AI-First Software Engineering Leader | Senior Director

Applied Resource Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Resource Group is pursuing a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead a large, high-performing team delivering modern SaaS products and enterprise platforms. This role emphasizes AI-native culture, measurable outcomes, and cloud-first delivery within a complex enterprise setting.

You will shape technology strategy, scale engineering leaders, and drive secure, scalable software while collaborating with Product, Operations, and executive leadership to align technology with business

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience.
• 7+ years leading large engineering organizations across multiple teams.
• Experience scaling engineering organizations and leading organizational transformation.
• Strong background with modern software architecture, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, event-driven architectures, DevSecOps, CI/CD.
• Experience building AI-enabled engineering organizations and implementing AI development practices.
• Strong understanding of software delivery, engineering metrics, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple software engineering teams responsible for customer-facing and internal business applications.
• Develop and execute the engineering strategy, technical roadmap, and organizational vision.
• Build, mentor, and grow engineering leaders and software development teams.
• Drive modernization efforts across cloud-native platforms, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, Sales, and executive leadership to align technology investments with business priorities.
• Improve engineering delivery, software quality, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Establish engineering best practices around architecture, CI/CD, testing, observability, and release management.
• Champion AI-assisted software development and identify opportunities to leverage emerging AI technologies across engineering workflows.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

AI/ML knowledge

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

CI/CD

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Observability tools

Job description

Applied Resource Group is pursuing a Senior Director of Software Engineering to lead a large, high-performing team delivering modern SaaS products and enterprise platforms. This role emphasizes AI-native culture, measurable outcomes, and cloud-first delivery within a complex enterprise setting.

You will shape technology strategy, scale engineering leaders, and drive secure, scalable software while collaborating with Product, Operations, and executive leadership to align technology with business