Director of Software Engineering

Company: Red Frog Solutions
Location: Gaithersburg
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

Director of Software EngineeringGaithersburg, MD (Onsite)Relocation Assistance AvailableFull time Perm PositionU.S. Citizens or Green Card Holders only$200,000 - $250,000 + Profit Sharing Requirements:

• 10+ years of hands-on experience designing, delivering, and supporting full-stack software applications at scale
• 5+ years of leading at enterprise level in developing, implementing, advising, and managing software development processes
• Expert in all areas of the software development lifecycle, SDLC
• Strong background in C/C++ on Linux/Unix Operating systems
• Strong leadership skills to manage a cross-functional development organization through both formal processes and hands-on management.
• Good understanding of containers, build systems, and infrastructure automation
• DevOps best-practices and CI/CD (Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible)
• Troubleshooting skills (real-time and in-depth analysis)
• Experience profiling and optimizing code on all tiers of an applicationEducation:
  • BS/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Systems Engineering or other related discipline.Nice to have's:
    • Experience with software development processes for safety critical products
    • Experience with ISO-26262, ISO-21448, MIL-STD-882, or similar safety specifications
    • Experience in self driving, automotive, logistics, or transportation industry
    • Experience in the development of complex systems or robotics systems
    • Experience with also working with Python, SCADE, Simulink, and scripting languages.
    • Experiencing in building and shaping teams
    • 5+ years of experience with Agile
    • 2+ years of experience with AWSPosition Responsibilities:
      • Set technical standards and SDLC processes
      • Develop and implement appropriate code quality standards and code promotion processes to ensure quality, reliability, efficiency, security, and safety
      • Provide strong management and leadership principles with the capacity to engage, motivate, mentor and coach engineers distributed across various geographical locations.
      • Take broad, sometimes ambiguous direction and turn it into discrete, actionable work streams and then leading those work streams to meet business objectives
      • Able to roll up their sleeves and play a hands-on role while building a world class team
      • Understand software delivery in a startup environment balanced with the rigor needed for safe, sustainable, and maintainable products
      • Use data and feedback from participants and peers to drive continuous optimization of cross functional team structures and software development processes
      • Collaborate with the product engineering management (Design, Product, QA and IT) team to improve visibility, processes, and communication mechanisms
      • Understanding and knowledge of scaling and proven track record of scaling systems
      • Collaborate and consult with the DevOps/Release Engineering team to help automate the end-to-end Operations of the applications/systems

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