As THE leader in transit technology, Clever Devices' vision is to make meaningful contributions to worldwide mobility.
Our goal is to be the leading provider of exciting technology that improves the quality of mobility in communities around the world.
We are continuing to grow, and are looking for a Director, Software Engineering to join our teamOverviewReporting to the Vice President, Engineering/Development, this role will provide technical oversight to several product development teams.
In addition, this role is expected to serve as a technical point-of-contact for project deployment teams.The position will prioritize, schedule and delegate work assignments, and directly manage several development teams to ensure the timely and cost-effective completion of all work and assigned projects.
They will act as a technical resource to customers, vendors, other departments, and direct reports to address and resolve inquiries and problems.Managerial responsibilities include resource, process, and functional scope.The Director will oversee department staffing issues, including hiring, terminations, employee issues, counseling, salary adjustments, performance appraisals, etc.
The incumbent will ensure that goals are set for all teams and that the teams are meeting those goals.Must have excellent organization, supervisory, managerial and leadership skills to manage a team of engineers and technical staff.Must have proven multitasking skills and can work under extreme pressure.Must have excellent analytical and computational skills.Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Technology StackC#, .NET Core, Angular, REST, Microservices, Docker, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Responsive Web Design, TDD, BDD, Git.
Cloud providers such as: GCP, AWS, AzureJob DescriptionPrimary ResponsibilitiesConsult or negotiate with clients to finalize engineering project specifications.Negotiate with 3rd party engineering suppliers to get the best business deals.Present engineering plans, progress status updates and situations to project stakeholders and financiers.Review and approve proposed engineering designs and subsequent product and process enhancements or changes.Perform administrative and oversight functions in approving proposals, expenditures, enforcing policies and hiring and firing of engineers.Coaches and mentors engineering staff for skill development and experienceEnsures projects are completed on time and according to specifications and standards.Facilitates communication between project teams, including project status and technical information (architecture, design, and implementation objectives)Guides evaluation of non-functional design tradeoffs and ensure the decisions are well informed and aligned with business goals.Assigns development tasks to appropriate resources.Implement approved engineering budgets and monitor actual expenses to ensure they fall within budgets, analyzing out of budget expenses and ensuring they are offset in other areas of the project unless fully justified.Other duties as assigned.Skills RequiredExpert knowledge required in the following areas:A minimum of 10 years of hands-on software development experience, with at least 5 years managing a team of engineers.A minimum of 2 years managing multiple teams of Engineers as well as managing director reports with management/supervisory responsibilities.Bachelor's degree in computer science/MIS or equivalent experience required.Object Oriented Design and ProgrammingC# .Net/Core, SQL.Ability to independently learn and actively seek new skills and knowledge to advance the development capabilities of the organization.Running projects using a variety of traditional and agile (SCRUM) software development lifecycle processes and methodologiesAbility to evaluate performance of individual engineers and as a team and prescribe appropriate remedies for issues.Ability to lead design sessions and participate in architecture and code reviews.Strong communications skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical people and work with a variety of internal and external groups.Ability to be self-motivated and work within a team environment to achieve the strategic vision set by Product ManagementExperience with high-availability, data-driven applicationsClever Devices is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.