Director of Software Engineering at Acuity leading AI - enabled digital commerce platform development and transforming user experience with modern architecture.
About the role
- Staff Engineer designing and building cloud native Content Management Systems for GEICO. Collaborating on software solutions that enhance performance and drive innovation with a resilient architecture.
Responsibilities
- Scope, design, and build scalable and resilient software solutions amongst diverse engineering groups
- Utilize object-oriented languages, Java, SQL, and NoSQL databases, Container Orchestration services including Docker and Kubernetes, and a variety of Azure tools and services
- Perform engineering design evaluations and code reviews with peers to elevate the quality of engineering across the organization
- Manage day-to-day activities of the engineering teams overseeing execution of software development projects against delivery commitments
- Seek ways to simplify and standardize designs, operations, and deployment plans, focusing on reducing complexity and providing performance, agility, and scalability
- Responsible for production operations support and ensuring availability, stability, and performance of production applications
- Collaborate with cross-functional organizations throughout the entire software lifecycle to ensure technology and roadmap alignment
- Manage projects and processes to keep the team organized, efficient, and optimally running
- Set, manage, and report KPIs to measure progress and facilitate data-driven decision making
- Responsible for evaluating and driving new technology and Open-Source software considerations
- Research and guide architectural level changes that support and enhance application performance, security, and our drive to innovate
- Mentor and manage engineering peers to help share the necessary skills to perform their jobs and develop their professional careers
Requirements
- Strong understanding of headless CMS architectures and open-source solutions with experience in JavaScript, React, PostgreSQL and NGINX
- Strong background in delivering digital - web products at scale
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, platforms, and technologies
- Advanced understanding of monitoring concepts and tooling
- Ability to prioritize and drive results based on business value to the organization
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
- Experience designing flexible, scalable, high-availability Cloud native applications
- Experience architecting and designing new and current systems
- Experience delivering CMS solutions using Contentful, Strapi, Storyblok, or AWS Amplify is desired
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, Release Management, and Configuration Management processes tooling
- Understanding of data modeling and AI concepts is desired
- Strong critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent verbal/written communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate to both senior leadership and highly technical personnel
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
- 8+ years of professional software development experience and/or solutions engineering experience with technologies such as Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Golang, Docker, Kubernetes, or Terraform.
- Must have recent hands-on experience with developing or designing cloud solutions
- 4+ years of experience in open-source frameworks
- 3+ years of experience with architecture and design
- 3+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, or another cloud service
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
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