Director of Software Development

                                                                                    

Job Description: 

Overview

We are seeking a hands-on Director of Software Development to lead the design, development, and delivery of next-generation software products. This individual will combine strong technical expertise with leadership skills to implement agile processes, modernize architecture, and guide a small but high-impact development team toward predictable, scalable, and high-quality delivery.

You will play a pivotal role in shaping both the product and engineering culture — balancing execution with strategy. Initially, you’ll contribute directly to the codebase, especially around architectural foundations, frameworks, and development standards.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Process

• Establish and lead agile development processes (Scrum/Kanban), implementing sprint planning, retrospectives, and velocity tracking.

• Define and enforce engineering best practices, including coding standards, peer reviews, documentation, and CI/CD integration.

• Mentor developers and foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation.

• Partner closely with Product Management and Operations to translate business goals into technical plans and deliverables.

• Own the end-to-end SDLC and drive measurable improvements in quality, reliability, and time-to-market.

Technical Ownership

• Lead architectural and framework decisions across the stack (frontend, backend, APIs, database, integrations).

• Design and evolve scalable, maintainable, and secure application architectures.

• Contribute code to critical components, especially in early-stage architecture and core system design.

• Guide database schema design, performance optimization, and data integrity practices.

• Collaborate with DevOps to enhance CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployment automation, and environment consistency.

• Drive adoption of testing frameworks, unit testing, and automated QA pipelines.

Strategic Contribution

• Build and scale a high-performing team aligned with business growth and product strategy.

• Participate in long-term architectural planning and technology roadmap development.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to improve productivity and maintain technical competitiveness.

• Partner with leadership on capacity planning, budgeting, and risk mitigation for ongoing and future initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, including 3+ years in a leadership role (Tech Lead, Architect, or Director).

• Proven experience designing and delivering full-stack web applications (front-end frameworks like Angular, React, or Vue + back-end such as Node.js, Python/FastAPI, .NET, or Java).

• Strong architectural, design, and database modeling skills (SQL and/or NoSQL).

• Demonstrated success implementing or maturing Agile processes within small to midsized teams.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, version control (Git), and deployment automation.

• Strong understanding of software quality practices including automated testing and code reviews.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to balance technical depth with business context.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Experience with AWS cloud services (EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, ECS/EKS, etc.).

• Background in test automation frameworks (e.g., PyTest, Jest, Cypress, Selenium, or similar).

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.).

• Prior SaaS, multi-tenant, or high-availability system experience.

Personal Attributes

• Pragmatic, execution-driven, and comfortable being “hands-on.”

• Collaborative and able to mentor without micromanaging.

• Strong systems thinker — able to design for both current needs and future scalability.

• Passionate about improving process maturity, code quality, and team culture.

• Thrives in fast-paced environments with small, cross-functional teams.

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Business Unit: 

LilYPad - USA

                                                                                    

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

                                                                                    

Number of Openings Available: 

1