Director of Cloud Software Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Develop and implement the organization's cloud software engineering strategy.

• Establish best engineering practices, coding standards, reviews, and development methodologies.

• Propel innovation in cloud-native applications and modernization projects.

• Collaborate with executive leadership, business leads, product owners, and IT business analysts to ensure alignment of technology initiatives and translate requirements into technical solutions.

• Foster and sustain a high-performance engineering culture centered on collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Assist with computer system validation and assurance activities alongside IT CSV and business analyst teams.

• Lead, mentor, recruit, develop, and retain multiple engineering teams and talent.

• Conduct performance evaluations, career development planning, and succession planning.

• Manage resource allocation, budgeting, vendor relationships, project prioritization, and resourcing with the ACM PMO.

• Oversee the architecture, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of scalable cloud applications and platforms.

• Guide the adoption of microservices, containerization, serverless computing, and API-driven architecture.

• Ensure high availability, fault tolerance, scalability, security, compliance, governance, and operational best practices.

• Lead efforts in legacy system modernization and cloud migration.

• Drive automation across CI/CD pipelines and processes for cloud deployment.

• Provide technical leadership across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.

• Collaborate with teams in cybersecurity, infrastructure, DevOps, QA, Data Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, IT Security, and IT CSV.

• Monitor emerging technologies and recommend strategic adoption.

• Establish metrics and KPIs for engineering productivity, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Communicate technical strategies and project statuses to executive stakeholders and non-technical audiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 10 years of experience in cloud software engineering.

• Over 4 years of experience leading cloud software development and related teams.

• Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

• Experience in staff development and engagement.

• Strong background in designing and building cloud-native applications.

• Proficiency with React, Node.js, Java, Python, Azure Development Toolkit, GitHub, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL Server.

• Practical expertise with one or more cloud platforms, such as Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS).

• Experience with microservices architecture, Kubernetes and container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, RESTful APIs, and distributed systems.

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform or CloudFormation.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, compliance, and governance frameworks.

• Experience leading Agile/Scrum software development teams.

• Microsoft Azure or AWS certifications are preferred qualifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base pay range of $165,000.00–$195,000.00.

• Eligibility for additional pay components.

• Equal Opportunity Employer.