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Cotality · 1 day ago

Director, Software Engineering

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$162K/yr - $215K/yr

5+ years exp

Cotality is a leader in property intelligence, dedicated to making the property industry more efficient and people-centric. The Director of Software Engineering will shape and execute the engineering strategy for the Collateral Solutions segment, driving innovation and modernizing applications while ensuring high performance and security.

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Responsibilities

Embrace and exemplify agile values (Simplicity, Communication, Feedback, Respect, Courage)

Manage teams of Software Engineers to architect and design enterprise software products/operating systems

Coach, train and mentor direct reports, providing opportunities for employee development. Have full performance management responsibilities, develop goals, and assign work to staff to ensure that broad and strategic goals and objectives are met

Delegate assignments to subordinate staff. Staff may be in multiple locations (domestic and/or international). Responsible for coordinating efforts and meeting goals, staffing, and schedule requirements across locations. Develop relationships in other areas/groups

Authorize product iterations, approve designs and cost estimates for iterations, set priorities, and administer budgets. Participate in long-range planning. Responsible for ensuring overall budgets, schedules, and performance standards are attained

Participate in more critical day-to-day operational issues, remove barriers, and resolve issues

When something goes wrong, assist in diagnosing and resolving production incidents and then improve upon our tests, code, and systems so we don’t see that problem ever again

Proven ability to lead, inspire, and motivate an engineering team with urgency and empathy

Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into a clear technology vision

Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Strong understanding of business principles and the ability to make technology decisions that drive business value

Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

Deep understanding of business goals, be able to translate them into a technology strategy that drives both business and technology objectives

Stay current with industry trends, skills, and patterns for implementing AI first solutions

Understand how to leverage AI and data to create more intelligent applications and more efficient processes

An understanding of cyber security best practices as well as developing within regulatory frameworks to manage risk

Understand how to build cloud native applications for maximum scale and availability. Be able to build and execute a roadmap that will modernize legacy applications across a number of architectures and technologies into a cloud native end state

Qualification

Technology leadershipEvent-driven microservice architectureJava/Spring BootAI product innovationData streamingCloud native applicationsFinancial Services awarenessAgile valuesCommunicationProblem-solving skillsTeam management

Required

Embrace and exemplify agile values (Simplicity, Communication, Feedback, Respect, Courage)

Manage teams of Software Engineers to architect and design enterprise software products/operating systems

Participate in more critical day-to-day operational issues, remove barriers, and resolve issues

When something goes wrong, assist in diagnosing and resolving production incidents and then improve upon our tests, code, and systems so we don't see that problem ever again

Proven ability to lead, inspire, and motivate an engineering team with urgency and empathy

Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into a clear technology vision

Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

Strong understanding of business principles and the ability to make technology decisions that drive business value

Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

Deep understanding of business goals, be able to translate them into a technology strategy that drives both business and technology objectives

Stay current with industry trends, skills, and patterns for implementing AI first solutions

Understand how to leverage AI and data to create more intelligent applications and more efficient processes

Understanding: An understanding of cyber security best practices as well as developing within regulatory frameworks to manage risk

Leadership: 5+ years of experience in technology leadership roles

Modern Architecture: Expert-level experience with event-driven microservice architecture and API-First Development principles

Data Streaming: Proficient, hands-on experience utilizing and managing high-volume data streams on platforms like Apache Kafka

Technology Stack: Deep expertise in the Java/Spring Boot framework. Exposure to modern frontend frameworks such as Angular is highly desirable

Information Services or Financial Services Awareness: Awareness and/or hands on experiences within the Financial Services or Information Services industries

Large-Scale Operations: Experience leading technology for a large-scale business or product line, ideally with revenues exceeding $50M

Product-Centric Environment: Proven track record of success in a product-centric organization, with a deep understanding of the product development lifecycle

AI: Demonstrable experience in leveraging AI to drive product innovation and business outcomes

Engineering Culture: experience in creating a culture where high-quality code, robust architecture, and continuous improvement are valued. Experience in Java/Spring boot framework, exposure to Angular frontend framework

Educational Background: Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field is highly desirable