[Hiring] Director of Software Engineering @Indeed

Role Description

As the Director of Engineering for Sourcing, you would partner with your product, science and UX counterparts to build systems that help move the talent marketplace for Indeed products worldwide. Sourcing helps employers that are seeking to find unique talent that meets their needs. Your role is to ensure that the engineering group you run is building a highly scalable, available and resilient platform with associated ML/AI components that work to deliver experiences for jobseekers and employers. The goal is to fulfill the need of partner product, feature teams within Indeed in the US and internationally.

• Work with leaders across cross-functional areas and the SLT (Senior Leadership Team) to help accomplish our mission.
• Manage a team with multiple senior managers and senior technical ICs such as a Tech Fellow.
• Report into a VP of engineering based out of the US.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance.
• Facilitate the team in building out new capabilities and systems to drive efficiency of execution while solving for scale, resilience, and reliability.
• Coach and grow technical leaders to help them be successful individual contributors or managers at Indeed.
• Partner with other technical leaders, provide thought leadership, and help accomplish initiatives outside the immediate scope of responsibility through influence or guidance.
• Align many internal partners across product, engineering, science, and the business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field with a minimum of 15 years of related experience; or a Master’s degree with a minimum of 12 years of experience; or a PhD with 8 years experience.
• Experience as a senior software engineer with exposure to building and operating complex, large-scale systems.
• 8+ years of experience managing and managing software engineering teams, including managers and senior technical leaders.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale systems across multiple teams while establishing effective engineering practices, processes, and culture.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a track record of partnering effectively with leaders in product, reliability, data, and design functions.
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills with solid track record working with leaders in product, site reliability, data science, and UX.

Benefits

• Quarterly bonuses.
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Paid Time Off policy.
• Region-specific benefits.

Company Description

As the world’s number 1 job site, our mission is to help people get jobs. We strive to cultivate an inclusive and accessible workplace where all people feel comfortable being themselves. We're looking to grow our teams with more people who share our enthusiasm for innovation and creating the best experience for job seekers.