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O.C. Tanner · 1 day ago

Director, Software Engineering

USA - Utah-Salt Lake City-Headquarters

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

O.C. Tanner is the global leader in software and services that improve workplace culture through meaningful employee experiences. As the Director of Software Engineering, you will lead high-performing teams to build and scale services that power millions of users worldwide while influencing the technical direction of the organization.

Cloud InfrastructureConsultingDatabaseEmployee BenefitsHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyIT ManagementSoftwareTraining

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage and mentor Software Engineering Managers, Staff Engineers and engineering teams

Work closely with Principal Engineers and the VP of Enterprise Architecture to define and challenge our technical direction

Partner with the VP of Global Software Engineering and the VP of Enterprise Architecture to define the Engineering Roadmap

Possess a strong understanding of platform strategy and the principles behind Developer Experience (DevEx)

Act as a senior leader during critical system issues, guiding teams through resolution and leading the post-mortem process to drive long-term architectural resilience

Partner with the VP of Global Software Engineering to manage cloud infrastructure costs, ensuring we build high-performance systems that are also fiscally responsible

Act as a strategic bridge between foundational services and other engineering and business units

Build and maintain trusted working relationships across the company and across all global regions

Lead your teams in the responsible adoption of AI-assisted development tools to increase velocity and improve the developer experience

Qualification

Enterprise Engineering ExperienceOperational ResilienceSecurity MindsetArchitectural FluencyCloudTech Stack ExpertiseGlobal LeadershipProven Management LeadershipExceptional Communication

Required

Extensive Enterprise Engineering Experience: A substantive track record of writing and deploying enterprise-grade code in complex, distributed environments for 10+ years. This technical foundation is required to lead and mentor our senior-most engineers

Operational Resilience: Experience managing 24/7 high-availability systems and a deep understanding of observability, monitoring, and automated self-healing infrastructure

Security Mindset: A proactive approach to security, with experience integrating automated security scanning and compliance guardrails into the software development lifecycle

Global Leadership and Trust: Proven experience developing trusted working relationships across diverse departments and global regions. You understand the nuances of leading and collaborating within distributed organizations

Proven Management Leadership: Significant experience leading multiple teams and managing senior individual contributors. You know how to lead through influence and direct management alike

Architectural Fluency: The ability to engage in and lead deep architectural conversations, moving from high-level strategy to granular technical implementation details

Exceptional Communication: The ability to navigate complex technical arguments with empathy and clarity, ensuring alignment between engineering, architecture, and executive leadership

Cloud and Tech Stack Expertise: Demonstrated experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices. Deep familiarity with our evolving technology stack, including Postgres, Terraform, GraphQL, RDS, Spring Boot, JavaScript, TypeScript, ReactJS, Kubernetes, and Docker

Company

O.C. Tanner

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O.C. Tanner is an IT company that develops employee recognition strategies and rewards programs using cloud technology.

Founded in 1927

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://octanner.com

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