Director of Software Engineering

SRAM•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

SRAM LLC is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead and develop a multi-team software organization of approximately 50 professionals. This role involves building strong engineering leadership, ensuring team health and performance, and recruiting, mentoring, and developing top technical talent. The Director will oversee the delivery of software for mobile apps, cloud platforms, and device-side software, ensuring high-quality releases aligned with business goals. Key responsibilities include maintaining high standards in architecture, code quality, testing, security, scalability, and system reliability. The role also requires close collaboration with Embedded and Design Engineering departments, as well as product, UX, hardware engineering, manufacturing, and security teams. Strategic technology leadership includes defining and evolving the long-term software architecture and technology strategy, championing modern engineering practices like agile, DevOps, automation, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, and observability, and leading modernization initiatives. Operational excellence involves establishing KPIs, overseeing incident management, and driving continuous improvement.

Requirements

10+ years of progressive software engineering leadership, including managing managers and multi-team organizations.
Proven experience delivering mobile apps, cloud platforms, APIs, and connected device solutions.
Strong experience collaborating with firmware, hardware, or embedded engineering teams.
Skilled at managing complex cross-team dependencies and driving alignment across disciplines.
Demonstrated commitment to code craftsmanship, including championing clean, maintainable, well-architected code supported by peer reviews, automated quality gates, and a culture of continuous improvement.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface effectively with executive leadership.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience leading software organizations known for consistent, high-quality delivery using contemporary engineering practices (DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, automated testing, observability).

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a multi-team software organization of approximately 50 professionals.
Build strong engineering leadership capability and ensure team health and performance.
Recruit, mentor, and develop top technical talent; oversee career growth and succession planning.
Oversee the delivery of software for mobile apps, cloud platforms, and device-side software (excluding embedded code).
Ensure predictable, high-quality releases aligned with product, rider experience, and business goals.
Maintain high standards in architecture, code quality, testing, security, scalability, and system reliability.
Serve as a key partner to SRAM's Embedded and Design Engineering departments, ensuring strong coordination on roadmaps, technical dependencies, and integration testing.
Work closely with product, UX, hardware engineering, manufacturing, and security teams to align technology choices and execution plans.
Facilitate clear communication and joint planning to ensure seamless system-level integration across mobile, cloud, and embedded systems.
Define and evolve the long-term software architecture and technology strategy.
Champion modern engineering practices: agile, DevOps, automation, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, and observability.
Lead modernization and engineering maturity initiatives across platforms and processes, including artificial intelligence.
Establish engineering KPIs and delivery metrics to improve predictability and performance.
Oversee incident management, release readiness, and operational reliability.
Drive continuous improvement across tools, workflows, and engineering practices.