
Director, Engineering
Coates Group
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $190,000 - $210,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Enable high-performing engineering squads to deliver reliable, maintainable, and high-quality software solutions
- Provide technical leadership and build capability across engineers and technical leads
- Ensure adherence to engineering standards and remove blockers that impede delivery
- Partner with Product, Delivery, and QA leadership to achieve business and customer outcomes
- Act as a chapter-style leader for engineers and technical leads, building capability, setting standards, and driving consistent engineering practices across squads
- Own the operational health of systems within scope, ensuring reliability, performance, and readiness across production and pre-production environments
- Lead and develop permanent and partner engineers (onshore and offshore), including performance management and engagement
Requirements
- 8+ years’ experience in software engineering, with 3+ years in engineering leadership roles
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale software platforms or digital products within complex, client environments
- Strong hands-on background in modern full-stack software engineering, with deep experience in building highly scalable web applications supported by cloud-native or serverless architectures (AWS preferred), CI/CD pipelines, and distributed systems
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering teams operating in agile or product-led delivery models
- Experience establishing and enforcing engineering standards, development practices, and delivery discipline across multiple squads
- Proven ability to manage a blended workforce, including permanent staff and staff-augmented delivery partners (onshore and offshore)
- Demonstrated experience in developing and executing plans that align with business objectives and growth
Benefits
- annual market competitive bonus program
- Thrive Program with flexible work options
- dedicated time for health and wellbeing (virtual Yoga or meditation sessions)
- Global Wellness paid day off
- “Give Back Day” for community impact opportunities
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringengineering leadershipfull-stack software engineeringcloud-native architectureserverless architectureCI/CD pipelinesdistributed systemsenterprise-scale software platformsdigital productsagile delivery
Soft Skills
technical leadershipperformance managementengagementcollaborationproblem-solvingcapability buildingstandard settingdelivery disciplinecross-functional team leadershipremoving blockers
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Computer Sciencerelated discipline degree