Director, SaaS Platforms & Software Engineering

Ul Solutions; Illinois; On-site; USD 177,000 - 236,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Annual bonus

RSU grant

Paid time off

Job summary

UL Solutions in Illinois seeks a Director of Software Engineering & SaaS Platforms to lead strategic engineering across high‑value cloud platforms and products. You will set technical direction, grow talent, and partner with Product, Security, Data, and Business leaders to deliver reliable, scalable software.

This role emphasizes delivering customer value, driving KPIs, and managing a global, matrixed organization with a focus on AI/ML adoption, security, and compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field required.
• Extensive experience in software engineering with senior leadership.
• Proven success leading large‑scale software platforms or SaaS products.
• Strong understanding of modern software architectures, cloud platforms, DevOps, and security.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through change and scale organizations.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the software engineering strategy and technical roadmap aligned with the Product Roadmap, business priorities and product vision.
• Ensure adoption of engineering best practices across architecture, development, testing, CI/CD, security, and reliability.
• Guide platform scalability, performance, and resilience across cloud and SaaS environments.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies where they create measurable business value (e.g., AI/ML, data platforms, automation).

Skills

Software engineering leadership

SaaS platforms

Cloud platforms

DevOps practices

Secure development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

UL Solutions in Illinois seeks a Director of Software Engineering & SaaS Platforms to lead strategic engineering across high‑value cloud platforms and products. You will set technical direction, grow talent, and partner with Product, Security, Data, and Business leaders to deliver reliable, scalable software.

This role emphasizes delivering customer value, driving KPIs, and managing a global, matrixed organization with a focus on AI/ML adoption, security, and compliance.