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ClearGov · 5 months ago

Director of Software Engineering (US Eastern/Central Time Zone)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

$180K/yr - $195K/yr

10+ years exp

ClearGov is a rapidly growing, venture-funded SaaS company focused on helping local governments improve planning, budgeting, and reporting. The Director of Software Engineering will lead the Platform Engineering team, oversee high-impact projects, and drive architectural decisions for new products while fostering innovation and maintaining technical expertise.

Data VisualizationGovTechSaaSSoftware

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Lead the Platform Engineering Group: Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Platform Engineering team, which plays a critical role in modernizing and maintaining the foundational architecture supporting all ClearGov products

Drive Architecture Modernization: Define and evolve system architecture and engineering patterns that prioritize resilience, scalability, and performance. Champion platform-wide architectural initiatives that benefit all product lines

Reinforce and Evolve Development Standards: Uphold and continuously refine established software development processes and best practices to ensure systems remain maintainable, scalable, testable, and supportable. Collaborate with engineering leaders to expand and adapt standards as the product suite and organization grow.Establish Development

Foster Innovation and Leverage Modern Engineering Tools: Cultivate a culture of continuous improvement, technical curiosity, and high performance. Encourage the adoption of modern frameworks, development practices, and AI-powered engineering tools to enhance team efficiency, code quality, and system reliability. Use data-driven insights to guide process improvements and accelerate development velocity

Maintain Deep Technical Expertise: Stay hands-on and proficient in key technologies including AWS infrastructure, Node.js (backend), Angular (frontend), and relational databases such as MySQL. Guide the team with practical expertise and sound architectural judgment

Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with Product Management, Quality Assurance, Customer Success, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between engineering efforts and company objectives

Champion Technical Debt Reduction: Proactively identify and lead initiatives to address technical debt, ensuring long-term maintainability and agility of the platform

Support Engineering Operations: Partner with the Vice President of Engineering to manage team resourcing, operating budgets, and project-level expenditures. Ensure projects are delivered efficiently and within scope

Qualification

SaaS systems experienceAWS infrastructureNode.jsAngularSQLRelational databasesAgile methodologySoftware development processesGreat communicatorMentoring engineersProblem solver

Required

10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on SaaS based systems

Proven experience in leading and managing senior development resources

Demonstrated experience in defining and implementing software development processes and standards

In-depth knowledge of Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology

Proven success in managing complex, multi-faceted SaaS product development in a high-growth, early-stage environment

Superb organizational and time management skills and ability to prioritize effectively

Proven ability to actively listen to customer input/feedback and identify solutions

5+ years of working experience with SQL and relational databases. MySQL experience a plus

Deep experience in core platforms: Front-End: Angular; Socket.IO; Highcharts; D3; Gulp; LESS; Back-End: Node.js; Express; RabbitMQ; MySQL; Elasticsearch; Environment: AWS; Amazon S3; Git; JIRA; Confluence

Great communicator; strong oral and written skills

Passionate about growing careers and mentoring engineers across both the individual contributor and manager tracks

A roll-up-your-sleeves, GSD approach to the day-to-day