Director of Technology

Stable Kernel is a technology services firm and custom software developer building scalable software solutions for cutting-edge, innovative enterprises to move their business forward. We are headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

We’re a privately held, Great Place to Work Certified Company™ with a multi-award-winning culture and an impressive 10-plus-year trajectory of sustainable growth. At Stable Kernel, we support our employees in ways that help them do some of the best work of their lives.

The Director of Technology plays a critical role in translating Stable Kernel’s technology vision into scalable execution. This role leads cross-functional delivery teams, drives architectural quality, and ensures solutions are technically sound, sustainable, and aligned to client business goals. Operating as a force multiplier across accounts, the Director balances hands-on technical leadership with strategic planning and cross-functional influence.

The North Star of this role is delivering business-aligned technical excellence across delivery teams. This role reports to the Chief Technology Officer.

• Technical Impact: 
• Ensure architecture across client engagements is scalable, maintainable, and aligned with standards.
• Maintain technical health across projects through automation, infrastructure, and operational rigor.
• Champion best practices in testing, quality assurance, and continuous delivery.
• Pilot emerging technologies and frameworks to inform technical direction and innovation.
  
• Business Alignment: 
• Align team-level technical priorities with client goals and business strategy.
• Translate customer needs into actionable technical plans.
• Participate in scoping, estimation, and resource planning to ensure feasibility and value.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to project stakeholders and delivery partners.
  
• Team Leadership:
• Lead multiple engineering teams through clear guidance, coaching, and technical mentorship.
• Drive accountability, velocity, and autonomy through systemized processes.
• Support team health, growth, and succession in partnership with engineering leadership.
  
• Cross-functional Collaboration:
• Act as a senior technical representative in client meetings and planning sessions.
• Coordinate with product, design, and delivery to align priorities and unblock execution.
• Mediate trade-offs and maintain clarity around engineering constraints and opportunities.

• Guide technology decisions across accounts and projects.
• Maintain oversight of engineering quality standards.
• Meet regularly with client business and technical leaders to review goals and strategies.
• Review technical decisions and provide strategic input as needed.
• Coach engineers and tech leads on technical design, SDLC improvements, and consulting.
• Participate in estimation, planning, and client-facing discussions.
• Track technical health metrics and address systemic issues.
• Evaluate new technologies and identify opportunities for integration.
• Align team execution with roadmap and client objectives.

• Client-facing teams consistently deliver high-quality, maintainable, business-aligned solutions.
• Engineering decisions reflect best practices and drive long-term system health and stability.
• Teams move with clarity, confidence, and autonomy across projects.
• Technical challenges are surfaced early and resolved efficiently through structure and leadership.
• Emerging engineers grow into stronger leaders through mentorship and coaching.

• 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years in technical leadership roles.
• Proven experience delivering complex technical solutions in a consulting or agency environment.
• Expertise in modern cloud architecture, testing, DevOps, and software lifecycle management.
• Strong communicator with the ability to collaborate across disciplines and clients.
• Experience mentoring engineers and growing technical leaders.
• Values-aligned: integrity, respect, curiosity, and hunger for excellence.

Minimum Base Compensation: $ 185,000

This is a full-time position. 

Stable Kernel operates a People Before Place Hybrid model, allowing most employees to choose where they can do their best work most days.

This role is open to remote candidates, although periodic travel—approximately every 6–8 weeks—is expected for key in-person meetings, such as client meetings, leadership sessions, or team planning. We’re committed to flexibility but want to be transparent that travel is a part of the job.

Our generous total compensation package includes:

• Company-subsidized health, vision, and dental plan premium options beginning on the first day of employment
• 401k with above-average company matching 
• Fully paid Group Life, Short and Long Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
• Optional Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account participation
• Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, and Accident insurance
• EAP and Health Advocacy program available at no cost to employees and their dependents
• $3000+ annual industry educational budget 
• Paid time off and paid holidays 
• Access to Perks at Work program featuring a variety of discounted products and services

*Note – We are not sponsoring employment visas at this time. If you are currently in possession of an employment visa, it will need to be effective for at least 3 years from the date of your application for your candidacy for employment to be considered.

Stable Kernel’s culture is inclusive and expansive. We celebrate diversity in its many glorious forms and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. However, we will discriminate against those unwilling to comply with the practice of our company values:

• we work with integrity always
• we respect our work and each other
• we are dedicated to life-long learning and sharing
• we stay hungry for new challenges

If you are like-minded in this regard, we hope you will apply. We look forward to meeting you.