Senior Director, Software Engineering

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In this role, you will lead a high‑performing engineering team responsible for designing, building, and operating the middleware foundation that powers Accu Weather’s digital experiences across web, mobile, and partner channels. We're looking for a collaborative, energetic leader with deep architectural knowledge, engineering discipline, and a passion for resilient, scalable software systems.

This position is required to be located onsite at Accu Weather's State College, PA Headquarters.

• Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of Accu Weather’s core middleware platform, including APIs, microservices, orchestration layers, authentication, rules engines, and system integrations.
• Define and execute the middleware technology roadmap in collaboration with Product and Engineering, aligning technical initiatives with strategic business needs.
• Drive system‑wide performance, scalability, and reliability, ensuring middleware services meet SLAs and enable exceptional customer experiences across all touchpoints.
• Guide middleware integration for critical enterprise systems such as billing, login, entitlements, and product catalog services, enabling seamless interactions across the digital ecosystem.
• Oversee the development and optimization of push notification infrastructure, enhancing real‑time communication capabilities for global audiences.
• Champion modern engineering practices including Dev Ops, CI/CD, test automation, observability, and cloud‑native design, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Lead, coach, and grow a geographically distributed engineering team, attracting and retaining top talent, and creating an inclusive, collaborative, and high‑performing culture.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external vendors and partners to ensure successful third‑party integrations and maximize ROI on technology investments.
• Contribute to technology strategy, budget planning, and organizational alignment, ensuring middleware initiatives are effectively scoped, prioritized, and resourced.

• BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; MS or equivalent experience preferred.
• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience, with 7+ years in technical leadership or management roles.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams building and operating large‑scale, distributed platforms and middleware architectures.
• Deep experience with enterprise integration patterns, RESTful APIs, asynchronous messaging, mapping, and middleware platforms.
• Hands‑on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), microservices, containerization, and distributed systems design.
• Expertise in CDNs, caching strategies, and performance optimization techniques (e.g., Akamai).
• Expertise in modern scripting languages such as JavaScript/Type Script (Node.js), especially for backend and service‑layer development.
• Experience with programming languages such as C#, Java, or similar, and familiarity with infrastructure‑as‑code and modern deployment frameworks.
• Solid understanding of Dev Ops, CI/CD pipelines, observability tooling, and Agile development methodologies.
• Demonstrated success leading engineering teams of 20+, including mentoring, performance management, and career development.
• Skilled in managing contracting vendors and consultants.
• Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills; able to influence across organizational boundaries.

Accu Weather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision‑making.

Billions of people around the world rely on Accu Weather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms.  is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most‑visited websites in the world, and our award‑winning Accu Weather app delivers detailed real‑time forecasts to millions of smartphones.

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