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Routeware, Inc. · 1 day ago

Director, Software Development (Products & Platform)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Routeware, Inc. is the industry leader in providing software and data analysis for waste and recycling programs. The Director of Software Development will lead the development of key products, overseeing multiple product engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable SaaS solutions while driving modernization and innovation.

Fleet ManagementInformation TechnologyReal TimeSaaS

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor multiple product and platform development teams, architects, fostering a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and delivery discipline

Attract, retain, and develop top engineering talent across the US, Canada and CoE

Partner closely with Product and Architecture to deliver customer outcome based innovation

Oversee full-stack development for assigned products — from planning to deployment — ensuring predictable delivery, quality, and performance

Drive modernization of legacy systems toward a cloud-native, service-oriented, API-driven architecture aligned with the Technology Roadmap

Grow RouteWare Platform evolution — common services, APIs, identity, data, and observability layers that power all Routeware products

Strengthen CI/CD, test automation, and observability (DataDog, etc.) to move toward proactive issue detection and faster release cadence

Champion developer productivity initiatives — adoption of AI in SDLC, improving developer effectiveness, code quality, and cycle time, etc. through modern tools, metrics, and automation

Partner with Product Management on roadmap execution — translating business priorities into clear technical outcomes

Collaborate with the Architecture team on platform evolution, data unification, and modernization of the tech stack

Work cross-functionally with Customer Success and Operations to improve product reliability, upgradeability, and customer experience

Participate in R&D budgeting and capacity planning, ensuring alignment with company targets for efficiency and EBITDA

Qualification

.NETC#SQLREST APIsCloud-native architecturesSaaS productsAI Development toolingDevOpsCI/CDObservability toolsInfluencing skillsLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ in engineering leadership roles

Proven success leading distributed teams delivering SaaS products at scale

Strong technical foundation in .NET, C#, SQL, REST APIs, and cloud-native (Azure/AWS) architectures

Demonstrated experience modernizing monolithic systems into modular, service-based architectures

Experience managing platform and application teams concurrently (APIs, shared services, core product)

Hands-on familiarity with AI Development tooling, DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability tools

Excellent communication skills — able to translate between business goals and technical strategy

Strong collaboration and influencing skills across Product, Architecture, and Operations

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits (medical with HSA option, vision, dental, and life insurance)

Paid parental leave

Medical and Dependent FSA

401K match

Unlimited PTO

Ten company holidays

1 Volunteer day

Summer Friday's

Company

Routeware, Inc.

Routeware helps mid-large private and municipal haulers and cities relieve operational and cost pressures and overcome environmental challenges.

Founded in 1999

Portland, Oregon, USA

201-500 employees

https://www.routeware.com

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