Director of Software Engineering

Description:

I have a brand new permanent position for a Director of Software Engineering. This role will fall in the enterprise security unit and will focus on infrastructure security. The role will be hybrid position, with a requirement to be onsite 1 week per month (3 weeks fully remote).

This is an individual contributor position, with no direct reports and will be a hands-on role. The responsibility of this person is to give technical guidance to the teams in the security unit.

Key Skills:

• 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale applications using languages such as Python, Go, or Java
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools and infrastructure-as-code frameworks (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Terraform, AWS CDK)
• Hands-on experience deploying applications on container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Exposure to cloud-native services (AWS preferred, or Azure/GCP equivalents), including IAM, messaging queues, and container services
• Proficiency in data technologies such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS RDS, Athena, Parquet, and PyArrow
• Experience with data pipeline development and ETL/ELT workflows
• Strong background in automated testing using frameworks like JUnit, PyUnit, Karate, or Playwright
• Practical knowledge of DevOps practices and automation pipelines