[Hiring] Software Engineering Practice Lead @YourCode

Role Description

YourCode Recruitment is partnering with one of the largest professional services organisations in the United States to appoint a Director-level Software Engineering Practice Lead within its growing AI & Automation practice. This is a senior technology leadership opportunity for an experienced Software Engineering, Digital Engineering or Application Development leader who has built and led engineering capabilities within a consulting or professional services environment.

This is not simply a role managing an established engineering team. You will have the opportunity to shape the future direction of an existing Software Engineering capability, bringing together people, technology, consulting, strategy, client delivery and emerging AI technologies into a cohesive, market-leading practice.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and develop the Software Engineering capability within the wider AI & Automation practice
• Establish the strategic and technical vision for the function
• Bring multiple engineering disciplines together into a cohesive consulting practice
• Assess existing capabilities against evolving client and market requirements
• Identify new technologies, services and engineering capabilities to develop
• Lead and mentor technical professionals across software engineering, cloud and low-code technologies
• Work closely with AI, Data Science, Strategy and Governance teams
• Engage directly with clients to understand business and technology challenges
• Shape technology solutions from discovery and strategy through to implementation
• Act as a senior technical SME with client executives and technology leaders
• Support growth opportunities through technical expertise and credibility
• Remain close enough to architecture, engineering and delivery to provide meaningful technical direction
• Help define how AI and emerging technologies will change software engineering and consulting delivery

Qualifications

• Experience within technology consulting, digital transformation, digital engineering, professional services or a similar client-facing environment
• Current or previous roles may include:
  • Software Engineering Practice Lead
  • Software Engineering Practice Director
  • Director of Software Engineering Consulting
  • Digital Engineering Practice Lead
  • Application Development Practice Lead
  • Modern Applications Practice Lead
  • Director of Digital Engineering
  • Director of Technology Consulting
  • Head of Software Engineering Consulting
  • VP / Director of Software Engineering within a consultancy

Requirements

• Significant software engineering or application development leadership experience
• Experience working within a consulting or professional services organisation
• Leadership of multidisciplinary software engineering teams
• Direct client-facing consulting experience
• Experience building, developing or evolving a technology consulting practice
• Strong understanding of modern software engineering and application development
• Commercial awareness and experience supporting consulting opportunities
• Ability to communicate with executive, commercial and technical stakeholders
• Strong technical credibility across architecture, engineering and delivery
• Experience shaping technology strategy and translating it into delivery
• An informed perspective on AI and the future of software development
• Experience across areas such as cloud-native development, AI-assisted engineering, Agentic AI, automation, Microsoft Power Platform and low-code technologies would be particularly valuable.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape a practice rather than inherit a finished one
• Join a major US professional services organisation with technical talent, client demand and significant investment in AI, automation and digital technology
• Lead an established technical team
• Define the future Software Engineering strategy
• Build and evolve new consulting capabilities
• Influence future technology services and market offerings
• Work at the intersection of Software Engineering and AI
• Remain directly involved with clients and delivery
• Operate at Director level within a large national professional services organisation
• Work remotely from anywhere in the United States
• Salary: Up to $220,000 base + discretionary bonus