Director, Software Engineering

Cotality • Dallas, TX

1d

About The Position

At Cotality, we are driven by a single mission—to make the property industry faster, smarter, and more people-centric. Cotality is the trusted source for property intelligence, with unmatched precision, depth, breadth, and insights across the entire ecosystem. Our talented team of 5,000 employees globally uses our network, scale, connectivity, and technology to drive the largest asset class in the world. Join us as we work toward our vision of fueling a thriving global property ecosystem and a more resilient society. Cotality is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture that inspires innovation and bold thinking; it's a place where you can collaborate, feel valued, develop skills and directly impact the real estate economy. We know our people are our greatest asset. At Cotality, you can be yourself, lift people up, and make an impact. By putting clients first and continuously innovating, we're working together to set the pace for unlocking new possibilities that better serve the property industry. Job Description: At Cotality, we are driven by a single mission—to make the property industry faster, smarter, and more people-centric. Cotality is the trusted source for property intelligence, with unmatched precision, depth, breadth, and insights across the entire ecosystem. Our talented team of 5,000 employees globally uses our network, scale, connectivity, and technology to drive the largest asset class in the world. Join us as we work toward our vision of fueling a thriving global property ecosystem and a more resilient society. Cotality is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture that inspires innovation and bold thinking; it's a place where you can collaborate, feel valued, develop skills and directly impact the real estate economy. We know our people are our greatest asset. At Cotality, you can be yourself, lift people up, and make an impact. By putting clients first and continuously innovating, we're working together to set the pace for unlocking new possibilities that better serve the property industry. About the Career The Director, Software Engineering will be responsible for operating, shaping, and executing the engineering strategy for our Collateral Solutions segment. This role drives transformation, fosters innovation (infused with AI), modernizes applications, ensures delivery of scalable, secure, and high performing applications. This role involves working with technical leads, technical product manager, architect, Product Manager, UX designer, and a group of stakeholders which are domain experts on the application’s needs.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in technology leadership roles.
• Expert-level experience with event-driven microservice architecture and API-First Development principles.
• Proficient, hands-on experience utilizing and managing high-volume data streams on platforms like Apache Kafka.
• Deep expertise in the Java/Spring Boot framework.
• Awareness and/or hands on experiences within the Financial Services or Information Services industries.
• Experience leading technology for a large-scale business or product line, ideally with revenues exceeding $50M.
• Proven track record of success in a product-centric organization, with a deep understanding of the product development lifecycle.
• Demonstrable experience in leveraging AI to drive product innovation and business outcomes.
• experience in creating a culture where high-quality code, robust architecture, and continuous improvement are valued.
• Experience in Java/Spring boot framework

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to modern frontend frameworks such as Angular is highly desirable.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Embrace and exemplify agile values (Simplicity, Communication, Feedback, Respect, Courage)
• Manage teams of Software Engineers to architect and design enterprise software products/operating systems.
• Coach, train and mentor direct reports, providing opportunities for employee development.
• Have full performance management responsibilities, develop goals, and assign work to staff to ensure that broad and strategic goals and objectives are met.
• Delegate assignments to subordinate staff. Staff may be in multiple locations (domestic and/or international).
• Responsible for coordinating efforts and meeting goals, staffing, and schedule requirements across locations.
• Develop relationships in other areas/groups.
• Authorize product iterations, approve designs and cost estimates for iterations, set priorities, and administer budgets.
• Participate in long-range planning.
• Responsible for ensuring overall budgets, schedules, and performance standards are attained.
• Participate in more critical day-to-day operational issues, remove barriers, and resolve issues.
• When something goes wrong, assist in diagnosing and resolving production incidents and then improve upon our tests, code, and systems so we don’t see that problem ever again
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, and motivate an engineering team with urgency and empathy.
• Ability to think strategically and translate business needs into a clear technology vision.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong understanding of business principles and the ability to make technology decisions that drive business value.
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
• Deep understanding of business goals, be able to translate them into a technology strategy that drives both business and technology objectives.
• Stay current with industry trends, skills, and patterns for implementing AI first solutions.
• Understand how to leverage AI and data to create more intelligent applications and more efficient processes.
• An understanding of cyber security best practices as well as developing within regulatory frameworks to manage risk.
• Understand how to build cloud native applications for maximum scale and availability.
• Be able to build and execute a roadmap that will modernize legacy applications across a number of architectures and technologies into a cloud native end state.

Benefits

• Time off: Generous PTO and 11 paid holidays, plus well-being and volunteer time off.
• Family Support: Up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave and a baby stipend.
• Health: Multiple medical plan options with mental health and wellness support offerings.
• Retirement: 401(k) with company match and vesting after one year.
• Financial Perks: $400 annual well-being stipend and tuition assistance up to $5,250.
• Extras: Recognition Rewards, Referral bonuses, exclusive discounts and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director