Director - Technology (Manila)

Code and Theory; New York (NY); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative digital-first creative agency is seeking a Technical Director to lead complex technical programs for Fortune 50/100 clients. In this dynamic role, you will manage engineering managers, oversee project standards, and ensure the successful delivery of high-traffic sites. You will leverage your extensive IT experience, hands-on development skills, and ability to communicate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Join a forward-thinking team that values collaboration and creativity, and help shape the future of technology solutions for a diverse range of clients. This is your chance to make a significant impact in a rapidly evolving industry.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years IT experience with high traffic sites.
• Hands-on experience in frontend and backend development.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical aspects of client projects and manage engineering teams.
• Ensure robust project standards and effective communication with stakeholders.

Skills

Frontend Development (HTML, CSS, JS)

Backend Development (PHP, .NET, Java)

Cloud-based Infrastructure Architecture

Communication Skills

SCRUM Knowledge

Technical Audits

Code Reviews

Tools

GIT

Angular.js

React.js

Sass

Less

Grunt

Gulp

Open-source CMS (Drupal, WordPress)

Job description

Technical Directors at Code and Theory lead complex technical programs that can span across multiple projects for some of our major clients (Fortune 50/Fortune 100 companies). They understand our client-partners’ business needs, and tailor the right technical stack to support these KPIs and future-proof their organizations.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Organizational Responsibility:

• Managing 1-2 engineering managers to grow their management abilities and careers.
• Managing the focus and outputs of these teams as if managing a “portfolio” of technology with a focus on quality and demand.
• Managing L&D plans, accelerators, and other technical collateral to better structure and describe their team’s goals to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Focused on building case studies and participating in new business initiatives to describe compelling features of a technical solution.

Project Responsibility:

• Effectively leading technical aspects of one or more client projects.
  • Pair with the Producer to control the project’s scope.
• Ensuring that a project-level approach is created and followed through the project.
  • Iteratively select every part of the recommended technical stack through a collaborative and transparent process.
  • Present software architectures and infrastructures recommendations.
• Facilitating review of engineers' solutions for architectural fit and conformance with code standards.
  • Conduct technical audits.
  • Ensure that the proper development workflow and project delivery process are followed (backlog, grooming, etc.).
  • Work with the QA department to set up the right testing activities (manual, automated, security, load/performance, accessibility, etc.).
  • Assist the developers in their day-to-day activities.
• Ensuring that project standards are robust and consistently applied.
  • Primary point of contact with client technical stakeholders and key in negotiating acceptable solutions.
  • Provide detailed technical recommendations in the format of a Technical Approach document that outlines the software and hosting architecture, development best practices, etc.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

Technical skills:

• 10 to 15 years average IT experience.
• Experience delivering very high traffic sites, on the order of a million users per day.
• Experience architecting highly available cloud-based infrastructures to support these sites.
• Hands-on experience both in frontend development (HTML, CSS, JS) and backend development (PHP, .NET, Java).
• Experience with some advanced JS frameworks (Angular.js, React.js, etc.) as well as CSS pre-processors (Sass, Less) and task runners (Grunt, Gulp).
• Experience with one major Open-source CMS (Drupal, WordPress).
• Extensive experience working with GIT.

Other required skills:

• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Able to simplify complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading development teams with knowledge in SCRUM and running code reviews.

ABOUT US

Born in 2001, Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that sits at the center of creativity and technology. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients. With a global client roster of Fortune 100s and start-ups alike, we crave the hardest problems to solve. With a remote-first approach to our people, we have teams distributed across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Instrument, Left Field Labs, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic.

Striving never to be pigeonholed, we work across every major category: from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education to media and publishing. We value the collaboration with our client partners, including but not limited to Adidas, Amazon, Con Edison, Diageo, EY, J.P. Morgan Chase, Lenovo, Marriott, Mars, Microsoft, Thomson Reuters, and TikTok.

The Code and Theory network is comprised of nearly 2,000 people with 50% engineers and 50% creative talent. We’re always on the lookout for smart, driven, and forward-thinking people to join our team.