Director, Software Engineering

Description

The company operates in 200+ countries and territories and provides digital payments services to people, businesses and governments.

This is a Director of Software Engineering role in the Capabilities & Data group within Business & Market Insights. You will lead the Product Acceleration Engineering pillar and work with enterprise teams to set up reusable data and application patterns that make developers more productive, speed up innovation and get products to production sooner.

The group builds the shared data, AI and platform foundations that market-facing teams use to build, scale and distribute products faster. These include interoperable data, reusable AI capabilities and modular platform services.

You will lead an organization of about 15 engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow several engineering teams across product acceleration, platform services, data capabilities and developer enablement.
• Set long and short term roadmaps and measurable KPIs for the Product Acceleration pillar with product management and tech leads.
• Design the operating and organizing model needed to meet Product Acceleration goals, and build several high performing, tightly knit engineering teams.
• Work with enterprise partners to find creative ways through governance and process hurdles that slow time to market.
• Lead, coach and develop engineers and engineering managers across global, cross-functional teams.
• Find, assess and reduce technical risks together with senior technology leaders.
• Build a culture of innovation, experimentation and ongoing technical learning.
• Set a high bar for engineering excellence and raise team performance.
• Manage complex dependencies between teams and align stakeholders.
• Champion agile ways of working so teams can adapt quickly as priorities and insights change.
• Influence senior stakeholders on technology direction and product decisions.
• Plan for future scaling in line with business growth and customer demand.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an engineering leader in an agile environment at production scale.
• Experience managing managers and senior individual contributors, with a strong focus on coaching and mentoring. You help good engineers become great.
• Results driven: you set measurable, data driven goals and hold teams accountable for them.
• Hands-on knowledge of modern technologies, such as AWS (including data and AI/ML services), Databricks, Java, Spring Boot,.NET/C, React, Python, Spark and related cloud-native platforms.
• A track record of defining architecture, design and delivery for large, multi-team systems, with a vision for changing internal systems and operations to support the business.
• A solid technical base and the ability to pick up new technologies quickly.
• Experience improving engineering organizations, structures and delivery processes at scale.
• Ability to bring teams, functions and geographies into technical alignment.
• Good grasp of SDLC methods (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) and when each one fits.
• Clear communication and storytelling, with the ability to influence executive, business and technical audiences.
• Strong analytical thinking and sound decisions in ambiguous, complex settings.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Bonus: experience building common, high-performance, easy-to-use developer frameworks and solutions for cross-cutting concerns.
• You must follow the company's security policies and practices, protect the confidentiality and integrity of the information you access, report any suspected information security violation or breach, and complete all required periodic security training.

Conditions

Hybrid role based in Arlington, Virginia, with three days per week onsite.

Base salary between $195,000 and $323,000 USD for the Arlington, Virginia location.

Assuming the job is performed in the US, the company offers a competitive base salary, and the role may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role.

The base salary offered may vary based on factors such as location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

The role is open now, and the company intends to fill it by 12/14/2026, or as soon as possible if that date has passed.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants regardless of protected characteristics.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability and life insurance.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account.
• 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave.
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time.
• 25 days of vacation and 5 personal days, pro-rated from the date of hire.
• 10 paid U.S. observed holidays each year.
• 401k with a best-in-class company match.
• Deferred compensation for eligible roles.
• Fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities.
• Eligibility for tuition reimbursement.
• Many more benefits are available.
• Interns receive 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, jury duty leave and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.