Associate Director, Engineering
Location
Alpharetta, GA | United States
Job description
Title: Associate Director, Engineering @ Alpharetta, GA
Terms of Hire: Full Time.
Salary: $ Open/ YR + Benefits.
Role Description
As an Associate Director, Engineering your responsibilities will include…. Leading people and teams by supporting their development, managing various innovation initiatives and providing technical direction across a diverse team of 10-15 product engineers, technical analysts and automation engineers. You’ll need the ability to dive deep, and have a “hands on” approach to the team and the underlying technology stack. You’ll also need to have familiarity with open technologies and modern architectural approaches. You’ll lead in an agile environment where leaders typically focus 20-30% of their time building a positive, energetic culture to keep momentum moving in a positive direction.
Who you are…You’re someone who wants to influence your own development. You’re not intimidated by technology, you know how to leverage it and partner with technical experts to build great products. You know what to do to make things happen. Your skills are broad – business, technology, user experience, leadership – and you easily transition between those regularly. You like to leverage modern tools, and a simple but organized process to keep the teams and stakeholders on track and in-line with organizational business and technical objectives. You’re also comfortable in a role where you transition seamlessly between managerial activities and low level technical details, at times dropping into code to help the team meet its objectives while also keeping your skill-set sharp. Some other things we’ll expect:
- Strong experience in software engineering and architectural patterns. Technologies: JavaScript, react.js/native, Java, Docker, REST/JSON, GraphQL, Kafka, RDBMS, AWS, open source and many more.
- Experience working on large-scale, high volume applications
- Rapid personal pace with ability to deliver and drive results
- Deep understanding of software quality and what it takes to construct resilient and impactful solutions
- Strong mentoring capability and communication – both verbal and written
- Ability to recruit people, screen candidates and be selective
- Active involvement in setting technical and product strategy
- Passion to build strong, self-sustaining engineering teams
- Energetic, open and collaborative across all teams and roles
- Ability to practice servant leadership which is key to our success and culture
To qualify, you’ll need to have: Highly Preferred - Bachelor's degree or equivalent in computer science, information technology or business information systems or related field
- Extensive “full stack” software delivery experience (10 years or more) across multiple disciplines – hands-on development, Devops and project management.
- 5 or more years’ experience in a technology focused managerial role with very clear leadership attributes – ability to set direction, grow team members, set goals, prioritize and recruit talent, among others.
- Heavy exposure and implementation experience in modern technology, architecture and automation patterns.
- Fluent, open communication style – speaking, writing, collaborating
Minimum Qualifications - Bachelor's Degree
- Relevant Experience or Degree in related field of study from an accredited university is required; however, relevant experience in lieu of a degree may be considered.
- Typically, a minimum of 8 years
- related professional experience including a minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in a supervisory position.
You Will Enjoy:
- An opportunity to be a part of a great culture, an awesome team, a challenging work environment, and some fun along the way!
- Apply today to learn more and be part of our Growth story.
All applications will be kept strictly confidential and once shortlisted, our team will be in touch with you for further discussions.
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