Director, Software Engineering
ATPCO
full-remoteleadpermanentengineering-managementbackend Herndon, VA Yesterday via LinkedIn
220,590 - 242,882 USD/annual
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Software EngineeringEngineering LeadershipSoftware ArchitectureSecurityHigh AvailabilityFault ToleranceOKRsContinuous ImprovementTechnical MentoringPerformance Management
About the role
Role overview
As Director of Software Engineering at ATPCO, you will oversee the delivery and execution of high-quality software products. You’ll align technology strategies with the company mission while leading, mentoring, and scaling multiple engineering teams to ensure security, stability, and availability.
Responsibilities
- Set technology strategy and roadmaps, collaborating with product, design, and architecture partners
- Define OKRs, performance indicators, and goals aligned to company objectives
- Ensure security, stability, and system availability, driving continuous improvement and innovation
- Lead and manage multiple engineering teams, focusing on performance, technical development, and growth
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement in software engineering and delivery practices
- Promote self-organizing, high-performing teams focused on craftsmanship, scalability, and resilience
- Mentor technical leaders and develop innovation and leadership across levels
- Maintain operational excellence (highly available, fault-tolerant systems)
- Collaborate cross-functionally to build decoupled but cohesive systems
- Own performance management outcomes and talent standards
- Oversee financial health of systems, managing costs and revenues/value delivery
Requirements
- Proven experience leading and scaling multiple engineering teams in a high-performing environment
- Ability to align technology strategy with company goals and partner effectively with product/design/architecture
- Strong technical expertise in software architecture, security, stability, and system availability
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineering leaders and drive team ownership and growth
- Experience defining OKRs and measurable performance indicators for alignment and accountability
- Proven operational excellence delivering highly available, fault-tolerant, resilient systems
- Strong business acumen managing budgets, costs, and engineering value delivery
Nice-to-haves
- Not explicitly stated
About ATPCO
ATPCO is the world’s primary source for air fare content, providing technology and data solutions used across the travel industry. It manages a vast global dataset of air fare information that supports airlines and travel platforms, helping travelers reach destinations efficiently.
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