Orbital Engineering, Inc.

Director of Software Engineering

Orbital Engineering, Inc.

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

CloudCyber SecuritySDLC

About the role

  • Building and leading high-performing engineering teams
  • Delivering secure, scalable enterprise applications
  • Establishing modern DevOps, CI/CD, QA, and SDLC practices
  • Supporting the evolution of a unified enterprise platform accessible to both internal users and external clients
  • Overseeing incident response processes and platform monitoring standards
  • Overseeing execution across multiple concurrent software initiatives
  • Improving backlog management, sprint discipline, and cross-team coordination
  • Providing architectural oversight across the organization’s core applications
  • Governing major technical decisions while empowering teams to execute
  • Overseeing development of systems accessible to external clients

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline (Master’s preferred)
  • 10+ years of product leadership experience, including managing or owning SaaS products or platforms
  • Demonstrated success delivering enterprise-grade digital platforms with strong security, stability, and integration requirements
  • Strong technical background—capable of partnering with software engineers, AI/ML developers, GIS analysts, and field tech experts to build a unified platform
  • Experience with enterprise architecture, API design, cloud infrastructure, and data governance
  • Knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, cybersecurity frameworks, and modern DevSecOps practices
  • Strong understanding of agile product delivery, software development lifecycles, UX principles, and platform release management
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, able to translate technical concepts into business value
  • Experience in the AEC, industrial, utility, or field operations technology sectors is highly desirable
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • prescription drug
  • 401(k)
  • supplemental insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
DevOpsCI/CDQASDLCenterprise architectureAPI designcloud infrastructuredata governanceSaaScybersecurity frameworks
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementcross-team coordinationbacklog managementsprint disciplinearchitectural oversightincident responsetechnical decision-makingbusiness value translation
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreeSOC 2ISO 27001