Director of Software Engineering.
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About the organisation.
A leading global organization in analytics, artificial intelligence, and digital solutions, serving clients across a wide range of industries. With a large international workforce and a broad client portfolio, it drives digital transformation at scale through cutting-edge engineering, domain expertise, and customer-centric solutions.
About the role.
The Director of Software Engineering will lead multiple engineering teams, define the technology strategy, and ensure the successful delivery of scalable, secure, and modern software solutions. The role combines engineering leadership, architecture, people management, delivery governance, cloud transformation, and stakeholder management to build a high-performing engineering organization.
What you will do.
- Define and execute a technology roadmap aligned with business objectives.
- Lead Engineering Managers, Architects, Technical Leads, and software engineering teams.
- Oversee the end-to-end Software Development Lifecycle and drive predictable, high-quality delivery across multiple programs.
- Guide architecture for scalable, secure, cloud-native platforms, including microservices, API-first, and event-driven designs.
- Promote DevOps, Git-based development, CI/CD, and automation practices across engineering teams.
- Build, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, and senior engineering talent, including workforce planning and succession planning.
- Partner with senior and executive stakeholders on technology strategy, investments, and delivery risks.
- Manage technology partners and vendor relationships as required.
What you bring.
- Proven experience leading large engineering organizations, preferably 50+ engineers.
- Strong experience managing Engineering Managers and Technical Leads.
- Strong expertise in modern software engineering and enterprise application development.
- Experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP, and a solid understanding of APIs, microservices, distributed systems, SQL, and NoSQL.
- Experience managing large, multimillion-dollar technology programs with strong delivery governance, risk, budget, and vendor management.
- Knowledge of Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or other scaled delivery frameworks; a Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.
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