VP - Software Engineering

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN); Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN) is seeking a VP of Engineering to drive the technical strategy across our SaaS platforms, guiding architecture, delivery, and team growth in a global environment.

You will lead managers and engineers, ship high-quality software, align with product and architecture practices, and recruit talent to build scalable solutions that win for the firm.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading software product development teams.
• 15+ years delivering revenue-generating software systems and applications.
• Experience with fault-tolerant distributed systems and data modeling.
• Strong ability to communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams through roadmap planning and delivery.
• Deliver high-quality software on a regular basis.
• Align architecture with practices to eliminate silos.
• Recruit, train and build teams for success.
• Manage budgets and career progression.

Skills

Leadership

Tech trends

Data architectures

Software engineering discipline

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Join a dynamic team at the pulse of global markets, where we deliver innovative software and service solutions for essential financial reporting and capital markets transactions. At DFIN, we are a values-driven organization that empowers you to build a fulfilling career while bringing your authentic self to work every day.Our “Win as One” mentality ensures that our team’s success is directly linked to Client, Shareholder and Employee Satisfaction.

In 2026, DFIN was named #1 on the 2026 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® by Best Practice Institute. We have also been recognized as one of America’s Most Loved Workplaces® for five consecutive years and a Built In Best Place to Work for six years, reflecting our continued commitment to supporting employees’ total well-being. Enjoy competitive compensation, a flexible workplace, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. Bring your passion and talents to DFIN – because being YOU thrives here.

Summary:

We are looking for technical team members at all levels who want to push themselves to deliver the best in market SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions. We offer a challenging environment where you will have to grow, adapt, and use your skills consistently. Our customers rely on us in the moments that matter. Engineering delivers on that promise.

The VP of Engineering is part of the Global Head of Engineering’s leadership team, delivers results and is focused on execution by:

• Shipping high quality software
• Advancing engineering disciplines and technologies.
• Being a leader in all areas of software engineering, operations, and deployments.
• Building a team for success that is focused on winning for the firm and the team.
• Setting and achieving difficult goals through motivation and execution.
• Being fully aligned to the Engineering and Product team.

Responsibilities:

• Take Responsibility. Lead teams through example and take an ownership stake in the product roadmap planning, execution, and delivery.
• Deliver working, operational, high-quality software on a consistent basis.
• Architecture Create a focus inside the team to tightly align with our Architecture practice to eliminate silos and produce best of breed products.
• Management. Maintain team management structures for managers, individuals, and career progression. Be a steward of our budgeting and finances.
• Efficient Pride yourself on using what you have to the best of your abilities. Be it current talent, budget, software stack – make the most out of everything before starting over.
• Scale Yourself Building software is not easy and problems will constantly arise. This role requires multiplying your impact through operational problems, bugs, requirements, and processes. Be willing to take this on yourself and create more versions of yourself to deliver.
• Be flexible in your expectations, goal settings, technology choice by adapting to change.
• Challenges team members.
• Recruit, train and build teams for success.

Qualifications:

• Strong leadership skills – ability to motivate people, instill accountability, perform under pressure, and optimize the team's resources to attain the business goals
• Excellent knowledge of modern technology trends and its applications for new products in the marketplace
• Knowledge and drive for evolving data architectures
• Excellent Knowledge of Software Engineering Discipline, including hands-on knowledge of programming languages, object-oriented programming, fault-tolerant distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, operating systems, distributed data and data modeling.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communications skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 8 years of experience leading software product development teams
• 15+ years of software development on revenue generating systems and applications with a record of success.

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