Director, Engineering
Coates GroupDigital Merchandising company
Chicago, United StatesDirector
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead engineering teams to deliver high-quality software solutions and build engineering capability.
- •The Director, Engineering is accountable for enabling high-performing engineering squads to deliver reliable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions.
- •This role provides technical leadership, builds capability across engineers and technical leads, and ensures adherence to engineering standards.
- •Key Responsibilities Ensure squads have the technical capability, processes, and practices to deliver reliably.
- •Act as a chapter-style leader for engineers and technical leads, building capability and setting standards.
- •Ensure sound technical design and implementation, actively managing technical debt.
- •Embed quality-by-design within engineering teams and own the operational health of systems.
- •Lead and develop permanent and partner engineers, including performance management.
- •Requirements 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in an engineering leadership role.
- •Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale software platforms or digital products.
- •Strong hands-on background in modern full-stack software engineering with cloud-native architectures.
- •Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering teams in agile delivery models.
- •Experience establishing and enforcing engineering standards and development practices.
Required skills
Engineering ManagementAWSCI/CDKubernetesDockerPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGitTechnical Leadership
Nice-to-have skills
Node.js
Tech stack
AWSCI/CDDockerKubernetesNode.jsPythonJavaScriptTypeScriptGit