Director of Engineering

Location

Burlington, MA | United States

Job description

The Director of Engineering - Core Services, is responsible for leading Scrum teams dedicated to the creation and maintenance of the software frameworks and services used to build Charles River's products. This position reports directly to the VP of Engineering and oversees Scrum teams with focuses in Platform Services.


As the Director, you are responsible for providing engineering vision, expertise, and guidance on software construction while ensuring uncompromising quality and usability. You are also responsible for all aspects of staff management including promoting career growth, improving skill sets, and holding teams accountable for meeting goals.


Responsibilities:
Manage and oversee staff which includes senior manager(s), team leads, and/or development team staff
Oversee the assignment of work items, employee performance, engagement, and professional development
Hire staff and ensure they are properlymentored, trained, and motivated.
Contribute to the entire CRIMS product beyond direct responsibilities through influence and knowledge
Work with Product Management leadership to plan, design, and develop software solutions to meet strategic market needs
Drive the Agile process and create a culture of continuous improvement of processes and methodologies through the engineering organization
Write, review, and approve software development specifications, projects, proposals, methods, and schedules
Lead the architecture and technical direction for the area of responsibility
Keep abreast of existing and emerging technologies impactful to CRDs business
Provide expert guidance and critical analysis of proposed changes during design reviews and product demos with a sharp eye towards simplicity of design and function
Advise staff members on solving complex technical problems
Monitor progress on key initiatives and work packages to ensure fulfillment of product and scheduling objectives
Coordinate with peers within the R & D organization to ensure seamless integration of functional workflows
Review testing strategy and test plans for team's product to ensure high product quality
Identify improvements in team quality processes including defining new strategies, processes, and required tooling to improve quality
Work with the client services organization to provide support & maintenance to current customers
Support the sales organization and assist in the execution of POCs for prospective customers
Act as the escalation point and primary contact point for troubleshooting customer production problems and drive to a quick resolution
Act in a team lead capacity as needed
Qualifications:


Education:
B.S. degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics or other technical courses of study required. MS degree strongly preferred.


Experience:
A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible professional experience in a software engineering role required with a minimum of 10 years of experience in a supervisory role managing engineer, product specialists, co-ops, and interns
A minimum of 10 years of experience in financial services developing solutions for Portfolio Management, Trading, Compliance, Post-Trade, IBOR, or Wealth Management is strongly desired
Demonstrated experience in cloud native development in Azure, AWS or GCP
Demonstrated ability to provide technical vision to achieve both tactical and strategic goals
Demonstrated experience with object-oriented programming, compiler or interpreter technologies, embedded systems, operating systems, relational databases (RDBMS), scripting, and new/advanced programming languages
Demonstrated system-level architectural skills required
Demonstrated experience leading teams to build large-scale, high-performance commercial database applications
Ability to clearly and succinctly summarize results for upper management
Demonstrated experience recruiting, hiring, and building a talented engineering team
Demonstrated experience in organizing and running efficient meetings
Demonstrated ability to manage solution complexity to ensure simple designs and workflows
A minimum of 7 years working with an Agile development methodology
Ability to coordinate and lead cross-team activities to deliver successful solutions
Strong contributor to project plans and backlog management
Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills



Salary Range:
$175,000 - $287,500 Annual
The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

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