[Hiring] Director of Software Engineering @Pluribus Digital

Role Description

The Director of Software Engineering will report to the Chief Operating Officer. This is a leadership position responsible for managing individual contributors and other managers while also serving as a practitioner on client work. You play a crucial role in talent development, technical strategy, and cross-team collaboration while ensuring our teams deliver software solutions using modern technologies and best practices. As a technical expert, your primary work may not be hands-on-keyboard. You connect the dots between business, team, project, and technology needs. You identify and mitigate risks and provide solutions.

• Lead and support a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the Software Engineering capability.
• Establish and track OKRs and KPIs to measure success in company-wide Software Engineering initiatives.
• Act as a fractionally billable practitioner on one or more projects, staying connected to hands-on software engineering challenges.
• Ensure technical excellence and adoption of best practices across our programs.
• Support technical solutions, proposal development, and market research efforts.
• Oversee hiring, succession planning, and staffing strategy, working closely with the Chief Operating Officer and the Talent team.
• Drive talent development through practice community meetings, training, and mentorship opportunities.
• Manage bench time utilization, ensuring career growth opportunities for team members.
• Collaborate with other directors to ensure high-level cross-capability engagement.

Qualifications

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance.
• Must have experience managing managers of a 40+ person group within a consulting organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in any discipline or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• 10+ years of software development team leadership and people management, showing a progression of increased responsibilities over time.
• Experience developing success indicators and goals for software engineering teams (as appropriate to project and environment).
• Experience partnering with product, UX, and cloud engineering peers across teams and programs.
• Experience growing talent through hiring, mentoring, and hands-on career development in alignment with a career model.
• Expertise in legacy software modernization and architecting applications for the cloud.
• Expertise in Agile & DevSecOps-based delivery.
• Expertise in technical writing, presentation writing, and proposal development.

Requirements

• BONUS: Experience delivering on public sector projects.
• BONUS: Certifications in Agile software development methodologies.
• BONUS: Certifications in cloud platforms and related technologies.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience and qualifications, with a range of $190,000 - $205,000.
• Opportunity to earn an annual bonus.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• PTO.
• Company paid life insurance.
• Generous 401k match program.