Director, Software Engineering

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Hunger Rush is a leading provider of integrated restaurant technology solutions. Hunger Rush 360 is our flagship cloud POS system that makes it easier to delight guests, drive loyalty, and manage restaurants from anywhere. The all-in-one system integrates digital ordering (including AI-powered text and talk ordering), delivery management, customer engagement, restaurant management, and payment processing features with flexible software designed to give operators more insight into their customers, more control over their operations, and more power to profitably grow their business.

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Hunger Rush is seeking a Director, Software Engineering to lead and scale our engineering teams in delivering high-quality software solutions for the restaurant technology industry. Reporting directly to the CTO, this leader will drive engineering strategy, execution, and culture across multiple teams. The ideal candidate combines deep technical credibility with strong people leadership skills and a track record of delivering complex software products in a SaaS environment.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who stays close to the code and has a proven track record of maturing an engineering organization — instilling engineering metrics, sharpening process, and upskilling teams. We are looking for a pragmatic, action-oriented leader who makes data-driven decisions. Hunger Rush has deeply embraced an AI-driven software development lifecycle, and this leader will champion that transformation across their teams.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing organization of software engineers across multiple teams, including managers and senior individual contributors
• Manage hiring, performance, and career development for direct reports; build a strong bench of engineering talent through effective recruiting and retention
• Develop engineering managers with a focus on accountability, goal-setting, and career pathing — build leaders who can operate independently and drive outcomes
• Champion a culture of accountability, innovation, urgency, and continuous improvement across the engineering organization

• Own the maturation of engineering practices — establish and track meaningful engineering metrics and use data to drive decisions and demonstrate progress
• Establish and continuously improve engineering processes, standards, and best practices to accelerate delivery velocity while maintaining quality and reliability
• Be pragmatic and action-oriented: identify bottlenecks, make calls with incomplete information, and keep teams moving — avoid analysis paralysis
• Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle for assigned product areas, from architecture and design through delivery, quality, and ongoing operations
• Partner with Engineering leaders to define and execute the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with Hunger Rush’s business strategy and product priorities

• Stay close to the code — actively participate in design reviews, architecture decisions, and code-level discussions; be credible and respected by the engineers you lead
• Champion Hunger Rush’s AI-driven SDLC: drive adoption of AI-assisted development tooling and workflows, and help set best practices for how AI accelerates engineering throughput and quality
• Upskill engineers at all levels — identify skill gaps, invest in growth, and create opportunities to take on more complex technical challenges
• Ensure adherence to security, compliance, and data privacy standards across all engineering deliverables

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Dev Ops, QA, and business stakeholders to drive effective planning, prioritization, and execution
• Translate technical concepts for executive and non-technical audiences without losing the technical truth
• Manage resource allocation, and vendor relationships as needed

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred)
• 10+ years of progressive software engineering…