Director of Engineering

Atlas HXM; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Birthday off

Generous Parental Leave Program

Growth and development opportunities

Job summary

A global technology solutions provider is seeking a Technical Director to provide leadership and direction to cloud-native development teams. The ideal candidate has a strong technical background, with over 4 years of management experience and at least 8 years in development roles within an Agile environment. You will be responsible for ensuring successful execution of innovative technology solutions that align with client needs and overall strategy. This position offers opportunities for growth in a dynamic and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of management experience leading global technical development teams.
• 8+ years of development experience with modern tech stack.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction and technical leadership to developers and engineers.
• Understand and refine requirements for innovative cloud-native solutions.
• Oversee building of cloud-native applications.

Skills

Management experience leading technical teams

Hands-on experience with tech stack

Good communication skills

Experience in Agile environment

Problem-solving skills

Education

BS degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

Node.js

Postgres

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Job description

Key responsibilities

• You’ll provide direction, mitigate risk and offer solutions tailored to client’s business needs. From migrations of existing workloads to building advanced cloud-native solutions.
• Collaborate with product owners and other business partners to understand and refine requirements that drive innovative cloud native B2B SaaS solution architecture, technology, and tools.
• Help set up and lead a high performing team of developers and engineers for our platform. Provide technical leadership to our development team; propose and update team standards and policies.
• Contribute technically through feature development oversight, technical design oversight and process streamlining.
• Coordinate proof-of-concept as needed to determine technology solutions in alignment with the Director of Architecture.
• Identify open source and commercial solutions for integration; Define solution API’s guidelines and integration with third party systems.
• Provide thought leadership and own the long-term development vision for multi-cloud SaaS delivery platform.
• Oversee building of cloud-native applications based on scalable, portable, and resilient designs.

About you

• BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• Good communication skills and used to interfacing constantly with peers.
• 4+ years of management experience, leading global technical development teams (5 to 20 people).
• A passionate IT professional with a strong technical background who thrives on day-to-day details, coding, and troubleshooting. A person who, despite being in a managerial position, has a love for technology that keeps them deeply involved in technical aspects.
• Hands on experience (8+ years) developing with some/all tools of our tech stack (React, TypeScript, node.js, Postgres, GitHub, C#, Terraform, Remix/React Router, Tailwind CSS, React-Aria-Components, Vite, Vitest, AWS and Azure clouds).
• A decisive individual who takes ownership of the decisions, assumes full responsibility, and steps up to face challenges head-on, never placing blame on the team but rather shouldering accountability.
• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases is desirable.
• Constantly seeking out better ways to do things, enjoying learning and adapting quickly to arrive at a solution using new technologies, frameworks and tools.
• Experience operating in an Agile Environment.

What we value

• You are a dedicated leader, looking to develop teams and team members.
• You are a self-starter, able to see what needs to be done from inception to implementation.
• You can lead discussions about complex solution design tradeoffs and drive conflict resolution while thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills even during hard situations.
• You are a good partner in different areas (product owner, chiefs, customer services).

What We Offer

• The opportunity to work with a purpose — simplifying global expansion across borders and cultures
• A diverse and inclusive environment
• Country-specific benefits
• Flexible PTO
• Your birthday off and a day for you to volunteer and give back to the organization of your choice
• Generous Parental Leave Program
• Growth and development opportunities with access to a top learning content provider
• The opportunity to challenge yourself in a high-performing organization and leave each day knowing you have made an impact.

Atlas Technology Solutions, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Atlas is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Atlas are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Atlas will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Atlas encourages applicants of all ages.

Atlas will provide accommodation on request throughout the recruitment, selection and assessment process for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring decisions are based upon Atlas’s operating needs, and applicant merit including, but not limited to, qualifications, experience, ability, availability, and location.

This role will be subject to a background check under local law after an employment offer has been made. Employment may be subject to results. In addition, references may be requested at the final stage of the process.

This position description may not describe all duties, responsibilities, and skills associated with this position. It is intended to portray the major aspects of the job. Other duties or skills may be required.