Lead a distributed engineering organization delivering APIs and message-driven services
Promote a strong engineering mindset grounded in iterative learning
Ensure delivered solutions meet defined requirements for performance, availability, resiliency, security, and enterprise architecture alignment
Execute on engineering strategy related to tooling adoption and automation
Define engineering metrics and performance goals
Ensure team accountability for operational readiness and production stability
Lead, coach, and develop a team of ~25 engineers

Requirements

People management experience leading software engineering teams at scale
Strong prior engineering background delivering distributed applications and service-based architectures
Java, NodeJS (or comparable modern backend runtime)
Event streaming / messaging such as Kafka (or equivalent)
API development patterns (RESTful APIs, service contracts, integration patterns)
Demonstrated ability to lead teams through the full lifecycle: design → code → test → deploy → operate
Experience driving automation across CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows
Strong collaboration skills across Architecture, Platform, Security, and Operations teams

Benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaNodeJSEvent streamingKafkaAPI developmentRESTful APIsCI/CD pipelinesAutomationService-based architecturesDistributed applications

Soft Skills

People managementLeadershipCoachingCollaborationAccountabilityCommunicationIterative learningTeam developmentOperational readinessPerformance goals