Software Engineering Director jobs in Colorado

Position title: Director of Software Engineering

Reports to: Vice President of Engineering

Department: Research and Development

Are you ready to lead and develop a team that directly impacts the company's strategy and success? In-Situ® Inc. is a leading manufacturer of innovative environmental monitoring equipment that protects our global water resources. We create industry-leading products and solutions focusing on creative design, high reliability, and world-class manufacturing. We seek a passionate, hands-on individual who will lead our embedded, mobile, and cloud software teams to develop products that delight our customers effectively.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the personnel in In-Situ's software organization and partner with our Software Development Technical Director to ensure that our culture, process, and resources efficiently deliver high-quality software and firmware.
• Manage, coach, and inspire a team of senior resources in their engineering practices and managers in leadership practices.
• Collaborate with Product Management and User Experience teams to ensure priorities align across products and initiatives and that there is a clear technology roadmap to address product development and reduce technical debt.
• Create a software development lifecycle focusing on agile development, test automation, & continuous integration.
• Ensure the development and test processes are in place to meet our product quality and availability goals.
• Develop and maintain strong relations with directors and executives in other departments.
• Participating in cross-functional coordination, planning, and reviews with leads from other engineering teams.
• Empowering the delivery team to self-organize to deliver across our diverse portfolio.
• Bring new and evolving best practices and tools into the team for continuous improvement.
• Support various financial, budgeting, audit, and cost justifications. Ensure efficiency in costs related to staff, training, cloud expenses, and various software licenses.
• Develop work effort, scope estimates, and efficient resource assignment to support multiple projects.
• Attract and evaluate top software engineers who are passionate about creating value for customers.
• Vocally advocating for technical excellence and helping the teams make good decisions.

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of agile development practices and system architecture.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong desire to grow individuals and see cross-functional teams succeed.
Process-oriented with a sense of urgency to meet business objectives.

SUPERVISORY DUTIES:

Direct Reports: 4-8

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION OR FORMAL TRAINING:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science

EXPERIENCE:

• 10 years of professional experience in Software Development.
• 3 years in a director-level position.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience in Water Monitoring space.
• Experience with mobile application development and SAAS software.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES:

• General office environment with each day spent at a desk or meeting with cross-functional teams.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, bend, reach, walk.
• On-site, in-person
• Travel -less than 25% of the time.

TOTAL REWARDS:

Compensation: Compensation will be commensurate with the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as alignment with market data and internal comps.

Salary Range: $160,000-$210,000 per year. Compensation will also include a short-term and long-term incentive plan.

Additional Compensation: Participation in a Company sponsored variable compensation plan.

Benefits Available: Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance, 401(k) matching, Short and Long-Term Disability, Group Life/AD&D Insurance, Employee Assistance Program, Will and Trust Preparation Services, Travel Assistance Services, 10 paid holidays per year (set by company), 20 days FTO (Flexible Time Off) accrued evenly throughout the year and other ancilliary benefits.

Voluntary Benefits: Life, AD&D, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Legal Services, FSA for Dependent Care, Health Savings Account, and other Supplemental Options.

Additional Benefits: Paid Parental Leave, Continuing Education, Dependent Care, and Wellness Reimbursements.

In-Situ Inc. builds world-class environmental monitoring instruments ... and world-class careers!

• Please apply at https://in-situ.com/about/careers/ if above qualifications are met.
• Please, no phone calls about this job.
• Principals only. Recruiters, please do not contact this job poster.
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age over 40, genetic information, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.