a leader within a Technology organization and/or in a product development company with experience developing observability and self-healing capabilities.
• Ability to understand the overall picture of a product roadmap (1 - 3 years) and experienced in building real time/batch distributed applications in cloud Architecture, In Memory computing systems and event driven architecture.
• Ability to lead multiple priorities and rapidly guide the organization through change moments.
• Demonstrate thought leadership to overcome challenges and inspire change.
• Be a hands-on technologist that can not only do effective code reviews but can also code, understand what a pull request means, and understands code etiquette.
• Possess extraordinary influential and collaboration skills; ability to drive consensus and tangible outcomes, demonstrated by breaking down silos and fostering cross communication process.
• Excellent leadership skills, with the ability to impact all levels across functions, conduct intelligent business and technology conversations.
• Experience in building high quality and efficient Engineering teams with a strong engineering approach.
• Attract, retain, and develop the best engineering talent in the market; mentor, and cultivate technology leaders within the team.
• Able to define precise, well-understood objectives and key results for the department, teams, and individuals.

Responsibilities

• Implement software development practices to build observability, alerting, tracing, automation and self-healing capabilities to maintain the highest levels of platform availability.
• Lead 24x7 production support for the environment to quickly restore service during impacts.
• Drive accountability for quality aspects in release, system performance, platform availability, operational efficiency, risk management, information security and data management.
• Champion and drive cross-organizational development efforts for the optimization of application monitoring and resiliency capabilities.
• Nurture an environment of innovation and continuous improvement, leading changes that drive efficiencies into existing engineering and delivery processes.
• Implement tools, automation and processes to ensure software is released in a streamlined and reliable manner from development to production.
• Adhere to compliance targets and enterprise security standards.
• Act as forward-thinking leader and remain current on modern technology-leading trends.
• Attract, retain and grow top talent, providing guidance, career development and mentorship to team members.

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