Associate Director of Software Engineering

CareerCircle
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 180K

Job location

Tech stack

JavaScript
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Programming Tools
Mobile Application Software
Release Management
Software Engineering
Software Organization
GitHub Copilot
Technical Debt
Containerization
Angular
Information Technology
GPT

Job description

  • Lead and support multiple engineering teams and managers, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and consistent execution across initiatives.
  • Define and execute technical and delivery strategies aligned with enterprise architecture standards, modernization goals, and business priorities.
  • Partner closely with Product, UX, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and other stakeholders to align roadmaps, priorities, and delivery expectations.
  • Serve as a change leader, guiding teams through unfamiliar or ambiguous situations while promoting adaptability and continuous learning.
  • Remove technical and business obstacles, establish clarity for ambiguous requests, and help teams navigate trade-offs effectively.
  • Oversee the full software delivery lifecycle, including planning, execution, release management, and production stability.
  • Support platform health by managing upgrade cycles, deployment timelines, and lifecycle standards to reduce risk and technical debt.
  • Collaborate across teams by coordinating initiatives, analyzing platform usage and requirements, reviewing technical implications of contracts, and supporting related internal projects.
  • Promote strong engineering practices, observability, operational excellence, and alignment with enterprise standards.
  • Conduct performance reviews, provide employee oversight, support career development, and mentor leaders and engineers.
  • Encourage the responsible use of AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, similar tools) across the product lifecycle to improve productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes.
  • Act as a subject matter expert for owned platforms and services, while enabling teams to build autonomy and technical ownership.
  • Serve as an ambassador of the OMF culture, modeling collaboration, respect, accountability, and inclusive leadership.

Requirements

The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader who can operate at both a strategic and execution level, foster collaboration across teams, and guide teams through modernization, change, and complex delivery challenges. The role requires experience delivering both web and mobile-based applications and a demonstrated history of successfully shipping and supporting products across these platforms., * Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

  • 8+ years of overall engineering experience.
  • Experience delivering and supporting both web and mobile applications, with a track record of successful releases and ongoing maintenance.
  • Experience in a lead developer, team lead, or people leadership role organizing, developing, and mentoring engineering teams.
  • Three or more years of progressive responsibility on development teams directly responsible for building and delivering software-intensive systems.
  • Exposure to technology and management principles including planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Familiarity with modern software development practices, cloud-native technologies (AWS preferred), and JavaScript-based frameworks (Angular preferred).
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment while balancing delivery, quality, and long-term sustainability.

Benefits & conditions

Target base salary range is $160K-$180K, which is based on various factors including skills and work experience. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a competitive compensation program that is based on individual and company performance. Compensation:$160,000 - $180,000 / yr The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law. On-Site CommunicationPlanningPerformance ReviewCoordinatingLeadershipManagementMentorshipAccountabilityMobile Application DevelopmentCloud-Native ComputingSoftware EngineeringFront End (Software Engineering)ScalabilitySoftware DevelopmentComputer ScienceTimelinesAmazon Web ServicesObservabilityJavaScript (Programming Language)Operational ExcellenceRelease ManagementUser Experience (UX)Product Lifecycle ManagementOrganizational Change ManagementProgramming ToolsGenerative Artificial IntelligenceTeam LeadershipResource AllocationEnterprise ArchitectureBalancing (Ledger/Billing)Angular (Web Framework)AdaptabilityChatGPTGitHub CopilotSoftware SolutionsTechnical Strategy

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