Director, Software Engineering
Location
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Des Peres (St. Louis), MO
Work Arrangement
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On-site
The Director, Software Engineering will provide strategic and technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, ensuring the effective delivery of high-quality software solutions that align with Uni Group’s business and technical goals. This role oversees all aspects of engineering execution and delivery, driving team velocity and alignment with strategic objectives. The Director, Software Engineering works cross-functionally with Product, UX, and other business stakeholders to ensure solutions are delivered on time and with exceptional quality.
Additionally, this role is responsible for building a strong engineering culture, setting direction for technical initiatives, and scaling teams to support future growth.
Position may allow for occasional telecommuting, with prior approval, within reasonable distance of reporting office.
What You’ll Do- Leads multiple engineering teams and people leaders, driving team performance, career development, and organizational health.
- Oversees delivery processes, backlog planning, and cross-team coordination to ensure on-time, high-quality execution.
- Partners closely with Product, UX, and Engineering leadership to align business objectives with scalable technical strategies.
- Contributes hands-on to technical design, code review, and development as needed.
- Owns development, measurement, and management of key performance metrics; drives team velocity and engineering outcomes.
- Translates complex technical topics into clear, actionable insights for business and product stakeholders.
- Evaluates and optimizes vendor solutions, tools, and technology platforms in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Develops and maintains technology roadmaps in collaboration with engineering and product leadership.
- Standardizes development processes and practices to improve consistency and execution across teams.
- Builds strong relationships with cross-functional leaders, providing strategic guidance across Product, Agile, UX, and business teams.
- Supports hiring, onboarding, and development of engineering talent, with a focus on mentoring emerging leaders and building a strong leadership pipeline.
- Partners with the Product Leadership and business stakeholders to estimate work to support strategic prioritization.
- Provides clear technical plans to remove delivery obstacles, support testing, and enable realistic implementation timelines.
- Guides cross-team engineering decisions to align with broader departmental strategy.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or (foreign degree equivalent).
- 8 years of experience.
- At least 8 years of experience in software engineering, including application design, development, and testing using modern programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, or Type Script.
- At least 3 years of experience leading engineering teams, including direct management of software engineers and technical leads.
- At least 3 years of experience overseeing multiple concurrent software development projects, including responsibility for delivery timelines, code quality, and cross-team coordination.
- At least 3 years of experience working in Agile development environments, including sprint planning, backlog management, and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
- At least 3 years of experience contributing to technical architecture, system design, and technology roadmap planning in a production environment.
- Lead through influence and collaboration
, bringing together engineering, product, UX, and business stakeholders around shared goals - Balance strategic thinking with execution
, setting technical direction while…
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