Director, Software Engineering

Job Description:

Position Description: 

Leads cross functional development teams in an Agile software development framework. Modifies existing software to correct errors, adapt it to new hardware, or upgrade interfaces and improve performance. Develops, supports, and maintains applications used for plan administration and product recordkeeping of business functions. Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms. Ensures solutions are technically developed, compliant, and efficient (by performing design and code reviews). Drives development standards to improve quality, efficiency, and consistency. Collaborates with technology and business partners to provide strategic input into the long-term direction and roadmaps. Performs independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supports several divisional initiatives. Analyzes information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system. Develops strategies to migrate plan data into centralized locations and distribute plan data to external systems.  

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Leads and influences roadmap design and direction. 

• Designs and architects complex software solutions. 

• Determines system performance standards.  

• Defines and implements application-level architecture. 

• Contributes to estimates, solutions, and code reviews. 

• Participates in architecture design teams. 

• Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments for multiple projects. 

• Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues. 

• Provides technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.  

• Develops original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.  

• Develops or directs software system tests or validation procedures, programs, or documentation.  

• Maps interdependencies and relationships between components in platforms.  

• Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division. 

• Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and reviews and validates test plans. 

• Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems. 

• Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms. 

• Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget. 

• Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects. 

• Advises senior management on technical strategy.  

• Mentors junior team members. 

Education and Experience: 

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Information Management, Business Administration, or a closely related field and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Software Engineering (or closely related occupation) performing retirement plan configuration, using Informatica ETL and Oracle Database Architecture Modeling.  

Or, alternatively, Master