Position Summary:

As Director of Technology (Software Engineering), you will be responsible for developing next generation software products, tools, and capabilities. A successful candidate will have a strong background in software engineering (development, quality assurance, data capture and transformation), software development methodologies, and project management. As a leader with excellent communication skills, you will be responsible for 6 – 8 direct reports and an overall organization of 50+ IT professionals.

Job Responsibilities:

• Own and deliver your product roadmap

• Participate and improve software development processes and delivery, such as software design review, code review, code coverage, automation, performance, and monitoring

• Attract, retain, and motivate high performing engineering teams to continuously innovate, improve and think differently

• Setting and executing the short to long term vision for software engineering teams to support ALLDATA’s technology applications

• Leverage partnership with ALLDATA and AutoZone head quarter (HQ) in the USA and collaborate with IT/business partners to maximize achievement of business goals

• Cultivate an environment where all employees respect and adhere to ALLDATA values of putting customer first and striving for exceptional performance

• Effectively resolve technical or operational impediments impacting project/product delivery, systems performance/effectiveness, or general IT Operations and Infrastructure

• Participate as a member of the IT management team in functional activities such as planning, budgeting, special projects, and other initiatives

Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, Master’s degree preferred

• At least 10+ years of hands-on Software Development experience in Java/Javascript technologies building full stack applications, with at least five years as a Manager leading multiple engineering teams. Experience with Mongo, SOLR, Oracle required

• You have demonstrated success building highly reliable, scalable, and maintainable software products. Specific Experience around SaaS and API’s Architecture desirable

• Experience with Agile development

• Experience influencing others, advocating for technical excellence while being open to change

• You are resilient, comfortable in ambiguous situations with the ability to approach challenges from multiple perspectives and can make decision quickly after considering competing viewpoints