Leader, Software Engineering

Job description

Meet The Team

Enables the engineering team to improve and optimize the engineering processes and infrastructure to deliver a great experience to the engineering organization for building products. Directs the activities of a software systems development function, software applications development function, and a software quality assurance function for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.

Your Impact

• Leads engineering teams to design, build, and scale high-quality software products and foundational technologies. Drives improvements in engineering processes, infrastructure, and organizational effectiveness to enable secure, reliable, and efficient product development across the broader engineering organization.
• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers in the design, development, and delivery of products or core technologies
• Own execution of large, complex initiatives—from technical design through delivery
• Drive organizational-level engineering strategy, influencing multiple teams and aligning technical direction with business goals
• Develop and grow engineering leaders, including mentoring managers and senior engineers to scale team impact
• Collaborate cross-functionally to align on architecture, dependencies, and technical standards
• Define, implement, and continuously improve engineering processes (design reviews, security, testing, etc.)Establish and enforce engineering excellence frameworks (coding standards, system design principles, operational best practices)
• Drive best practices in system design, architecture, and secure development
• Make and guide critical tradeoff decisions to balance scalability, performance, cost, and quality
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