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Spencer Thomas · 1 month ago

Senior Director, Software Development

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

Spencer Thomas is a company seeking a Senior Director of Software Development to lead the development of next-generation product offerings in model-based systems engineering and interoperability. The role involves guiding engineering teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, and driving the integration of cutting-edge AI technologies to enhance engineering practices.

Information TechnologyProfessional ServicesProject Management

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Lead and Scale Engineering Teams: Provide both technological and organizational leadership across multiple agile/scrum teams, ensuring clarity of vision, accountability, and consistent delivery of high-quality solutions

Ensure Alignment with Enterprise Architecture: Guide teams to produce strong technical designs that align with established enterprise architecture; collaborate closely with the Architecture team to ensure solutions are scalable, interoperable, and fit within the broader technology landscape

Champion Pragmatism & Excellence: Drive the right balance between technical elegance, functional requirements, and practical business outcomes while implementing and integrating new technologies

Deliver with Quality & Velocity: Take a leadership role in ensuring on-time, high-quality delivery of products across the full application lifecycle, from design and development to deployment and support

Advance Modern Engineering Practices: Evolve and maintain continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines; collaborate with quality engineering teams to strengthen automated unit, regression, and integration testing

Build Cross-Functional Partnerships: Cultivate strong relationships with Product, Architecture, IT, business stakeholders, and external partners; ensure engineering outcomes align with enterprise priorities and customer needs

Develop People & Teams: Mentor and coach engineers, scrum leads, and technical leaders; foster knowledge sharing, collaboration, and a culture of innovation across all engineering teams

Align Technology to Strategy: Maintain a deep understanding of business goals and long-term strategy, ensuring that architectural and technical decisions directly support customer needs and strategic objectives

Qualification

.NET Core / C#Microservices designCI/CD pipelinesCloud-native applicationsContainerization & OrchestrationData & Event-Driven SystemsAI & MLBusiness AcumenLeadershipCommunication

Required

15+ years of progressive responsibility in technical and engineering leadership roles

5+ years leading multiple agile development teams in a scaled environment

Ability to work across a variety of programming languages with deep expertise in the core project stack (.NET Core / C#)

Hands-on experience with microservices design, RESTful APIs, and SaaS/PaaS application development

Strong background deploying and scaling cloud-native applications across multiple cloud providers

Proficiency with container runtimes and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes

Experience architecting and developing solutions for high-volume data ingestion and processing using technologies such as Kafka, Redis, or Apache Storm

Demonstrated success designing and evolving CI/CD pipelines

Strong judgment in balancing technical trade-offs with business needs

Exceptional communication skills with a track record of mentoring, influencing, and bringing together diverse teams and cultures to achieve shared goals

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field