R&D Director

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Headquarters, AZ, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Information Technology • Software
The Role
Leads an engineering group by setting technical strategy, guiding architecture, managing engineering managers and team leads, and overseeing delivery across multiple software projects. The role owns quality, execution, timelines, engineering processes, and operational excellence; mentors employees; serves as the senior technical escalation point; and partners with executive leadership. Requires extensive engineering management and full-stack development experience with Node.js and/or Python, plus expertise in distributed systems, databases, CI/CD, and DevOps.
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Description

Comm-IT is looking for an experienced R&D Director to lead and grow one of our engineering groups.

In this role, you'll drive technical strategy, lead engineering managers and teams, and play a key role in shaping our products, architecture and engineering culture.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor Team Leads and engineering managers.
  • Define the technical vision and influence key architectural decisions.
  • Own delivery, quality, execution and timelines across multiple projects.
  • Drive engineering processes and operational excellence.
  • Develop and mentor employees, supporting their professional growth.
  • Act as the highest technical escalation point within the group.
  • Work closely with executive leadership and report directly to the CEO.
Requirements

Requirements

  • 7+ years of engineering management experience, including 3+ years managing Team Leads and/or Group Leads.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex software products from concept to production.
  • Strong leadership skills with a people-first, data-driven approach.
  • 7+ years of hands-on full stack development experience with Node.js and/or Python.
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems and system design.
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Vast experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of engineering management experience
  • 3+ years managing Team Leads and/or Group Leads
  • Proven track record delivering complex software products from concept to production
  • Strong leadership skills with a people-first, data-driven approach
  • 7+ years of hands-on full-stack development experience with Node.js and/or Python
  • Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and system design
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Extensive experience with CI/CD and DevOps practices
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The Company
HQ: Petaling Jaya
399 Employees
Year Founded: 2005

What We Do

Commit is a global tech services company with offices in Israel, US, Canada, UK, and Europe. The company was founded in 2005 and has over 700 multi-disciplinary innovation experts who serve a broad range of companies, from small startups to large enterprises in multiple business sectors. Commit specializes in advanced technologies and applications with dedicated practices in Cloud, GenAI, Software, IoT, Big Data, Cyber, Collaboration, Data center migration projects, and more. Commit offers innovative, end-to-end technology solutions by developing custom software and IoT platforms for clients looking to build their next-gen products within the modern ICT world. Commit’s complete and comprehensive engineering powerhouse of resources, and proprietary Flexible R&D methodology helps transform its clients’ technology visions into high-quality products while reducing costs and improving time-to-market.

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