Director, Product Software Engineering - AI Audit

Wolters Kluwer•Coppell, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Software Engineering Director – AI-Driven Audit /dxg Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting North America Location: Dallas, TX (Relocation or extensive travel required) Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting North America is hiring a senior engineering leader to build the next generation of AI-powered capabilities for our cloud audit solutions. You will lead a dedicated innovation team creating intelligent, automation-ready components that materially improve the speed, quality, and consistency of audit work for thousands of professionals. This role is ideal for a director who has delivered complex, cloud-native systems at scale and wants to own a high-visibility charter applying modern AI to real customer workflows. What You’ll Lead A focused engineering team responsible for developing: · AI-driven reasoning capabilities used throughout audit workflows · Document understanding and structured-data extraction systems · Dynamic workflow automation that accelerates auditor decision-making · Iterative prototypes validated directly with design-partner firms · Secure, scalable services and APIs integrated into our cloud audit suite This team operates with a rapid-iteration model centered on customer validation and disciplined 0→1 execution. How You’ll Work You will collaborate closely with product leaders, designers, audit domain experts, cloud platform teams, and select firms to: · Identify high-value AI opportunities in the audit workflow · Build and test prototypes that demonstrate measurable customer benefit · Scale validated capabilities into production-grade cloud services · Establish engineering patterns for AI-first development across the portfolio · Ensure high standards for quality, security, and operational excellence What Success Looks Like · A high-performing AI-focused engineering team with predictable iteration velocity · Repeated delivery of validated AI capabilities customers actually adopt · Clear architecture and integration patterns supporting intelligent workflows · Strong field signals from design-partner firms confirming value and usability · A durable pipeline of AI-driven enhancements aligned to product strategy

Requirements

10+ years software development; 8+ years in senior engineering leadership
Experience delivering enterprise-scale cloud systems
Expertise in .NET/C#, cloud-native architectures, and distributed systems
Hands-on technical capability (AI-assisted development)
Track record shipping 0→1 products with rapid iteration cycles
Experience with AI/ML technologies such as LLMs, agents, or NLP
Ability to lead multi-team efforts in a matrixed, fast-paced environment

Nice To Haves

Background in accounting, fintech, audit, or workflow systems
Experience leading innovation/incubation teams
Familiarity with financial compliance or assurance processes

Responsibilities

Lead a focused engineering team responsible for developing AI-driven reasoning capabilities used throughout audit workflows
Lead a focused engineering team responsible for developing document understanding and structured-data extraction systems
Lead a focused engineering team responsible for developing dynamic workflow automation that accelerates auditor decision-making
Lead a focused engineering team responsible for developing iterative prototypes validated directly with design-partner firms
Lead a focused engineering team responsible for developing secure, scalable services and APIs integrated into our cloud audit suite
Identify high-value AI opportunities in the audit workflow
Build and test prototypes that demonstrate measurable customer benefit
Scale validated capabilities into production-grade cloud services
Establish engineering patterns for AI-first development across the portfolio
Ensure high standards for quality, security, and operational excellence