Transamerica

Senior Director, Software Engineering – Technology Operations

Transamerica

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • Colorado, Iowa, Pennsylvania

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Salary

💰 $200,000 - $250,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AngularAWSCloudJavaScriptMicroservicesOpen SourceReactVue.js

About the role

  • Provide technical guidance and leadership to development teams
  • Drive delivery of end to end design solutions for the enterprise
  • Interact with executive management to develop strategic direction
  • Partner with executive leadership and stakeholders
  • Translate strategic priorities into tactical action plans and milestones
  • Act as a strategist and champion for enterprise architecture and design principles
  • Lead white board discussions and presentations with stakeholders and enterprise architecture team
  • Identify opportunities to utilize third-party frameworks, open source libraries, and APIs
  • Ensure high quality service via oversight, KPIs, internal controls
  • Stay on top of technical trends and experiment with new technologies
  • Act quickly to solve problems and minimize impact of unforeseen circumstances
  • Drive a culture of change and innovation
  • Oversee quality, delivery, performance, cost, and scope for cloud and web development initiatives
  • Develop staff through coaching, performance feedback, and development plans
  • Mentor current and future leaders

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent experience
  • Twelve years of experience with database design techniques/philosophies, modern distributed applications, and microservices
  • Ten years of experience in delivery of large-scale design projects involving interaction with a broad spectrum of enterprise operational functions
  • Eight years of experience managing a diverse team and leading cross-functional teams
  • Strong background in DevOps methodologies and CI/CD
  • Experience managing vendor relationships, including product/service evaluation, contract negotiations, and on-going relationship management
  • Familiarity with modern UI development frameworks (e.g. Angular, React, Vue.js) and web technologies (e.g. HTTP, HTML, JS, CSS)
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to synthesize ambiguous and complex information
  • Proactive mindset to drive change
  • Ability to work in a highly matrixed environment
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Technical communication skills