Director, Software Engineering

Overview:

Description 

Exostar is the trusted leader in cloud-based Identity Management, Secure Collaboration and Supply Chain Solutions for the Aerospace and Defense and Life Sciences sectors. As a pioneer in cloud B2B SaaS solutions, Exostar leads technology innovations in the areas of cybersecurity and enterprise integration. 

The Director of Engineering will lead global Software Development teams responsible for building and maintaining multiple products lines for Exostar. This role will report into the Chief Technology Officer and will be responsible for collaborating with senior leaders across the organization to drive innovation in product development and delivery.  

Responsibilities: 

Your day if you join us:

• Lead and manage a global team of engineers, providing technology leadership, guidance, support and mentorship. 

• Manage and mentor multiple engineering managers across regions. 

• Develop and implement engineering strategies to deliver products that customers love. 

• Track and report on metrics to the executive leadership team. Identify, communicate and manage areas of focus and improvement. 

• Create strategies to attract and engage strong technology talent globally and to actively grow skills of the team. 

• Ensure consistent and predictable agile delivery across product teams. 

• Build and foster a culture of technology innovation and continuous learning. 

• Partner with Product Management, Operations, and Support teams to foster a one-team mindset. 

• Create and maintain best practices, guardrails and standards across the Software Engineering discipline. 

• Collaborate with Software Architects and Product Managers to build out Exostar’s microservices platform on Microsoft Azure. 

• Create or identify tools to help engineers deliver, design, test and monitor software systems that can be maintained without the originators continued involvement. 

• Increase cross-training and collaboration between groups, breaking down silos in place. 
• Lay out  .NET, Java, UI (Angular), Data and Azure based technology roadmaps and provide organizational visibility on progress to deliver. 

Qualifications:

You are a great fit for the role if you:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in SaaS software development. 

• 5+ years of leadership experience leading software development teams. 

• Experience working with global and remote teams. 

• Consistently turns commitments into results.

• Excellent communication skills with experience communicating to senior leaders and executives. 

• Experience building technology teams by laying out recruiting and staffing strategies. 

• Experience rolling out technology transformation and modernization of legacy software and development practices. 

• Cloud development expertise on Azure/AWS/GCP including intimate familiarity with best practices. 

• Experience driving and owning the SDLC and optimizing and implementing secure, stable continuous delivery practices. 

• Experience in highly regulated domains is a strong advantage. 

• Deep experience with security and compliance frameworks such as NIST 800-171/53, CMMC, FedRAMP, or equivalent in regulated industries, Zero Trust architecture Identity-first design (IAM, federation, FIDO), Secure SDLC (DevSecOps) 

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related field. 

Location: Hybrid: Herndon, VA, Cincinnati, OH, (3x/week)

Personal and Professional Attributes: 

• Empathy – Demonstrates an understanding of team members and stakeholders, including their motivations, and actively works to ensure the success of everyone they engage with.

• Pragmatic – Knows when to trade off short and long-term gains and can help guide stakeholders through these decisions while coaching them on the implications. 

• Learning Oriented – Strives to learn more about the people he or she is working with, about the business, the business environment, technology and its application and the process being followed. 

• Technical Debt Savvy – Becomes a driving force for addressing technical debt by guiding and coaching delivery teams on both avoiding new debt and removing old debt. Works with business leaders to understand the implications of technical debt and helps guide them in supporting the delivery teams to address it. 

• Customer focus (internally/externally) – Capacity to anticipate customers’ needs and place customers