City and County of San Francisco · 3 hours ago
Engineering Director - Digital Services (0932)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
5+ years expThe City and County of San Francisco is committed to leading in public administration and providing accessible services to residents. The Engineering Director will ensure the technical excellence and strategic evolution of the City’s digital platforms and services, overseeing a team of engineers and guiding the adoption of innovative technologies.
GovernmentSmall and Medium Businesses
Responsibilities
Oversees ongoing development, technical quality, and reliability of SF.gov, its integrations, DAHLIA (the City’s affordable housing portal), 40+ independent permit and grant applications, and supporting infrastructure
Guides the team’s adoption of AI and other emerging technologies, identifying high-impact use cases beyond traditional solutions like chatbots
Serves as a resource for engineering best practices and evaluating technical proposals from vendors and internal teams
Acts as a Citywide example of modern engineering leadership and a national model for government technology practice
Supports Citywide hiring of modern engineering disciplines, collaborating with DHR, DT, and other technical teams to update technical classifications
Influences technology policy through participation in COIT subcommittees and other strategic bodies
Supervises and mentors a team of 15+ Engineers, including Engineering Managers
Assigns projects to engineers, leads recruiting and selection processes for engineering positions, fosters career growth through mentoring, actionable feedback, and coaching a team with a wide range of levels and backgrounds approaches
Builds and supports an inclusive, high-performing team culture that values diverse perspectives and approaches
Participates in budget development by providing clear justification for staffing, proposals, or initiatives
Ensures that the Engineering team’s software, contracting, and cloud budgets are used appropriately and provides the CDSO early warning and practical options to mitigate potential cost overruns
Defines and maintains technical standards and best practices for the Digital Services team, expanding these standards citywide
Ensures quality of engineering work by implementing appropriate testing, code review and pairing practices, and identifying training needs
Oversees development of appropriate technical architecture for services
Collaborates with the DS engineering team to establish infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and socio-technical practices that improve the team’s ability to deliver reliable & useful software
In collaboration with the City’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) develops policy for security and compliance of applications and ensure that policy is followed within Digital Services and shared/implemented citywide where appropriate
Analyzes potential technology builds for strategic importance and makes recommendations for engagement, architecture, and success criteria
Makes procurement recommendations and help develop technology procurement expertise in partner departments
Presents regularly to committees, division heads, and partner department heads and CIOs, as assigned
Collaborates with CCSF technical leaders to shape a Citywide architectural vision and modern tech stack
Partners with other technical teams within SF City Government including large department technology teams plus DataSF and the Department of Technology’s Cloud, Network, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Tech teams
Collaborates with the Delivery Director to scope partnership engagements and identify technical opportunities
Collaborates with technical teams in state and federal governments as appropriate
Establishes and leads a Community of Practice for modern engineering within City Government
Works with domain experts and other staff to make architectural decisions
Helps stakeholders understand when the problem is service or program design, not software
Qualification
Required
Possession of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
Five (5) years of professional experience in developing mission-critical software, of which 3 years must include experience supervising professionals
Extensive experience developing software products for government agencies or other regulated environments
Recent experience leading private industry software teams
Thoughtful perspective on AI coding and implementation, based on direct experience
Experience managing engineers across multiple projects
Experience managing engineering managers
Experience with iterative, user-centered product development
Experience as part of cross-disciplinary teams
Strong communication skills – articulate, clear, and transparent
Experience teaching and leading development of modern engineering practice
Company
City and County of San Francisco
City and County of San Francisco is the only consolidated city-county in California.
10001+ employees
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