Director Engineering - ClearanceJobs

Overview

This Is the Place to Be: Connecting Futures Now! DHI Group, Inc. is the parent company of career marketplaces, Dice and Clearance Jobs. We connect candidates with career advice, resources and ultimately a dream job. At DHI, creating a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusivity is embedded in the culture and values of our organization. This is the place to be and we want you here with us.

You Belong Here: Join a mission-driven company that prioritizes you. We are a supportive team that embodies our “One Team” value as we work together and win together. Voted as a certified Great Place to Work®, our team members feel their opinions count and are cared for by DHI. 92% of employees say DHI is a Great Place to Work – 35% higher than the average U.S. company.

DHI’s culture of inclusivity is anchored by four pillars: diversity training, inclusive hiring practices, volunteering, and employee resource groups. You belong here!

About the team: As part of our Software Engineering team, you will utilize your personal and professional knowledge and experience to work with stakeholders, engineering, and Product teams to take feature requests, translate into software requirements and deliver valuable and efficient software solutions. This team plays a crucial role in Clearance Jobs’  and Agile

ATS products.

About the role: In this role, you will lead and professionally develop a team of software engineers, cultivate processes and standards, and support the delivery of software services that directly impact our clients and candidates. The tech stack is currently built with Laravel, PHP, Vue.js, AWS MySQL, AWS services, as well as a few AWS specific tools.

Your career at DHI will be filled with exciting challenges and opportunities for growth. From onboarding and familiarizing yourself with our development environment to contributing to ongoing projects and building strong relationships with your team, every day will bring new learning experiences and chances to make a difference.

Why we’re hiring for this role:

At Clearance Jobs, our Engineering team brings critical national security talent and opportunity together through technology. We’re hiring a Director of Engineering to lead the team that makes this mission possible—driving technical strategy, organizational growth, and innovation that scale with our expanding customer and product ambitions.

In the short term you will:

In the first 90 days in the role, you will accomplish several key milestones:

• Onboarding and Familiarization: Understand the company's development environment, tools, processes, and coding standards. Get to know your team members and their roles.
• Understanding the Product: Familiarize yourself with the product or projects you'll be working on. Understand the user base, key features, and the overall goal of the application.
• Codebase Familiarization: Dive into the existing codebase. Understand the architecture, design patterns, and coding conventions used in the project.
• Contribution to Ongoing Projects: Work on smaller tasks or bug fixes to get acquainted with the codebase and development workflow.

In the long term you will:

• Learning and Skill Development: Identify areas for improvement in your development and leadership skills and start learning. This could involve learning new skills, frameworks, or tools that are relevant to your teams and projects.
• Setting Goals: Set short-term and long-term goals for your role and the team. Discuss these goals with your manager to ensure alignment with the team's objectives.
• Building Relationships: Build relationships with your team members, stakeholders, and other departments you'll be collaborating with. Communication is key to a successful team dynamic.
• Feedback and Improvement: Seek feedback from your peers and manager regularly. Use this feedback to improve your skills and performance.
• Contribution to Process and Product Improvement: As you become more familiar with the projects and processes, look for opportunities to suggest improvements in development processes or tools that could benefit the team.
• Documentation and…