Director of Development

CostQuest Associates•Cincinnati, OH

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Director of Development at CostQuest Associates, you will provide strategic and technical leadership for the development team responsible for building our data-driven software products and platforms. You will guide architectural direction, oversee development operations, and ensure the successful delivery of scalable solutions used by government agencies and major broadband industry clients. In this role, you will manage cross-functional development teams, drive technology modernization, and foster an engineering culture focused on quality, security, innovation, and predictable delivery. You will work closely with Product, Data Science, GIS, and Executive Leadership to align development priorities with business goals and support CQA’s continued growth in data analytics and the broadband consulting space.

Requirements

10+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years in technical leadership or a director-level role.
Proven leadership of development teams building cloud-native data or SaaS products.
Expertise in orchestrating modern full-stack development across backend and frontend, using backend Python and C#, and frontend JavaScript/TypeScript for both APIs/services and modern web UIs.
Strong knowledge of SQL and relational database design; experience with large, complex datasets.
Experience with public cloud services across compute/containers, managed databases, serverless, networking, object storage, and API management.
Experience designing and developing scalable APIs and backend services.
Experience incorporating Artificial Intelligence techniques (ML/CV) into products and workflows with strong governance and security.
Excellent communication, planning, and collaboration skills.
Ability to work in a fast-moving environment and make strategic decisions with incomplete information.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred).
Ability to commute/relocate: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required) to Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with GIS and/or broadband-related datasets (preferred).

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the software organization, spanning architecture, engineering, and cloud/platform operations.
Develop, communicate, and manage the technical roadmap for CQA’s platforms, APIs, databases, and analytic tools.
Lead and mentor development managers and technical leads; develop hiring plans to support team growth.
Ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure development practices across all systems and services.
Oversee the design and implementation of full-stack architectures supporting large-scale geospatial and economic datasets.
Partner with Product and Data teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Drive best practices in CI/CD, code quality, automated testing, and deployment workflows.
Manage development timelines, prioritization, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects
Oversee production support, performance optimization, and incident response processes
Develop documentation standards and ensure consistent adherence across engineering teams
Evaluate new technologies, tools, and architectures to advance CQA's technical capabilities.
Ensure compliance with U.S. government security, reliability, and data-handling requirements.

Benefits

Competitive Salary and Benefits
Bonus Pay and Profit Sharing
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
401(k) matching
Health insurance
Company paid Dental, Vision, Life, and LTD insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible schedule
Health savings account
Vacation (15 days – increasing with years of service), Sick (5 days) (Days will be adjusted first year, based on date of hire)
10 Paid Holidays
Parental leave
Professional development assistance
Tuition reimbursement