Associate Director of Software Engineering

CSafe; Monroe (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefit Package

Paid Time Off 25 days + holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Travel Assistance Program

Financial Wellness Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Referral Bonus Program

International Exposure

Job summary

CSafe is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering to lead and grow our software engineering team at the Monroe, Ohio headquarters. This hands-on leader will write and review production code part-time while directing engineering strategy, architecture, and delivery across platforms.

You will collaborate with Product, IT, and business stakeholders to convert priorities into working software and raise the engineering bar through best practices, code reviews, and secure design patterns.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/SE/IS or related field.
• 3+ years leading engineers, including performance reviews, hiring, and coaching.
• Experience delivering and operating production software at scale in a cloud environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers, owning hiring and career growth.
• Own technical direction and architecture for assigned platforms, including API design and security.
• Drive delivery by planning initiatives, removing blockers, and ensuring scope, quality, and dates.
• Enforce engineering standards through reviews, CI/CD, testing, and documentation.
• Champion AI-assisted development with patterns that improve throughput while maintaining quality.
• Collaborate with Product and stakeholders to translate requirements into designs and communicate tradeoffs.
• Support transitions from external partners to internal teams, ensuring readiness and knowledge transfer.
• Own production health including monitoring, incident response, and root cause analysis.

Skills

C# & .NET

API Design

Cloud (Azure)

CI/CD

AI tooling

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Azure

Job description

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Associate Director of Software Engineering

Full Time Monroe, OH, US

3 days ago Requisition ID: 1382

CSafe is seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering to join our Software Engineering team at our World Headquarters in Monroe, Ohio . This position will serve as the hands on technical leader of our software engineering team. This is a player coach position. Roughly half your week will be spent writing, reviewing, and architecting production software, and the other half will be spent leading engineers, setting technical direction, and driving delivery. You will partner with Product, Digital Engineering, IT, and business stakeholders to convert priorities into working software, and you will raise the engineering bar through code review, architectural standards, and disciplined use of AI development tooling. This position reports to the Senior Director of Software Engineering.

What You Will Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers, owning hiring, onboarding, goal setting, performance feedback, and career growth
• Own technical direction and architecture for assigned platforms, including API design, data access patterns, authentication and authorization, integration approach, and application security
• Drive delivery execution by breaking down initiatives, setting realistic commitments, removing blockers, and holding the team accountable to scope, quality, and dates
• Set and enforce engineering standards through code review, branching and release practices, automated testing, CI/CD, and technical documentation
• Champion AI assisted development across the team, establishing patterns and guardrails that measurably increase throughput without sacrificing code quality or security
• Partner with Product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs, and communicate tradeoffs, risks, and status in plain language
• Collaborate with Data and Digital Engineering counterparts on shared contracts, integrations, and platform dependencies
• Support the transition of work from external development partners to the internal engineering team, including knowledge transfer, code ownership, and operational readiness
• Own production health for assigned applications, including monitoring, incident response, root cause analysis, and technical debt remediation
• Serve as a senior technical voice in vendor, tooling, and platform decisions across the engineering organization

What You Bring

• Deep, current expertise in C# and .NET, including ASP.NET Core, RESTful and service based architectures, and Entity Framework or comparable data access frameworks
• Solid command of SQL and relational database design, including query performance tuning
• Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and services, preferably Microsoft Azure, including app hosting, identity, messaging, and monitoring
• Proven ability to lead and grow engineers while continuing to contribute code at a senior level
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control workflows, automated testing strategy, and modern DevOps practices
• Practical experience applying AI development tools to real engineering work, with judgment about where they help and where they do not
• Strong architectural judgment, with the ability to balance speed, maintainability, cost, and security in a lean team environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting to executives and translating technical concepts for non technical audiences
• Demonstrated ownership mindset, comfortable operating with limited process and high autonomy
• Experience with mobile application delivery, enterprise integrations such as ERP or CRM systems, IoT or device telemetry data, and regulated or validated software environments, preferred

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years leading engineers, including direct people management responsibility such as performance reviews, hiring, and coaching
• Demonstrated track record of delivering and operating production software at scale in a cloud environment
• Experience with mobile application delivery, enterprise integrations such as ERP or CRM systems, IoT or device telemetry data, and regulated or validated software environments, preferred
• Experience leading distributed or blended internal and external engineering teams, and experience in logistics, life sciences, manufacturing, or another regulated industry, preferred

Why Join Us

At CSafe, we foster an exciting, collaborative, and inclusive work environment that promotes personal and professional growth. We encourage feedback, foster trust, and support a culture of inclusion where everyone’s voice matters. Be Part of a Growing Industry by joining a forward-thinking team in the rapidly expanding temperature-controlled shipping sector. Here’s what we offer to our employees:

• Competitive and Comprehensive Health Benefit Package
• Paid Time OFF (PTO) starting at 25 days plus Paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Travel Assistance Program
• Financial Wellness Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Referral Bonus Program
• International Exposure: Gain experience working with a team spread across 19 countries

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.