Director of Software Engineering - DESG

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Software Engineering - DESG based in United States.

This is a senior engineering leadership role overseeing multiple software product families within a complex technology environment. You will set the technical direction, strengthen engineering practices, and guide modernization across established software platforms. The role combines people leadership, architectural strategy, delivery excellence, and forward-looking technology adoption. A key focus will be developing a deliberate AI strategy for both engineering workflows and customer-facing product capabilities. You will partner closely with Product Management, R&D, and business leadership to connect engineering priorities with customer and commercial outcomes. You will also build scalable standards and practices that support distributed teams, future acquisitions, and long-term platform evolution. This is an opportunity to shape engineering culture while balancing modernization, innovation, quality, and sustainable delivery.

Accountabilities: Lead and manage software engineering teams responsible for multiple product families, establishing clear priorities, structures, and performance expectations.

Define and continuously improve modern software development practices, including version control, code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, Agile methodologies, and engineering standards.

Own the engineering organization’s AI adoption strategy, evaluating AI-assisted development tools and workflows, defining adoption criteria, and measuring their impact.

Promote an AI-first, growth-oriented engineering culture that encourages experimentation, continuous learning, and adaptation to evolving technologies.

Drive measurable improvements in engineering throughput, release cadence, quality, and reliability using metrics such as cycle time, lead time, and defect rates.

Partner with Product Management and R&D leadership to translate product roadmaps and customer priorities into effective engineering plans and deliverables.

Establish and lead the technical vision for AI-powered product capabilities, identifying opportunities to create meaningful value across the product portfolio.

Anticipate technical debt, architectural risks, and scalability challenges, making timely decisions around remediation, refactoring, and re-platforming.

Own the long-term architectural vision, promoting scalability, maintainability, performance, and sustainable platform evolution.

Mentor, coach, and develop engineering leaders and teams, with a particular focus on strengthening team leads and building future people leaders.

Maintain a high hiring standard and participate actively in key interview processes to build a strong engineering organization.

Foster a collaborative, engineering-focused culture that combines scientific rigor with modern software craftsmanship.

Establish onboarding practices, engineering standards, and integration playbooks that enable future acquisitions and new product teams to be integrated efficiently.

Promote knowledge sharing, technical communication, and consistent engineering practices across geographically distributed teams.

Build succession plans, internal mobility opportunities, and long-term engineering leadership capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

At least 7 years of software development experience, including 3+ years in engineering management or technical leadership.

Demonstrated experience operating at Director-level scope, including defining engineering strategy, organizational structures, technical direction, and roadmap priorities.

Strong ability to anticipate technical and organizational challenges, make timely decisions, and act proactively without waiting for escalation.

Proven experience modernizing legacy development environments and guiding engineering teams through significant technology and process transformation.

Strong understanding of modern software architecture principles, including modularization, service decomposition, interface design, scalability, and maintainability.

Familiarity with Microsoft-based technology ecosystems such as .NET, C++, and VB.NET, with the ability to engage effectively in technical discussions across different technology stacks.

Experience introducing or evolving Agile practices within teams with limited historical process maturity.

Strong communication, leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills, particularly when aligning engineering with Product Management and R&D.

Experience scaling engineering teams and delivering commercial desktop or simulation software is highly valuable.

Experience with Git-based development workflows, branching strategies, and DevOps automation is preferred.

Familiarity with Jira, Notion, Nave, or comparable Agile and engineering metrics platforms is advantageous.

Experience creating engineering practices and playbooks that scale across multiple teams or acquired products is preferred.

Experience managing geographically distributed or international teams and multidisciplinary engineering organizations is a plus.

Exposure to simulation, scientific modeling, or chemical and mechanical engineering domains is advantageous.

A pragmatic, growth-oriented mindset with the ability to balance modernization and innovation against business priorities and operational realities.

Benefits

Fully remote opportunity within the United States.

Senior leadership position with broad influence over engineering strategy, architecture, culture, and technology adoption.

Opportunity to lead multiple established software product families and shape their long-term modernization.

Significant ownership of AI adoption across engineering workflows and customer-facing product capabilities.

Opportunity to work cross-functionally with Product Management, R&D, and business leadership.

Environment focused on engineering excellence, continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation.

Opportunity to mentor engineering leaders and build long-term organizational capabilities.

The source posting does not specify a salary range or detailed benefits package.

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