Global Payments Inc. · 7 hours ago
Director, Software Development
Alpharetta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$160K/yr - $170K/yr
12+ years expGlobal Payments Inc. is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the planning and delivery of large-scale, globally distributed products. The role involves mentoring engineering teams, driving automation, and ensuring product quality while aligning technical strategy with business goals.
Enterprise SoftwareFinanceBankingPaymentsAppsCreditEnterpriseFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Leads and mentors high-performing software engineering teams to design, develop, and operate highly available, scalable software products
Provides technical direction and mentorship, fostering a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
Builds and scales engineering teams through strategic hiring, onboarding, and talent development
Drives resolution of complex technical roadblocks, acting as a senior escalation point and providing expertise to unblock development
Orchestrates the end-to-end delivery of product roadmaps, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality results
Partners with Product Leadership to align technical strategy with business goals, delivering value through Agile methodologies and high automation
Establishes and enforces engineering best practices (CI/CD, TDD, code reviews) throughout the SDLC to improve velocity and code quality
Ensures rigorous compliance with security, data protection, privacy, and regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, ISO)
Defines and tracks SMART goals and key KPIs (e.g., deployment frequency, MTTR, team velocity) to ensure operational success
Manages departmental budgets, forecasting, and resource allocation, collaborating with Finance and Leadership
Acts as a senior stakeholder partner and ambassador, managing relationships with clients and vendors to ensure project alignment
Collaborates cross-functionally to improve workflows, negotiating with business units to optimize delivery
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field from an accredited university is required; however, relevant experience in lieu of a degree may be considered
Minimum of 12 years of related professional experience with a minimum of 5 years experience in a hands on software development role and a minimum of 7 years of leading a geographically distributed software engineering team of at least 20+
Must have at least 5 years previous experience as a developer with the following technologies: Java, Javascript, C#, C, C++, Groovy, Python, Bash, Angular, SQL, Oracle, MYSQL and Informix
Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies and SDLC
Experience with Transaction Process, Threading and Debugging
Experience with tools such as Jira, Github, Intelli-J, Microsoft Visual Studio
Experience with DevOps, CICD and related automation to help improve productivity
Experience with Test and Quality excellence especially via Automation
Experience with Cloud: GCP and AWS
Preferred
Master's Degree
Prior experience with Gift and Loyalty systems
Prior Global Payments, payment or technology industry experience is preferred
Company
Global Payments Inc.
Global Payments (NYSE: GPN) is a leading payment technology and software company that powers commerce for businesses of all sizes worldwide.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.75B2024-02-20Post Ipo Debt· $1.75B
2001-01-26IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Cortopassi
President and COO
Emily J. Edmonds
Vice President, External Communications
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