Director of Software Engineering- HR Technologies

What you'll do

• Set the platform engineering vision and roadmap; lead modernization, architecture, and integrations across HR systems and vendors.
• Lead multiple engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, organization design, and performance management; own end-to-end delivery and operations.
• Establish engineering governance and operational controls, and direct agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation with appropriate guardrails.

What they ask for

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 10+ years of applied experience; 5+ years leading technologists.
• Track record leading mission-critical platforms and delivering modern web/API platforms, distributed systems, and integration-heavy domains.
• Strong cloud-native engineering knowledge, including reliability, security, cost management, and SDLC automation; hands-on understanding of engineering security and controls.
• Experience leading adoption of agentic AI-enabled engineering practices and applying responsible AI controls in engineering workflows.

Nice to have

• HR technology and Talent Acquisition workflows, including ATS/CRM platforms and integrations with enterprise HR suites.
• Experience with React/TypeScript, Java/Spring Boot, GraphQL/REST, PostgreSQL/Aurora, Neptune, Kafka/MSK, CI/CD, IaC, and ECS/EKS.

Pay

USD 204,250.00-$285,000.00 base salary

Tools

AWS, React/TypeScript, Java/Spring Boot, GraphQL/REST, PostgreSQL/Aurora, Neptune, Kafka/MSK, Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK

AI focus

Sets direction and governance for agentic AI-enabled engineering and SDLC/TLM automation, including AI-orchestrated delivery workflows, automated test modernization, and incident triage acceleration; establishes validation, security, resiliency, traceability, and reuse guardrails.