Director of Software Engineering

JOB FUNCTION: Information Technology
JOB TYPE: Direct Hire
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
COMPENSATION: Not Specified
REMOTE / ONSITE: Remote
POSTED: Feb 29, 2024

Our client is advertising and ecommerce and on the forefront of digital ecommerce, employing data and platform intelligence.. They are seeking a Director of Software Engineering to join their team! THEY CANNOT SPONSOR AND CANNOT DO A C2C OR WORK WITH ANOTHER AGENCY. DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR CONSULTANTS.

Salary/Hourly Rate:

Dependent on experience

Position Overview:

Searching for a highly motivated individual to elevate our software engineering team as Director of Software Engineering (reporting into VP, Software Engineering), within the Data & Technology team. The Director of Software Engineering must be able to code extensively, contribute to design sessions and help architect future product features and write technical designs from spec docs.

Responsibilities of the Director of Software Engineering:

  • Creating secure, performant, scalable and maintainable RESTful back-ends (Python)
  • Authentication and role-based authorization (Auth0 a plus)
  • Experience with ORM frameworks (e.g. SQL Alchemy), native SQL
  • Writing python-based website scrapers
  • Shell scripting in Linux (preferably BASH)
  • Creating/updating React UI
  • Able to integrate React front-end with REST backend API layer
  • Nice to have – experience with Material UI React framework
  • Should have strong understand of NPM/Yarn, NextJS, HTML/CSS/JavaScript/typescript fundamentals

Qualifications for the Director of Software Engineering:

  • Mandatory – Canada or US-based
  • Independently motivated to develop, deliver and iterate software in an Agile environment
  • Comfortable with being an integral member in a highly collaborative team
  • Very comfortable communicating and collaborating remotely via video & audio chat
  • At least 6 years experience in Python, REST, SQL databases, AWS/cloud
  • Able to juggle multiple tickets/tasks/requests at the same time
  • Willing to attend requisite meetings during the work week, as determined by leadership
  • Adhere to ticket estimation and timelines, promptly voice any issue or concerns
  • Comfortable asking clarifying questions
  • Comfortable raising flags
  • Keen attention to detail and data integrity

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is preferred

Benefits:

  • Unlimited PTO
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EOE/M/F/D/V/SO
Position ID: 135541