POSITION OVERVIEW
As a Director of Software Development on our team, you will be working on our ground-breaking solutions that help companies increase their supply chain visibility and mitigate risk from predictive intelligence delivered through our platform. Your impact will be evident through your effective participation in the entire lifecycle of our software including design, analysis, prototyping, development, testing and support of our products. You will work closely with all on-shore, near-shore and off-shore members of the Engineering team to help manage, coach, oversee development efforts and provide clear direction.
Key Responsibilities
- Direct multiple teams, setting policies, strategies and department goals
- Manage and collaborate on team planning, priorities, and deliverables using Agile methodologies
- Facilitate software estimation, scheduling, planning, design, implementation, and closeout activities while employing best software development practices and adhering to relevant company and industry standards
- Drive the balance between evolving technical requirements with fixed budgets and schedules while mitigating and communicating risks and options to leadership in a timely fashion
- Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration, providing incremental and overall updates to status and condition of software product progress
- Be a point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
- Work closely with Product Management to maintain and prioritize roadmaps, strategic direction, team structures and backlogs
- Mentor developers and coach all team members in Agile development principles and software development best practices
- Resolve conflicts and remove impediments
- Help leaders and teams implement changes effectively and efficiently
- Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards
- Guide development teams to higher development efficiency and agility
- Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of managing and leading large global software development teams
- 10+ years of software development experience building scalable client facing applications with AWS
- 5+ years of hands-on experience leading and working in Agile teams
- Deep understanding and hands on experience with Python web development
- Strong knowledge of Django (or similar Python frameworks)
- Experience with modern software development practices such as CI/CD, TDD, and DevOps
- Experience in a B2B SaaS/PaaS environment
- Experience leading enterprise level development to completion
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with on-site and remote teams
- Experience meeting business needs with deliverables under tight deadlines.
- Familiarity with OWASP
Preferred Experience and Skills
- Experience with front-end web development experience, including Typescript, React, Nextjs
- Experience with Kubernetes, Linux / Ubuntu
- Experience with microservices and event-driven architecture
- Domain experience within the Supply-Chain industry