Director of Engineering

The Development Director will be required to demonstrate strong leadership skills in order to establish structure and improve efficiency within this expanding department. You will be responsible for managing a team of highly skilled Software Engineers to make modifications to our web platform and develop new products. This position requires a self-starter that is constantly searching for ways to improve the Department and the business. As a rapidly growing company, we are looking for someone who demonstrates strong management capabilities and will grow with us.

Essential Functions:

• Participate in the strategic decisions about technology, definition and implementation of the software products
• Plan, direct, coordinate all activities associated with creating software across multiple functional areas, organizations, and products
• Work closely with DealerOn’s architects and managers to improve our platform and products
• Manage an Agile web application development team through daily scrums and bi-weekly retrospectives
• Build, define, manage and report departmental performance metrics (KPIs) for continuous improvement
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems
• Bring new insights to the Development Department while finding ways to implement them that improve the overall efficiency and technical offering of our products and our development process
• Ensure an efficient training program is in place and that the training requirements have been completed by all team members
• Handle employee’s timecards approvals and salaries
• Serve as the escalation point for complex interactions between departments and clients
• Coach and support the team and managers by holding them accountable to their assigned projects and workload
• Build productive working relationships with other departments
• Facilitation of the Outage Communication process through from start to finish at the time of an incident for your department
• Execute and deliver on tasks delegated by upper management and executives as required

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in a related field
• 5+ years of direct management experience of a team of at least 5 software professionals
• 3+ years of software development experience, preferably on large-scale web projects
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational database concepts
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies and common design patterns

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Experience with either C# or Java development, HTML, CSS and modern JavaScript frameworks
• Ability to thrive in a fluid environment where priorities shift week-to week and in some cases day-to-day
• Experience with JIRA or similar ticketing systems
• Experience with road mapping and time management software
• Background particularly in large web-based and service-oriented applications
• Experience building software from the ground up and all phases of the SDLC successfully: based on client satisfaction and software performance, stability, scalability, and extensibility
• Managing eco-system on microservices