Experity is looking to solve the business and technical problem of leading and growing leaders within their software engineering organization to ensure consistent delivery of secure, high-quality software and to balance operational excellence with innovation.
Requirements
- Strong technical background in software engineering (NodeJS, Typescript, C-Sharp, .NET, Java, cloud architecture, microservices, distributed systems, or comparable stack) with enough depth to influence design and strategy.
- Experience driving agile transformation, process improvement, and technical debt reduction
- Demonstrated success in balancing operational efficiency with innovation.
- Exposure to and advocacy for adoption of AI coding agents and developer efficiency tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Augment, ZenCoder, Cursor, Windsurf, Warp). Hands-on experience is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Partner with architecture to shape the technical vision and ensure sound design decisions support long-term scalability and modernization.
- Translate product goals into clear engineering strategies, balancing feature delivery with technical debt reduction.
- Anticipate organizational needs, proactively plan for staffing, and align engineering priorities to company strategy.
- Oversee multiple engineering teams to deliver high-quality, secure releases on time.
- Champion agile practices, CI/CD, automation, and adoption of AI-powered developer tools.
- Review performance data and metrics regularly to ensure predictability and velocity in delivery.
- Resolve conflicts constructively and ensure alignment across diverse priorities.
Other
- Directly manage and mentor engineering managers and individual contributors, ensuring clarity of accountability and support.
- Build succession depth by identifying, empowering, and developing future leaders from among senior engineers and technical leads.
- Provide structured feedback and career development planning that helps leaders and engineers thrive.
- Create a culture where accountability, dependability, and reliability compound into team excellence.
- Foster psychological safety and trust, ensuring every voice is valued while driving towards high standards.
- Model a balance of empathy and rigor, holding teams to high expectations while demonstrating deep commitment to their success.
- Drive seamless collaboration across Product, QA, Architecture, and Operations.
- Represent engineering to executives and business stakeholders with clarity, precision, and strategic insight.
- Eight plus (8+) years managing engineering teams, with at least 4 years managing managers or senior technical leaders.
- Proven track record of scaling and mentoring engineering organizations. Experience managing distributed teams
- Experience in modern and legacy technology environments, with demonstrated ability to lead through transitions.
- Ability to travel as needed (minimal).
- Leader of leaders: Skilled at coaching and empowering managers.
- Strategic clarity: Translates complex business and technical goals into actionable direction.
- Teacher mindset: Invests in others’ growth, creating an environment of continuous learning.
- Conflict and change leadership: Resolves conflict constructively and leads through organizational change.
- Master communicator: Communicates clearly and consistently across executives, peers, and teams.
- Culture builder: Shapes and sustains a high-trust, high-performance culture.
