Director, Software Engineering

  • Full-time

Company Description

Insightsoftware is a growing, dynamic computer software company that helps financial reporting solutions. At insightsoftware, you will learn and grow in a fast-paced, supportive environment that will take your career to the next level. We are looking for future insighters who can demonstrate teamwork, results orientation, a growth mindset, disciplined execution, and a winning attitude to join our growing team!

Job Description

As a Director of Software Engineering, you will lead a global team of talented engineers who are dedicated to building out our class-leading suite of Financial Software Products servicing the office of the CFO. The chosen candidate must be a self-starter, possess great organizational skills, and have excellent communication abilities. A proven results-oriented person with a delivery focus and demonstrated ability to achieve stretch goals in a highly innovative and fast-paced environment.

We enjoy our work as much as we enjoy working together and want teammates who can get things done while having a positive influence on our workplace environment.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multiple software development teams, including staffing, mentoring, enhancing, and maintaining best-of-class software development leaders across multiple teams and disciplines.
  • Collaborate with architects, product managers, software development managers, and developers to architect and develop the best technical design and approach, delivering value quickly to customers without sacrificing software quality.
  • Manage and optimize the overall software development lifecycle.
  • Create software development roadmaps, operational plans, and the management of execution against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • Report on development status, quality, operations, and system performance to executive management and act quickly and decisively to resolve customer-impacting issues.
  • Management of departmental resources, staffing, and enhancing and maintaining a best-of-class development team.
  • Evolution of the software development practice within the organization, including better reporting, tools, and evolution of development methodology.

Qualifications

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

  • Planning and Management – Highly effective planning and organizational skills.
  • Leadership and Vision - Ability to inspire people at all levels to follow your technical vision.
  • Discipline and Perseverance – Focus and commitment to solving complex issues through to completion.
  • Flexibility and Hard Work – Operate in a fast-paced, iterative development environment; learn and adapt to new business demands and changing technologies.
  • Problem Solving – Strong critical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
  • Quality – Dedicated to producing high-quality software and implementing development best practices.
  • Effective Communicator – Excellent written, presentation, and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent time management skills - a proven ability to utilize your sense of urgency to prioritize tasks effectively.

Qualification and Experience

  • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline; Master’s Degree preferred.
  • 10+ years of development experience with at least five years in cloud environments working with Java, C#, C/C++
  • 7+ years leading multiple Agile teams and programs with expert understanding of Agile and Lean principles.
  • 3+ years of experience in driving full DevOps software development and engineering practices.
  • Experience building and managing new Engineering teams.
  • Experience in implementing both Cloud/SaaS Solutions & On-Premise Solutions.
  • Diverse experience with a broad range of application development platforms, technologies, middleware, frameworks, and programming languages.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple product lines and meeting aggressive release schedules.
  • Strong technical vision and continuous improvement drive.
  • Experience creating, reviewing, and negotiating statements of work with suppliers.
  • Previous experience managing global engineering teams and suppliers.

Additional Information

  • All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

** At this time insightsoftware is not able to offer sponsorship to candidates who are not eligible to work in the stated work location. **