Director of Software Engineering

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Full Time Regular Manager HYBRID MNGR Atlanta, GA, US

FLSA Status:
Exempt |

Employment Type:

Full-Time

Reports To:

Head of Software Engineering

Safe-Guard Products International is the industry leader in automotive protection products and F&I solutions, partnering with the world's top OEM brands and a nationwide network of franchised and independent dealerships. Our platforms power the full lifecycle of vehicle protection—from dealer enrollment and incentive management to real-time rating, quoting, contracting, claims adjudication, cancellations, and consumer-direct experiences. We are transforming into an AI-first future culture, embedding intelligence across every platform our dealers, OEM partners, and internal operations teams rely on daily.

As we accelerate AI transformation, we are seeking a proven Director of Software Engineering to lead engineering delivery across our dealer- and OEM-facing enrollment, incentives, reporting, contracting, rate configuration, user management, and role-based access control platforms. This is an opportunity for an experienced, hands‑on engineering leader who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, champions AI-native development practices, and can operate as a credible technical partner to both business stakeholders and external clients in the automotive and insurance space.

The Director of Software Engineering owns engineering delivery, technical direction, and team leadership for Safe-Guard's externally facing enrollment, incentives, reporting, contracting, rate configuration user management, and role-based access control platforms. You will lead a team of approximately 20 engineers—including full-time employees and contractors—building and operating the systems that dealers and OEM partners rely on daily. Reporting to the Head of Software Engineering, you will partner with Product Management, Operations, and business stakeholders to align your team's roadmap with company priorities, while championing Safe-Guard's AI-native development vision, including the use of Claude, Cursor, and similar tools, across your engineering team.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of approximately 20 engineers (full-time employees and contractors) across enrollment, incentives, reporting, contracting portals, and rate configuration platforms.
• Own hiring, onboarding, and retention of engineering talent; build career progression that rewards technical excellence and leadership growth.
• Establish and sustain a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning where engineers do their best work.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations; develop future technical leads and senior engineers.
• Partner with HR and Talent Acquisition to support recruiting efforts and strengthen the team's reputation within the engineering community.

• Own the engineering roadmap and delivery outcomes for Safe-Guard's enrollment, incentives, reporting, contracting, and rate configuration platforms.
• Define and drive technical architecture strategy across the platform portfolio (Angular, NestJS, AWS, Okta/OIDC), balancing modernization and scalability in a fast-moving, client‑facing environment.
• Define and own the user management and role based access control strategy across dealer-facing platforms, ensuring dealers and OEM partners can self‑service user provisioning and access control within compliant guardrails.
• Partner with Product Management, Operations, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into executable technical roadmaps.
• Drive continuous improvement in system reliability, performance, and security; establish engineering standards for code quality, testing, observability, and incident response.
• Make sound architectural and build/buy decisions, clearly communicating trade‑offs to the Head of Software Engineering and other…