Director of Software Engineering & Delivery

In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing multiple Scrum teams, collectively comprising 40+ engineering professionals. It is essential that you bring to this position a strong background in leading teams of a comparable scale, demonstrating your proficiency in managing complex projects and driving high-performance outcomes. Your experience should highlight your ability to effectively coordinate cross-functional teams, facilitate agile methodologies, and foster a collaborative and innovative engineering culture. Your role will be pivotal in driving the execution of our strategic initiatives, fostering a culture of excellence, and promoting continuous improvement across all levels of the engineering organization.

Job detail:

We are in search of a Director of Engineering who possesses a deep passion for nurturing and guiding teams of highly skilled software engineers. In this pivotal role, you will take charge of charting the course for the team and its individual members, ensuring their success both professionally and personally. Collaboration with product managers to grasp the application's vision and contribute to backlog creation and prioritization will be a crucial aspect of your responsibilities. Additionally, you will shoulder the responsibility for the agile delivery of technical solutions from the team.

Why should you be interested in this opportunity?

• Accelerated Career Growth: Enjoy the freedom and tools to rapidly advance your career, while also empowering your team members' growth.
• Leadership and Team Management: Take charge by hiring and managing engineers, managers for your teams.
• Positive Team Culture: Thrive in a team culture built on respect, humility, a growth mindset, and an enjoyable work environment.
• Learn from Brilliant Minds: Collaborate with intelligent colleagues who offer opportunities for continuous learning and growth.
• Exciting Challenges: Contribute to cutting-edge projects in a dynamic environment, focusing on distributed, fault-tolerant cloud systems instead of dull legacy systems.
• Recognition and Rewards: Your hard work is acknowledged with rewards and recognition.
• Investment in Development: Access training and career development programs to enhance your skills.
• Work-Life Balance: Benefit from life insurance, paid parental leave, and vacation days to support your personal life.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Collaboration: Work closely with the CTO, Product teams (Engineering lead and Product managers), and key stakeholders to craft a comprehensive long-term technology and product strategy.
• Project Oversight: Effectively manage team goals, product development timelines, and delivery dates, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and budgetary control within the team.
• Leadership Development: Lead and nurture a team of highly skilled and impactful engineers, offering cultural, technical, and hands-on guidance to foster their growth.
• Cultivate Growth: Cultivate the growth of engineers by actively fostering a culture of open communication, craftsmanship, ownership, and accountability within the team.
• Best Practices Advocate: Drive the adoption of engineering best practices to scale both the team and the technology stack, promoting efficiency and excellence.
• Accountability for Excellence: Take full accountability for and instill accountability for key performance indicators (KPIs) related to service health, uptime, software quality, and test coverage.
• Goal-Oriented Leadership: Propel work, execution, and accountability based on defined goals (OKRs) and measurable outcomes, ensuring strategic alignment.
• Knowledge Management: Promote a rigorous practice of thorough documentation and knowledge sharing to enhance team efficiency and knowledge retention.
• Issue Resolution: Expertly resolve escalations arising from operational challenges, collaborating with various teams to develop effective solutions.
• Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with company leadership to identify forthcoming opportunities and risks, ensuring proactive decision-making.
• Alignment with Company Vision: Align teams with broader company objectives to drive collective success and growth.

Requirements:

IMPORTANT HARD REQUIREMENT - You must be a kick-ass and a "seasoned" engineering leader who knows how to get the job done while keeping the team motivated. If you're the type who sidesteps confrontation, shies away from resolving conflicts, and indulges in sugarcoating reality, then let's be clear: this role is not for you. We demand a leader who is not just bold and energetic but one with an unwavering backbone, capable of steering the team with absolute confidence. This position is reserved for those who face challenges head-on and lead with undeniable strength.

• Growth Mindset & Team Player: A paramount requirement is a growth mindset, a willingness to learn, embrace challenges, take calculated risks, and be accountable. Must also excel as a team player.
• Agile Software Development Knowledge: Solid understanding and experience in Agile Software Development methodologies.
• Business Alignment: Proven ability to align engineering efforts with business goals and strategies.
• Asynchronous Systems Testing: Experience in testing asynchronous systems within a cloud-based distributed environment.
• Software Development Mastery: Strong working knowledge of modern software development methodologies, design patterns, and SDLC.
• Influential Leadership: Possession of influential qualities for driving team success with a servant leadership attitude.
• Software Development Expertise: Extensive professional experience in software development with a strong grasp of engineering management practices.
• Motivated & Entrepreneurial: High motivation and entrepreneurial spirit, capable of identifying and resolving issues creatively.
• Cloud-Native Competence: Significant technical proficiency in cloud-native application development, encompassing distributed systems, event-driven microservices, and AWS.
• Architectural Prowess: Demonstrated understanding of architectural patterns for large, high-volume applications.
• Self-Starting & Decisive: A proactive self-starter who can adapt swiftly and make informed decisions.
• Effective Communication: Proficient in both written and verbal communication.
• Global Collaboration: Flexibility in collaborating with global teams