Director of Engineering

14 Apr 2024

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Job Description

At SquareTrade, we help our customers when they need us most. As the market leader of protection plans, we touch the lives of millions of people across the world. Our success is due to our focus on delivering great service to our customers through a modern, digital platform.

In this role as a Director of Engineering, you will have responsibility over a suite of software product offerings and manage Software Engineering Managers in an agile development environment. Along with being a coach, mentor, and a driving force to your teams you will be partnering with Product Managers, other Software Engineering Managers and Architects to deliver on critical company initiatives on time and on budget.

You will develop strategies and execute on a plan to grow and scale an engineering organization that is distributed across multiple time zones across the globe and growing aggressively. You will be a key stakeholder in the definition of the architecture of a software platform that supports transactions at internet scale. You will contribute to an engineering culture that promotes learning and development and rewards curiosity, risk-taking and innovation.

You will be a part of the Engineering Leadership team, with whom you will partner on defining the technical vision and direction of the organization. This is an exciting position that offers autonomy and teamwork, with opportunities for career development.

You're A Great Candidate If You

  • Like building global engineering teams for a business experiencing hyper-growth
  • Like focusing on engineering productivity improvements
  • Like to set clear goals for your organization that align with business OKRs
  • Love to enable an engineering culture that encourages learning and career progression

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years of development experience
  • 7+ years of engineering leadership experience
  • Must have strong knowledge of software architecture principles
  • A good understanding of web technologies, UI frameworks and event-driven architectures
  • Experience in building and scaling engineering organizations; demonstrated ability to manage, mentor and coach engineers and managers
  • Good knowledge on tracking and setting goals to improve quality and efficiency
  • Good knowledge of project management geared towards scoping, estimation and scheduling
  • Great communication skills

Additional Information

Our line-up of employee benefits include:

  • Excellent benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and more)
  • Flexible PTO
  • 401K with employer matching plan up to 5% of salary
  • HSA with employer contribution
  • Paid parental leave
  • Monthly internet reimbursement directly in your paycheck
  • Monthly wellness allowance
  • Open access to mental health resources including therapy and coaching for employees and dependents
  • Generous work-from-home set-up allowance
  • Paid volunteer time to give back to the community
  • Access to a diverse array of Employee Resource Groups
  • Flexible and hybrid work schedules
  • Development and career growth opportunities

The Team: http://www.squaretrade.com/leadershipSquareTrade is an Equal Opportunity Employer

  • ID: #38706655
  • State: California Sanfrancisco 94102 Sanfrancisco USA
  • City: Sanfrancisco
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Full-time
  • Showed: 2022-04-14
  • Deadline: 2022-06-13
  • Category: Et cetera