Director of Software Engineering (Remote)

The physical location for the candidate selected must be within the contiguous United States and preferably on either CST or EST zones.  

WHO WE ARE

Susan G. Komen brings a 100% virtual working environment, and you can work anywhere within the U.S. We are a force united by a promise to end breast cancer forever. For over 40 years, we've led the way funding groundbreaking research, community health initiatives and advocacy programs in local communities across the U.S. Susan G. Komen is the ONLY organization that addresses breast cancer on multiple fronts such as research, community health, global outreach, and public policy initiatives to make the biggest impact against this disease.

Komen strives to have a culture of passionate, growth-minded professionals who thrive in a team environment and work collaboratively to inspire greatness in others!  We take an ongoing approach to ensure open communication from all levels throughout the organization. It is encouraged to give and receive feedback to ensure two-way accountability with a focus on continual improvement both personally and professionally!

What you will be doing in the role of Director, Software Engineering 

Susan G. Komen is looking for a Director of Software Engineering to lead a full stack development team of architects, developers, and administrators.  The Director is a hands-on leader with a background managing a development team leveraging a modern technology stack consisting of data, application, and front-end frameworks, also responsible for the administration of back-end, application, web, & mobile assets.  The ideal candidate is an energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive team leader who positively and productively impacts both strategic and tactical initiatives.  

This Director brings a history of delivering multiple concurrent initiatives, & managing the people, project, technology, & financial resources to build and maintain the database, middle tier, API, web and mobile applications of a well-established enterprise.  This role will lead & collaborate on projects with other development & technical resources, product managers, project managers & subject matter experts to design, develop & maintain best in class web interfaces.  The candidate must have a strong attention to detail and serve as both a leader & team player fostering a constructive attitude towards delivering business solutions.  The Director will be responsible for adhering to the SDLC to update the current online applications, as well as developing and implementing a usability testing process to ensure that new and modified applications and platforms meet the company’s requirements. 

What you will bring to the table 

• Strategic thinking with a passion for creating a vision, developing a strategic plan, & turning it into reality. 
• Ability to develop marketing architecture & technical architecture artifacts of proposed platforms, applications, tools, solutions, and projects, and present to senior leadership in the technology, business, and financial areas. 
• Lead architecture discussions, drive technical decisions, participate in feature development and product roadmap planning. 
• Deliver multiple concurrent projects and contribute through all project phases, from brainstorming to deployment, and ensure Agile development best practices are adhered to across the team and deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements. 
• Represent departmental SDLC and adhere to development and deployment best practices leading code reviews, code analysis tools, CI / CD pipelines, and site monitoring to ensure 24 / 7 uptime performance across a variety of Komen properties and our constituents. 
• Manage and motivate technical resources on a day-to-day basis. 
• Passionate about leading a team that brings architectural designs to life. 
• Manages the operations of the IT asset and inventory management function.  
• Manages the maintenance of records and databases containing information regarding licenses, warranties, and service agreements for the organization's hardware and software. Minimizes organizational cost through product standardization and tracking. Tracks quality throughout the product lifetime. 
• Affinity for application / web security. 
• Drive exploration and adoption of existing technology tools and emerging technologies. 
• Comfort using ticket-based technical project management (e.g., Jira and Asana). 
• Work collaboratively with strategy and creative teams, web designers, and integration partners to seamlessly configure and integrate donation mechanisms and clearly communicate with all stakeholders while recognizing potential risks and opportunities to obtain the best results. 
• Partner with Marketing, Design, and Product Management teams to create technology solutions to support the Komen Mission, manage multiple bodies of work, align against business goals and audience, determine user and system requirements for new data sources, applications, APIs, and websites, prioritize development tasks, set roadmaps, provide sizing and delivery estimates, ensuring high quality brand standards and brand consistency. 
• Administration and development of the Blackbaud P2P (Peer to Peer) fundraising platform.
• Collaborating with designers to create engaging, high-quality, responsive, beautiful digital solutions with smooth interactions, transitions, and animations, which meet business and user needs. 
• Upgrade content, monitor performance and results, optimize applications for responsiveness, ensure compatibility, identify and evaluate improvement options, and introduce creative solutions. 
• Vigilant about technology standards, performance, accessibility, and usability by researching and providing recommendations on services / technologies for various projects. 
• Other duties as assigned, per need of organization. 
• Manage and motivate a diverse team including architects, developers, administrators, and other technical and business focused resources. Ensure that project / department milestones / goals are met and adhered to approved budgets. Has authority for personnel actions. Extensive knowledge of the functional and department processes. 

