About the role

  • Director of Software Engineering leading and growing engineering teams at Bolt On Technology. Focusing on technical and people leadership in automotive software solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and senior engineers across 3 teams (career growth, feedback, performance, hiring).
  • Own execution across multiple parallel initiatives: planning, sequencing, dependencies, delivery predictability, and risk management.
  • Partner closely with Product, Design, Support/Operations, and leadership to translate business priorities into technical roadmaps.
  • Ensure a healthy engineering system: SDLC, code review standards, CI/CD, reliability, incident management, and operational excellence.
  • Drive technical strategy with architects/tech leads: system design, scalability, security, and tech debt management.
  • Improve communication and alignment: clear status reporting, stakeholder updates, and transparent tradeoffs.
  • Build a strong team culture centered on accountability, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Proven experience managing multiple teams (ideally 2–4+) in a software engineering organization.
  • Strong technical background (you can dive into architecture, review designs, and challenge assumptions).
  • Excellent communication skills—able to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Experience building and scaling engineering processes (planning, estimation, release management, quality practices).
  • Track record of hiring and developing high-performing teams (including managers).
  • Ability to balance speed and quality, and make clear tradeoffs under changing priorities.
  • Experience with integrations (APIs, partner systems, data imports/exports), multi-tenant SaaS, and enterprise reporting.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Company-paid life insurance
  • Flexible schedules
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Volunteer Time Off
  • Sick leave
  • Parental leave
  • 9 company-paid holidays

Job title

Director of Software Engineering

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$170,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

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