Director of Software Engineering at Acuity leading AI - enabled digital commerce platform development and transforming user experience with modern architecture.
About the role
- Senior Software Engineer leading key initiatives in cloud infrastructure and security. Collaborating with product and engineering teams to enhance platform reliability and maintainability.
Responsibilities
- Design and Implement Core Systems: Build scalable, maintainable services and components
- Enhance Cloud Infrastructure: Develop and evolve AWS-based systems with strong architectural practices
- Automate Security and Quality: Integrate automated testing and security checks directly into the engineering pipeline
- Collaborate Across the SDLC: Work closely with product and engineering teams
- Mentor Engineers: Provide guidance on architecture, design decisions, and engineering best practices
- Drive Technical Evolution: Research and introduce new tools and frameworks
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- deep expertise in Java and Spring
- strong ability to evaluate, select, and apply design patterns
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- solid experience building and maintaining distributed, cloud-based systems (ideally on AWS)
- strong understanding of microservices architecture, service boundaries, API design, and system modularity
- hands-on experience with CI/CD automation
- proficiency with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- solid understanding of security fundamentals
- demonstrated ability to mentor engineers
- experience with incident response and debugging distributed systems
- familiarity with PHP/Laravel, front-end technologies, and SQL/NoSQL databases is a plus
- interest or hands-on experience applying AI/ML or LLM-driven techniques
Benefits
- 401(k) participation
- unlimited Paid Time Off (subject to company policy)
- employee premiums covered in full for medical care
- dental and vision
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