[Hiring] Director of Software Engineering @Outseer

Role Description

The Director, Software Engineering role is responsible for leading the development and deployment of Outseer products in alignment with our Product roadmap. This key leadership role provides strategic and operational leadership in the design and development of our company's applications. They must work closely with the business to effectively translate product strategy and objectives into technological capability, while delivering on architecture, design, and execution to deliver capabilities in a predictable timeline with high quality and scalability.

Our Director of Software Engineering plays a pivotal role in driving the development, implementation, and maintenance of high-quality software solutions across Outseer’s product portfolio. This includes a strong focus on the fraud detection engineering domain, where the ability to innovate and engineer solutions to combat financial crime is critical. The Director will also be responsible for deriving and optimizing engineering KPIs, fostering agility, and managing teams through potentially disruptive changes.

They will lead and mentor a team of skilled software engineers distributed across various geographical locations, and will be responsible for driving engineering excellence, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and delivering exceptional software products on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 12+ years’ experience leading teams of software developers, with a strong track record of successfully leading global teams.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering complex software projects on time and within budget.
• Proven experience in fraud detection engineering or a related field, with a deep understanding of how to engineer real-time solutions that mitigate fraud.
• Excellent leadership and team-building skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a diverse group of software engineers.
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on driving continuous improvement.
• Experience with agile & SAFe development methodologies and modern software development practices.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with various software development technologies, frameworks, and programming languages.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach to achieving objectives.
• Effective communicator to act as an advisor to senior leadership and partners.
• Flexible and adaptive in ambiguous environments.
• Proven ability to understand the impact of technology on business challenges, processes, and efficiency.
• Able to explain benefits of a technical product/solution to a client in relation to the client’s business needs.
• Work interdependently and manage multiple projects concurrently.
• Translate technical information into easy-to-understand language.
• Read and interpret technical information.
• Compose clear and concise technically written communications.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills leveraging all available resources.
• Presentation skills with a high degree of comfort with both large and small audiences.

Requirements

• Leads organizational, cultural, and operational change without losing delivery momentum.
• Aligns teams around strategy, develops leaders, and converts transformation into measurable business outcomes.
• Balances innovation, customer commitments, technical debt, and operational stability.
• Establishes strong reliability practices and uses outcome-based KPIs to improve delivery, productivity, quality, and customer impact.
• Sets architectural direction that balances scalability, security, maintainability, and business value.
• Leads the evolution of complex on-premises, cloud, and SaaS platforms while managing risk and technical debt.
• Builds a secure, automated SDLC spanning CI/CD, testing, release management, vulnerability management, and compliance.
• Improves delivery speed without compromising quality, security, or stability.
• Earns engineering trust through technical depth and sound judgment.
• Evaluates technologies and vendors while leading the strategy, responsible adoption, and effective use of AI across the software development lifecycle.

Benefits

• Outseer is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees.
• Provides employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
• All employment decisions at Outseer are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications.
• Encourages applicants of all ages.