[Hiring] Director, Software Engineering @Spark Advisors

Role Description

Spark is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to lead engineering across our broker productivity product and core platform. You'll make sure our platform keeps up with a fast-growing customer base, and you'll keep our web-based broker platform sustainable as it scales.

• Own engineering delivery for multiple squads, along with the practices that span all of software engineering.
• Partner with product leaders on roadmaps and own our infrastructure roadmap.
• Be the point person for the security of our software platform.
• Manage engineers directly through strong tech leads.
• Build and manage a layer of engineering managers as the organization grows.
• Report to our SVP of Engineering and be the default owner for software engineering problems that don't have a clear home.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering, including meaningful time in a startup environment.
• 3+ years managing engineers, including leading multiple teams or managing through tech leads.
• Strong technical foundation in web applications (Python/Django or similar, and JavaScript frameworks like Vue or React).
• Experience owning a platform or infrastructure roadmap and explaining it to non-technical leadership.
• Experience delivering large migrations or third-party integrations.
• Working knowledge of application security and compliance in a regulated environment (HIPAA, SOC 2, or similar).
• Proven track record hiring and developing senior engineers and tech leads.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially with leadership and cross-functional partners.

Requirements

• Drive engineering delivery for our broker productivity squads, partnering with product on sequencing, scoping, and delivery commitments.
• Own and communicate our infrastructure roadmap, including platform migrations, vendor integrations, sustainability work, and AI enablement.
• Lead security for our software platform, including pen test and audit remediation, in partnership with our IT, DevOps, and data teams.
• Own engineering-wide practices across all squads: cross-squad coordination, onboarding, QA and testing, and bugs and support processes.
• Hire senior and staff engineers, develop tech leads, and design a team structure that scales.
• Take ambiguous problems from definition to resolution, deciding what to own, what to delegate, and what to decline.
• Represent software engineering in company-wide planning and cross-functional work.

Benefits

• Equity compensation.
• Health care, including dental and vision.
• Flexible work location; co-working available.
• 401k.
• Paid Time Off.
• Monthly Remote Work Stipend (help cover costs of home-office needs).
• Paid Parental Leave: Up to 14 weeks for birthing parents; Up to 8 weeks for non-birth parents.
• 11 paid holidays.
• 2 week sabbatical at 5 years of employment.
• Wellbeing Perks through SpringHealth, Calm, and more!