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Scout Motors

Sr. Director, Software Engineering - Digital Product Engineering

$245K–$327K

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States +3 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026

Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
San Ramon, California
Charlotte, NC
San Ramon, California, United States
Experience
15+ years of software engineering experience; 8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and senior leaders.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or substantial experience working in the software engineering field.

About the job

Leads Scout Motors’ Digital Product Engineering organization, setting strategy and overseeing the software platforms for vehicle sales, customer ownership and service, customer-facing experiences, and internal tools.

What you'll do

  • Lead and scale engineering organizations through Directors and other senior leaders; establish operating models, staffing, budgets, and leadership development.
  • Set engineering strategy and architecture, including platform modernization, cloud adoption, security, reliability, and AI-enabled engineering and digital products.
  • Own delivery and operational excellence across digital products, partnering with Product and business leaders on customer outcomes and company priorities.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering, or substantial experience working in the software engineering field.
  • 15+ years of software engineering experience with progressively increasing leadership responsibility.
  • 8+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and senior leaders.
  • Demonstrated success leading large, multi-level engineering organizations and delivering large-scale customer-facing digital products and platforms.

Nice to have

  • Experience building e-commerce or digital commerce platforms, or supporting customer ownership, service, and engagement platforms.
  • Experience with AI-assisted software development or integrating generative AI, intelligent agents, and AI models into digital products; MBA or advanced technical degree preferred.

Pay

$245,000.00 - $297,500.00 USD base salary; $269,500 - $327,250 USD base salary

Tools

cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, mobile applications, web platforms, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agent orchestration frameworks

AI focus

Define AI-assisted and agentic software development strategy and governance, and lead AI-native capabilities in customer-facing products and internal operations platforms, including secure AI model and agent integrations.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)