Software Development Director

Clearwater Analytics•New York, NY

About The Position

The Software Development Director leads one or more functional areas through senior managers and is accountable for team processes, personnel development, employee engagement, and delivery of assigned business goals. The role directs teams developing quality software for major technology firms, fixed income asset managers, and security traders on Wall Street. It provides leadership, guidance, and expertise across a growing workforce, while promoting collaboration, creativity, and continued growth. The director participates in Agile meetings to contribute development strategies and product roadmaps, delivers feature enhancements, and responds to emerging technologies. The role develops organizational policies and oversees their implementation, provides direction to senior managers, and influences policymaking. It requires evaluating complex issues across business functions and setting strategy for major areas, with decisions that can have a long-term effect on company success. The director interacts with internal and external executive-level management and negotiates critical matters.

Requirements

10+ years of professional experience in software development.
2+ years of experience leading a development team.
Demonstrated ability to provide constructive feedback to team members.
Experience communicating with users, technical teams, and management to collect requirements, identify tasks, provide estimates, and meet production deadlines.
Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices across the full software development life cycle.
Ability to resolve conflict within and across teams and drive consensus toward common goals.
Ability to provide technical feedback and guidance on architecture, code review, and best practices.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to contribute to software design documentation, presentations, and sequence diagrams.
Ability to present complex technical designs concisely.
Ability to work with relational and NoSQL databases.
Experience building highly scalable distributed software systems.
Professional experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Experience taking a project from scoping requirements through launch.
In-depth knowledge of the functional area, business strategies, and company goals.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
Proficiency with modern web development technologies and techniques, including HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
Experience in full system design and architecture.
Experience developing and designing a public-facing API.
Experience with database scaling and design.

Responsibilities

Lead a team developing quality software for technology firms, fixed income asset managers, and Wall Street security traders.
Ensure the team’s success, growth, output, and delivery of assigned business goals.
Develop and evaluate personnel to support efficient operations and positive employee engagement.
Provide training, guidance, mentorship, and constructive feedback to team members.
Participate in Agile meetings and contribute to development strategies and product roadmaps.
Deliver feature enhancements and respond quickly to emerging technologies.
Encourage collaboration and stimulate creativity.
Provide leadership and expertise to the growing workforce.
Develop corporate or organizational policies and authorize their implementation.
Provide direction to senior managers across functional areas, groups, or operations.
Assess complex issues across functional areas and set strategy and direction for major functional areas.
Direct and control functional areas, divisions, product groups, or service areas through senior managers.
Interact and negotiate with internal and external executive-level management on critical matters, and influence policymaking.