Senior Director of Software Engineering - Ardán Inc.
About The Position
The Senior Director of Software Engineering will lead the software engineering team for Ardán and its enterprise applications. This role directly manages a team of 18 engineers, overseeing their growth, delivery, and the quality of their output. The position involves significant focus on developing engineers, managing a healthy delivery process, and collaborating with Product and Design to translate priorities into shipped software. The individual will maintain technical engagement through design and architecture reviews, occasional code contributions, and ensuring the team remains unblocked and focused.
Requirements
- Hands-on engineering experience and current enough technical depth to earn your team's trust in design and code reviews.
- Experience with .NET (.NET Framework and newer versions of .NET), TypeScript and related stacks (like Angular, React, Vue), visual styling tools (like CSS, Tailwind) and standards (like Material Design), relational and document database management systems (like MSSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
- A track record of shipping quality software with a team and improving how that team works.
- Strong people skills: coaching, giving feedback, and growing engineers at different levels.
- Ability to partner effectively with Product and Design and to communicate clearly across audiences.
- BA/BS in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years in software engineering, including 1-2+ years directly managing engineers.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in title insurance, mortgage industry, or real estate / property technology is a strong plus.
Responsibilities
- Directly manage a team of 17 engineers: regular 1:1s, coaching, feedback, performance management, and career growth.
- Own your team's delivery by collaborating with the technical program manager around planning, prioritization, and predictable execution against clear goals.
- Collaborate with the technical program manager to run a healthy day-to-day process: sprint planning, standups, retros, and continuous improvement of how the team works.
- Stay technically engaged by participating in design and code reviews, guide architectural decisions, and help unblock hard problems. Contribute code where it adds the most value (typically ~15-30% of your time).
- Partner closely with Product and Design to scope work, sequence the roadmap, and balance speed against quality and maintainability.
- Contribute to and maintain a healthy team culture grounded in ownership and continuous improvement.
- Manage operational health of your systems: reliability, on-call, incident response, and technical debt, and collaborate with executive leadership to advocate for the investments needed to keep them strong.
- Collaborate with peer engineering leaders to improve cross-team processes, hiring, and standards across the broader enterprise.
- Communicate clearly with your team, your manager, and cross-functional partners.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision benefits.
- Employer-paid disability and life insurance.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- 401K with company match.
- Paid time off and company-paid holidays.
- Wellness resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
