Head of Cloud-Native Software Engineering

The Aspen Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 218,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

The Aspen Group in Chicago, IL is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a team modernizing core systems with cloud-native GCP and .NET/C#. You will architect services, guide SDLC, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable software solutions.

Qualified candidates will have 7+ years in senior roles, deep microservices, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, Python/Java and data-layer expertise, plus strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• Seven or more years in senior software roles with leadership responsibilities.
• Proven experience building microservices and modern cloud-based architectures.
• Strong expertise in SDLC, testing, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team focused on core business domain modernization.
• Design, develop, and maintain software using .NET, C#, Java, Python.
• Architect data layers in Kubernetes multi-region environments.
• Plan, estimate, and track features; enforce SDLC improvements.
• Mentor engineers; perform code reviews; drive CI/CD practices.

Skills

Microservices

.NET C#

SQL performance

Cloud platform

GitLab CI/CD

Metrics & monitoring

Java

Python

Technical leadership

Application architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab

Jira

Confluence

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

The Aspen Group in Chicago, IL is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead a team modernizing core systems with cloud-native GCP and .NET/C#. You will architect services, guide SDLC, and collaborate with product teams to deliver scalable software solutions.

Qualified candidates will have 7+ years in senior roles, deep microservices, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, Python/Java and data-layer expertise, plus strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.