AVP, Software Engineering & DevOps

NFP Corp•Virtual, MO

3d•$120,000 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The AVP, Software Engineering & DevOps owns software development, DevOps, and code delivery across the firm. This role is responsible for establishing engineering rigor, leading development execution, and ensuring code moves from concept through production reliably, securely, and repeatedly. This role involves direct engineering and carrying out tasks that link development and infrastructure. Success depends on delivering production-ready solutions, advancing the development team’s abilities, and minimizing manual or person-dependent delivery workflows. Build a structured, scalable software engineering and DevOps function that connects development and infrastructure. Improve delivery speed and reliability. Consistently transform approved priorities into secure, maintainable production solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Math, Information Systems, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience
8+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, application development, or DevOps, including hands-on responsibility for production systems
3+ years of experience leading developers, engineering teams, or technical delivery functions
Proven capability to analyze, debug, and contribute production code using contemporary development frameworks and languages
Strong experience with source control, automated testing, CI/CD, release automation, observability, and cloud-based application environments
Experience building or supporting AI-enabled applications and using AI-assisted software development tools
Solid knowledge of APIs, integrations, databases, application architecture, security, and production-support needs
Experience with Microsoft Azure, GitHub, Azure DevOps, or comparable cloud and development platforms
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across development, infrastructure, security, data, business, and executive partners

Nice To Haves

Experience delivering technology in financial services or another regulated environment preferred

Responsibilities

Own delivery across internally developed applications, integrations, automation, and supporting services
Convert approved priorities into actionable technical plans with defined scope, order, ownership, and delivery commitments
Lead solution build, code development, testing, release, and production stabilization
Review and contribute code, troubleshoot critical issues, and make pragmatic technical decisions when required
Own CI/CD, build and release automation, environment management, deployment controls, and production-readiness standards
Implement repeatable provisioning, configuration, artifact management, and secret-management practices
Reduce manual releases, environment drift, deployment failures, and reliance on individual employees or contractors
Continuously improving delivery speed, quality, control, and recoverability
Set realistic guidelines for architecture, coding, source control, code review, automated testing, documentation, and technical debt
Guide and mentor developers with different experiences into a cohesive engineering team that follows consistent practices and maintains clear accountability
Define ownership for applications, repositories, environments, releases, and production support
Assess capability gaps and build the appropriate staffing model across employees, contractors, and strategic partners
Act as the operational link between development and Infrastructure, Security, Data, Enterprise Applications, Architecture, and Program Management
Ensure availability, performance, security, recoverability, supportability, and cost are addressed throughout the development lifecycle
Establish application observability through actionable logging, metrics, alerting, dashboards, and support procedures
Lead application incident response, root-cause analysis, and completion of corrective actions