Director, Software Engineering (Remote)

Job Summary & Responsibilities

Position Summary: We are seeking a Platform Software Engineering Director to join our growing team. This role is responsible for the full software development life cycle, from conception to deployment. As a Platform Software Engineering Director, you will have relevant experience with both front-end and back-end coding languages, software development architecture and design patterns, development frameworks and third-party libraries. The ideal candidate will have a strong background leading teams developing consumer-facing digital products in collaboration with product and design leaders. This individual must be creative, client focused, team player, organized, and can thrive in a dynamic environment.

• Provide design services, resource planning, work estimation and coordination for multiple delivery teams
• Lead a team of software engineers and quality engineers to design, develop, and test applications (e.g. API, web apps) in accordance with established standards
• Collaborate with Product and Design Leaders to lead product delivery teams
• Set short to medium term technical direction, creating plans to help achieve goals
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Packaging and supporting deployment of releases
• Foster an environment where different backgrounds, cultures, industry and life experiences are embraced and valued
• Collaborate on architecture decisions, ensuring that we are adapting and evolving to meet organization’s scaling business needs
• Collaborate with other software developers, product managers and software architects to plan, design and deliver applications
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and within budget
• Ensure that non-functional requirements such as security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability are being considered when architecting solutions
• Work in an Agile framework to identify and automate solutions that result in enhanced developer experience and increased developer productivity
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry trends, and best practices in solution architecture and technology innovation
• Contribute towards defining and establishing benchmarks, metrics, and quality measures
• Leverage AI as a tool, not a replacement - Candidates are expected to understand that AI is a power productivity multiplier while maintaining engineering judgment, and ensuring AI generated code meets quality standards
• Full code ownership mandatory - Must understand, explain, and support all AI-assisted code as if written from scratch
• Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Provide direction, guidance, and support to a team of employees
• Set clear expectations, delegate tasks, and ensure effective communication within the team
• Evaluate employee performance, provide feedback, and conduct performance reviews
• Identify areas for development and create plans to enhance team members' skills
• Uniformly identify high performers who consistently produce quality work
• Remove barriers for the team, ensuring team members have all the tools, resources, and context to execute
• Active coaching of the team and developing individual development plans for all team members
• Overcome challenges and conflicts that arise within the team or projects
• Make decisions that balance various factors and contribute to the overall success of the organization
• Cultivate relationships with clients, partners, and other departments to facilitate collaboration and achieve common goals
• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new team members

Preferred Qualifications

• Education & Experience: 10 or more years of experience in software or solution architecture roles, with a focus on designing and implementing complex, enterprise-level solutions using cloud platform
• Strong knowledge of software architecture principles, design patterns, and architectural frameworks
• Strong understanding of Continuous Delivery patterns, Cloud foundational patterns, Observability patterns, Developer experience patterns
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Practical AI experience - Comfortable using tools like GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or Claude for prototyping, debugging, and problem-solving
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience
• Technical Proficiency And Skills: Proficiency with: Node.js React TypeScript Apollo GraphQL Git Version Control System PostgreSQL Google Cloud Jest Docker Container CI/CD Pipelines Experience with one or more cloud platforms, preferably GCP
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Great attention to detail and organizational skills
• Experience delivering individual and institutional client facing solutions; Web Portal(s), online payments, and third-party integrations
• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodology
• Expertise in delivering secure, high performance, fault-tolerant, and high availability solutions
• Experience with DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD, SecDevOps, Containers, Serverless

Other Requirements

• Infrequent travel (10%)
• Ability to occasionally work overtime or after hours
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Pay Range

$153,000-$180,000 per year

The compensation package may also include incentive and bonus opportunities.

Inspira provides industry-leading benefits including, but not limited to:

• healthcare
• 401K savings plan
• company holidays
• paid time off
• parental leave
• an employee assistance program