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# Director, Software Engineering

- **Company:** Cox Automotive
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $235,000.0 - $285,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Scrum Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Api Design, Microservices
- **Published:** September 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/apply/ats-redirect/?id=2957361088-2

## About the Role

* Software engineering leadership
 * Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
 * Microservices architecture
 * API design and integration
 * Dev
 * Ops and CI/CDSite reliability engineering (SRE)
 * Agile and scaled agile (Scrum/SAFe)
 * Data-intensive and distributed systems
 * Observability and monitoring
 * Information security best practices

## Description

Cox Automotive seeks a Senior Director, Software Engineering to lead cross-functional teams building cloud-native, data-driven platforms that power our global automotive marketplace. You will own engineering strategy, architecture, and delivery for high-scale telecommunications and media solutions used by dealers and consumers worldwide. Partnering closely with Product and Data, you'll drive modern DevOps, CI/CD, and reliability practices, mentor leaders and senior engineers, and foster an inclusive, innovative culture while aligning technology outcomes to business growth., * Lead multiple software engineering teams delivering scalable, cloud-native products for Cox Automotive's telecommunications and media platforms.

 * Define technical strategy, architecture, and roadmaps in partnership with Product, Data, and Infrastructure teams.
 * Drive engineering excellence through modern Dev
 * Ops practices, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability.
 * Hire, mentor, and develop senior engineers and managers, fostering an inclusive, high-performance culture.
 * Ensure reliability, security, and performance of mission-critical systems used by dealers and consumers worldwide.
 * Manage budgets, vendor relationships, and capacity planning to meet growth and performance targets.
 * Collaborate with executive stakeholders to align engineering outcomes with business goals and KPIs.
 * Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and governance across distributed teams.


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