Director, Software Engineering

Trans Core (TCI), a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is seeking a talented and experienced Director, Software Engineering for our Trans Suite® development team in Peachtree Corners (Atlanta Metropolitan Area), GA. Join our office at the Technology Park, located near the Curiosity Lab, and work on high‑performance back‑end software for web‑based Intelligent Transportation Systems solutions, including our Trans Suite™ suite of traffic management systems.

We work on robust, high‑performance software to keep cities moving and help cities meet their transportation needs.

• Take system and software requirements and develop estimates and schedules to implement the requirements.
• Define or update development procedures to achieve development schedules and systems with high quality.
• Drive the architecture, design, and coordination of software development activities on a centralized traffic signal management system.
• Guide the development staff to meet set deadlines.
• Track and report quality and schedule adherence to upper management.
• Support a strong collaborative, engaged, and energetic culture.

The successful candidate must have 8–10 years of commercial software development experience and domain knowledge in traffic control systems, including knowledge of NTCIP. In addition to the development experience, the candidate must have 3+ years in a managerial or leadership role, supervising software engineering staff.

This position is hybrid. However, the selected candidate will be expected to align with the team’s in‑office schedule.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in software engineering, Computer Science, or Traffic Engineering. An engineering degree in a related field may be considered.
• Knowledge of traffic signal controllers and related standards such as NTCIP.
• Experience developing or leading the development of a traffic signal controller or central traffic signal management system product.
• Knowledge of networking, security, and software engineering best practices.

• Application development experience with Java is a plus.
• Knowledge in SOAP, XML, JSON, Web Sockets, RESTful services, or similar is a plus.
• Knowledge of native cloud technologies is a plus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time. Requires frequent use of keyboard and mouse, and must be able to wear a headset for prolonged periods.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.