We know you will have and be able to

• At least 7 years of leading diverse technology development teams consisting of architects, developers, and other technical resources, conducting performance reviews, and influencing the career trajectory of direct reports. 
• At least 7 years of Agile project management experience. 
• Skill in presenting architectural and design, project and budget proposals to senior leadership. 
• Comfort leading JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions. 
• Facilitating requirements gathering techniques such as user stories, use cases, and informal modeling. 
• Fluency with version control, Git flows, and release management tools and practices. 
• History of development and deployment in cloud computing platforms in either MS Azure (preferred) or AWS.
• Significant hands-on experience with and understanding of RDBMS systems such as MS SQL Server (preferred), Oracle, MySQL, or PostgreSQL, as well as NoSQL platforms such as Cosmos DB, DynamoDB, MongoDB, MarkLogic, etc. 
• Extensive background of development experience working with a scripting language, as well as a higher-level language such as C, C++, Java, C# (preferred), or Python. 
• Substantial experience with implementation of RESTful API led connectivity, batch file transaction processing, and message flow orchestration. 
• Background with front-end development in PHP, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress (preferred), React, Angular, Vue, or another complex front-end JavaScript framework. 
• Understanding of caching and performance optimization, as well as troubleshooting cross-browser and cross-platform issues. 
• Work Experience: 7+ years of experience managing a team of database, middle tier, and web technology development teams consisting of architects, developers, programmers, and other technical resources. 
• Education: Computer Science, Information Technology or Engineering degree or other STEM degree, or equivalent professional software engineer experience and expertise.  

We would love if you also have 

• Experience with solving real-world user problems at scale and building user-centered culture. 
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining analytics and marketing scripts, integrations with Salesforce & P2P platforms including Blackbaud. 
• Familiar with social media integration utilizing APIs. 
• Experience working with Google Analytics for Web traffic reporting is highly desirable. 
• Experience with site optimization including SEO, in-page performance, technical audits, and Core Web Vitals. 
• Must have experience utilizing quality assurance / testing procedures to ensure good product delivery. 
• Candidate must be self-motivated & results driven, technology enthusiast, leading in a team-oriented, fast paced, distributed and collaborative environment. 
• Must be an effective multi-tasker with prioritization skills, comfortable directing a team delivering multiple products and projects. 
• Candidates should possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills and interact effectively with both technical and non-technical parties. 
• Candidates must be able to make decisions quickly and work under strict deadlines. 
• Excellent troubleshooting skills, self-motivated, results-driven and well organized. 

So, what's in it for you?

Komen believes in the importance of taking care of our employees so that in turn they can be committed to supporting our critical mission to support those impacted by breast cancer and to help find cures.  This is what Komen provides away from the computer: 

• Competitive salary of $102,000 to $145,000/annual, exact compensation ranges are based on a range of factors including but not limited to the labor market, job level, internal equity, and budget. Offers given will take into consideration the candidate's skills, education, experience, geographic location, and other necessary credentials. 
• Health, dental, vision and a retirement plan with a 6% employer match
• Generous Paid Time Off Plan
• Flexible work arrangement in a fully remote working environment
• Bi-weekly work from home stipend
• Parental leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• A culture of learning and development
• And so much more! 

Komen provides a remote and/or home-based working environment for all active employees. Komen defines remote as the ability to work from any physical location within the U.S. where an employee can perform specified work duties without disruption or distraction. Komen defines home-based roles as positions that are required to reside in a specific market. Work schedules for both remote and home based are determined by the organizational needs of each department. 

Susan G. Komen is fair and equal in all its employment practices for people without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Additionally, we embrace Diverse Teams & Perspective, and we find strength in the diversity of cultural backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.

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