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Software Development Director

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN)

Software Development Director

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New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

Expert/Leader

Fintech • Software • Financial Services

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The Role

Leads software development teams delivering scalable software for financial and technology clients. Oversees team performance, mentoring, Agile development strategies, product roadmaps, architecture, code reviews, feature delivery, and organizational policies. Requires extensive software engineering experience, team leadership, cloud platforms, relational and NoSQL databases, distributed systems, API design, technical documentation, and project delivery from requirements through launch.

Summary Generated by Built In

Ensures team processes are understood, followed, and improved. Responsible for developing and evaluating personnel to ensure efficient operation, continued growth, and positive employee engagement. Responsible for ensuring the delivery of business goals assigned to the team. Responsibilities:

Leading a team to develop quality software that is used by some of the world’s largest technology firms, fixed income asset managers, and security traders on Wall Street
Responsible for ensuring a team’s success, growth, and output
Providing training, guidance, and mentorship to individuals on the team
Participating in Agile meetings to contribute with development strategies and product roadmap
Producing tremendous feature enhancements and reacting quickly to emerging technologies
Encouraging collaboration and stimulating creativity
Providing leadership and expertise to our ever-growing workforce
Develops corporate and/or organizational policies and authorizes their implementation.
Detailed knowledge of company allows for innovative concepts and promoting new ideas.
Provides direction to senior managers in various areas, groups, and/or operations.
Recognized as an influential leader.
Consistently works with abstract ideas or situations across functional areas of the business.
Through assessment of intangible variables, identifies and evaluates fundamental issues, providing strategy and direction for major functional areas.
Requires in-depth knowledge of the functional area, business strategies, and the company’s goals.
Erroneous decisions will have a long-term effect on the company's success.
Interacts internally and externally with executive level management, requiring negotiation of extremely critical matters. Influences policymaking.
Directs and controls the activities of one or more functional areas, divisions, product groups or service areas through senior managers who have overall responsibility for the successful operation of those assigned areas.

Requirements:

Demonstrated ability to provide constructive feedback to team members
Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, identify tasks, provide estimates and meet production deadlines
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle
Ability to resolve conflict within and across teams and drive consensus to achieve common goals
Ability to provide technical feedback and guidance on architecture, code review, and best practices
10+ years professional experience in software development
2+ years of experience leading a development team.
Excellent written and verbal skills.
Ability to contribute to software design documentation, presentation, sequence diagrams
Ability to present complex technical designs in a concise manner.
Ability to work with relational and NoSQL databases.
Experience building highly scalable distributed software systems
Professional experience working with Cloud Platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Experience taking a project from scoping requirements through actual launch

Desired Experience or Skills:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
Proficiency using modern web development technologies and techniques, including (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript)
Experience in full system design and architecture
Experience developing and designing a public facing API
Experience with database scaling and design

Skills Required

Ability to provide constructive feedback to team members
Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and management to collect requirements, estimate work, and meet production deadlines
Knowledge of software engineering best practices across the full software development lifecycle
Ability to resolve conflicts and drive consensus across teams
Ability to provide technical feedback on architecture, code reviews, and engineering best practices
10+ years of professional software development experience
2+ years of experience leading a development team
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to contribute to software design documentation, presentations, and sequence diagrams
Ability to present complex technical designs concisely
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases
Experience building highly scalable distributed software systems
Professional experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience taking projects from requirements scoping through launch
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
Proficiency with modern web technologies including HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript
Experience in full system design and architecture
Experience developing and designing public-facing APIs
Experience with database scaling and design

What the Team is Saying

Clearwater Analytics (CWAN) Compensation & Benefits Highlights

Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with employer matching is highlighted consistently in company materials and benefits summaries. Feedback suggests the match makes retirement savings a clear strength of the package.
Flexible Benefits — Hybrid schedules, flexible hours, and short work-from-anywhere allowances are advertised for some roles. Feedback suggests this flexibility adds practical value even when positions are not fully remote.
Equity Value & Accessibility — Restricted stock units and an employee stock purchase plan are listed as part of total rewards for eligible roles. Feedback suggests these equity programs can enhance overall compensation when included in an offer.

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The Company

HQ: Boise, ID

1,100 Employees

Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

CWAN was founded on a simple belief: investment professionals deserve modern technology that actually works for them. Not legacy systems that slow them down. Not fragmented data that creates confusion. But one comprehensive platform that gives you complete visibility and crystal-clear insights. The result? Investment management that works as seamlessly as your investment strategy. Since our founding in 2004, CWAN has been the trusted technology partner powering the world’s leading institutional investors — from insurance companies, asset managers, and hedge funds to asset owners like corporations, endowments, and pension funds managing over $10 trillion in assets.

Why Work With Us

We continue to grow, fueled by a strong foundation, an ambitious vision, and a commitment to delivering exceptional value to our clients, partners, and team members around the world. What started as a bold idea in Boise, Idaho has rapidly transformed into a global presence. We’ve expanded our footprint significantly—now operating out of 24 offices