Banyan Software is the best permanent home for software businesses that serve specialized industries, their employees, and their customers. We are on a mission to acquire, build, and grow great companies worldwide, helping them modernize through shared AI expertise and operational discipline. The Banyan Software Foundation, endowed with $100 million in Banyan stock, leverages technology to build a greener and more equitable world. Banyan is Great Place to Work Certified, a five-time Inc. 5000 honoree, and a top 10 company on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Banyan operates more than 100 portfolio companies across North America, the UK, EU, and APAC.
Location: Hybrid - Rochester, NY
About Alpine SoftwareAlpine Software builds mission-critical software that empowers fire and EMS agencies to operate more effectively and serve their communities with excellence. Our flagship platform supports essential fire department operations with a fully integrated suite of mobile and desktop products.
Trusted by departments across the country, our software plays a central role in helping public safety agencies streamline administrative workflows, maintain regulatory compliance, and ensure their teams are prepared to respond when it matters most. At Alpine, we are deeply committed to delivering reliable, secure, and innovative technology that supports first responders in their mission to protect lives and property.
The OpportunityWe are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the modernization effort to transform our desktop application into a cloud-native, AI-enabled web platform. This is a rare opportunity to help lead the evolution of a proven public safety product into its next generation.
You will work closely with an existing team that is currently driving the AI-forward replatforming initiative and eventually own the technical direction of continued modernization and development. This role will be critical in ensuring a smooth knowledge transfer, long-term architectural ownership, and continued innovation within our team.
This position is ideal for a leader who enjoys building, mentoring, and driving meaningful technical transformation, especially in environments adopting AI-assisted engineering practices.
What You’ll DoLead the Web Modernization Strategy
- Partner with the modernization team to replatform our software to a cloud-native web architecture.
- Guide the transition of long-term technical ownership into Alpine’s engineering team.
- Establish scalable architecture, standards, and engineering governance.
- Define technical prioritization and outline best practices.
Be a Hands-On Technical Leader
- Contribute directly to backend and frontend development.
- Lead architecture discussions and perform high-quality code reviews.
- Mentor and develop mid- and junior-level engineers, helping manage a team of up to 4 direct reports across the strategic side of our business.
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point within the business unit.
Drive AI-Assisted Development Practices
- Champion and institutionalize AI-assisted development workflows.
- Work within an agentic AI modernization model to accelerate legacy transformation.
- Ensure the team is comfortable and effective using modern AI coding tools and automation practices.
- Help establish safe, scalable, and measurable AI integration into the SDLC.
Build Modern Engineering Discipline
- Implement strong CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
- Ensure secure, scalable, observable systems in Azure.
- Improve delivery predictability, engineering velocity, and quality standards.
Backend: C# / .NET, Microsoft Azure, SQL Server or PostgreSQL
Frontend: React, TypeScript, Next.js
Infrastructure & DevOps: CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions), Infrastructure as Code, Containerization (Docker/Kubernetes preferred)
What We’re Looking For- 8+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
- 3+ years in a senior technical leadership role (Director, Principal, Manager, Staff+).
- Strong hands-on experience with C# / .NET, Azure cloud architecture, React / TypeScript, and SQL Server or PostgreSQL.
- Experience modernizing or replatforming complex legacy systems.
- Comfort working in AI-assisted development environments (e.g., Copilot, agent-based workflows, automated code generation, LLM-integrated tooling).
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading delivery execution.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience rewriting legacy desktop applications (Delphi or Titanium SDK).
- Familiarity with fire, EMS, or public safety software.
- Experience building or operating multi-tenant SaaS systems.
- Experience working in fast-paced or startup-like environments.
- Experience managing distributed teams in various locations.
- Lead a high-impact modernization initiative.
- Shape long-term technical ownership of a mission-critical platform.
- Build software that directly supports first responders.
- Work at the intersection of public safety and AI-forward development.
- Help define how AI-assisted engineering transforms legacy enterprise software.
- Join a passionate, energetic team dedicated to meaningful work.
This position is for an existing vacancy
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Banyan: Banyan affirms that inequality is detrimental to our Global Teams, associates, our Operating Companies, and the communities we serve. As a collective, our goal is to impact lasting change through our actions. Together, we unite for equality and equity. Banyan is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of any protected characteristic, including race, color, genetic information, creed, national origin, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lawful alien status, ancestry, age, marital status, or protected veteran status and will not discriminate against anyone on the basis of a disability. We support an inclusive workplace where associates excel based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance.
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Skills Required
- 8+ years of progressive software engineering experience
- 3+ years in a senior technical leadership role
- Strong hands-on experience with C# / .NET and Azure
- Experience modernizing or replatforming complex legacy systems
- Comfort working in AI-assisted development environments
- Experience mentoring engineers
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
Banyan Software Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Banyan Software and has not been reviewed or approved by Banyan Software.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, with indications of an established U.S. carrier relationship. This points to mainstream plan depth and reliable access to core care.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is explicitly provided for new parents. This offers dedicated time and support during family transitions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Programs include a Learning & Development fund, two annual volunteer days, and an employee relief program for unexpected hardships. These elements extend support beyond base pay into growth, community, and resilience.
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What We Do
Banyan Software provides the best permanent home for successful enterprise software businesses, their employees, and customers to preserve the legacy of founders, while helping grow the business into the future. We are on a mission to acquire, build and grow great software businesses that have dominant positions in niche markets all over the world. Today Banyan has over 750 employees throughout the US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Founded in 2016 with permanent capital to preserve the legacy of founders, Banyan focuses on a buy, hold and grow for life strategy. For more information on Banyan Software, Inc. visit: http://www.banyansoftware.com What We Look For: - Great enterprise software businesses that have dominant positions in niche markets - We work with owners who are thinking about an exit today or further down the road - We are flexible and can be creative when we find a business that is a good fit - The businesses in the Banyan family all share a similar profile: - Annual revenues in excess of $2M-$30M - A high percentage of recurring revenue - Positive operating margins and cash flow - High customer retention and satisfaction - Happy and committed employees
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