Director of Software Engineering - Dallas, TX

Role overview

Corporate Tools is seeking a Hands-on Director of Software Engineering in Dallas, TX. The position is remote for now with occasional in-office time as needed. You’ll lead from both the 30,000-foot level (technical direction, roadmap, cross-team alignment) and ground level (steering the ship, mentoring, and jumping into priority work).

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering across software, database, and architecture (including API design)
• Develop solutions/applications for business services while mentoring and developing leaders
• Shape team culture and drive personal development
• Ensure technical feasibility of software and API designs
• Drive product roadmap and execution; participate in technical design
• Identify and correct issues affecting performance, reliability, and scalability

Requirements

• Must be located in Dallas, TX or willing to relocate
• Strong communication and ability to serve as the true technical lead
• Demonstrated experience leading/managing large-scale software and developer engineering teams
• 7+ years of software development and engineering experience (Ruby preferred, not required)
• 5+ years managing and developing software teams of 15–30 engineers
• 10–15 years designing and implementing front-end, back-end, and REST APIs (or 3–5 years for SaaS product development)
• Understanding of AWS cloud architectures and design patterns
• Experience working cross-functionally in an Agile environment
• Experience developing mission-critical applications/solutions
• Ability to design complete systems; stay current with industry trends and change management

Nice-to-haves / preferences

• Ruby experience (preferred, but not required)