The Director, Software Engineering will set the direction of technical development and the strategy of product and engineering collaboration. The primary objective of the directorship is the successful delivery of the product roadmap initiatives. To be successful in this role it is critical to apply communication and analytical skills and knowledge of best practices to navigate the team on problems related to the application’s development.

What you'll do:

• Manage and mentor a group of Software Engineering Managers to meet deliverable commitments
• Oversee the development efforts of your assigned teams (~30 people)
• Understand and practice agile software development and management
• Provide guidance and implement the standards for the planning and prioritization of resource conflicts, customer demands, and customer support issues to ensure the successful delivery of the committed product roadmap every quarter
• Report on engineering activities as it relates to team velocity and the company’s OKRs
• Join the architectural committee to help drive major technical decisions of the business
• Collaborate across business and technology functions to ensure comprehensive business solutions are implemented
• Hiring and management of resources associated with the team

What you bring:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Advanced degree or professional certification is preferred
• Minimum of 4 years software engineering management
• Minimum of 8 years experience designing, developing and delivering software products
• Knowledge of SaaS operations, and modern technical SaaS tools and how to use and integrate with them
• Eager to share ideas and learn from other team members
• Strong communication skills to be able to clearly describe and discuss problems
• Experience with designing and deploying applications in a cloud-based environment
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills
• Experience with React, Javascript, TypeScript, NodeJS, OOP, TypeORM, MySQL, Git, and AWS (Terraform is a plus).
• Managing performance metrics
• Bilingual in English & Spanish is a plus

Benefits:

• Health & Wellness: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision plans - for employee and dependents + on demand health care concierge
• HSA, FSA, & DCFSA: Pre-tax savings plans for healthcare and dependent care
• 100% paid short and long term disability plus life + AD&D benefits
• Learning & Development: $500 annually towards professional development opportunities + $250 annually towards personal development opportunities
• Flexible PTO: You should get the time you need for rest, rejuvenation and recovery 
• 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: An inclusive policy to ensure you have time with your newborn, newly adopted, or foster child
• Work Remotely: Flexible hours and work from home + $1,000 annually to cover necessary business related items for your home office
• Charitable Giving Program: Up to $500 match for qualified charities 
• 401K: Reach your financial goals while reducing your taxes

This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity. The applicable salary range for each US-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers based on the cost of labor for that geographic area. The expected salary ranges for this role are set forth below. 

Tier 1: $216,750 - $267,750

Tier 2: $195,075 - $240,975

Tier 3: $173,400 - $214,200

You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s leveling and compensation–including a candidate’s professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.

Please continue to apply if you are unsure that you fit into our compensation structure.

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We all recognize the importance of earning and keeping the trust of our customers when it comes to protecting their data. We've felt firsthand how burdensome achieving and maintaining a strong security and compliance posture can be at a fast-growing company. It’s a manual, redundant, error-prone, and unscalable process - and it only grows more complex and expensive over time.

Our team of SaaS, security, compliance, and audit experts have built a better way - with automation.

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