Director of Software Engineering - HumCap, Inc.

HumCap's client, a Dallas based SaaS company, is looking for a highly organized Director of Software Engineering to join their team. This role will be responsible for guiding and managing the software engineers with a focus on driving client deliverables and managing team resources for the current product. You will manage 4 software team leads with a total of 12 developers on the team. This role will be working closely with the CTO to ensure all team members are properly trained and committed to ensuring software development and content management projects are successful.
 
Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor and grow a team of success-driven engineers and engineering leads as they design and develop new products and features.
• Develop a cohesive engineering strategy in alignment the company’s objectives and market needs
• Provide continuous performance feedback on their objectives, productivity and learnings.
• Inspire the teams and create a culture of excellence, teamwork and positive attitude.
• Collaborate with CTO, project managers, architects and technical leads to ensure the teams are executing with excellence.
• Establish collaborative and teamwork best practices and behaviors throughout the organization.
• Oversee engineering processes and generate new processes to meet needs.
• Administer, monitor and improve the hiring process to ensure proper mix of experience, fresh thinking and skill sets necessary to execute on product strategy.
• Track and measure individual and team performance to assess overall success
• Create a learning culture for teams and promote periodic training of relevant and new technologies.
   
  Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in software engineering with a proven track record in a leadership role
• Exceptional managerial skills with experience leading large-scale software projects and teams
• Must be able to professionally interact with Engineers and Executives
• Advanced knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Exceptional leadership abilities and strategic management skills with considerable tact, diplomacy and people skills
• Strong sense of personal accountability towards team’s success
• Must have coached, mentored and built strong work culture and high efficiency engineering team.
• Working Knowledge of C++, C#, React Native, .NET, Javascript, Atlassian Tools, MS Project, Smartsheet or other project management systems
• Must be willing to document work effort and track project status on an ongoing basis
• Must be able to motivate the team and lead them to higher performance.
   
  Education
  Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.