Director, Software Engineering Hybrid - Portland, OR
Energy SolutionsPortland, Oregon
Full Time
Posted December 16, 2025
$145k - $170k
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Job Description
The role involves leading and managing a software engineering department focused on developing reusable software solutions to support energy efficiency and climate initiatives, while aligning technical strategies with business goals in a hybrid work environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage multiple software engineering teams to foster a culture of accountability and psychological safety.
- Allocate engineering resources effectively between client projects and internal platform development.
- Establish and enforce software architecture standards ensuring scalability, modularity, and performance.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, and small frequent commits.
- Collaborate with data teams and application owners to ensure high-quality, well-structured data and seamless integration.
- Guide the migration of legacy systems and adoption of new libraries or frameworks for modernization.
- Oversee the full software development lifecycle, ensuring quality, testing, documentation, and security compliance.
- Manage stakeholder expectations regarding technical feasibility, timelines, and scope to ensure timely delivery within budget.
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years in software engineering experience, with at least 4 years in a Director or Senior Management role leading teams of 25 or more people.
- Deep roots in the Python ecosystem, with experience building complex applications using Django.
- Strong understanding of relational databases and cloud infrastructure platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Proven ability to influence partners while mentoring and maturing a software engineering team, including supervisors, with effective delegation and communication skills.
- Exceptional ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and clients.
- Experience managing remote or distributed engineering teams.
- Experience working in a Professional Services Consultancy environment and shipping SaaS or PaaS products is highly preferred.
- Ability to oversee the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ensuring standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.
- Ability to establish and enforce security controls, compliance standards, and data protection protocols across all client projects.
- Experience establishing and tracking engineering metrics to drive process improvements, increase velocity, and reduce technical debt.
- Experience collaborating with product owners, project managers, business systems analysts, and business partners to ensure client deliverables are shipped on time and within budget, while managing stakeholder expectations regarding technical feasibility, timelines, and scope.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (preferred but not explicitly required).
- Hands-on experience or theoretical knowledge of Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) integration in enterprise software (preferred).
- Ability to work in a hybrid work environment, with at least 1 day per week onsite attendance at one of the specified office locations.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and pass a background check and drug screening as preconditions of employment.
Benefits & Perks
Salary range of 145,000 to 170,000 USD, with target compensation of 145,000 to 161,000 USD based on experience and qualifications
Hybrid work schedule with a minimum of 1 day onsite per week, currently Wednesdays, with flexibility for other days
Generous retirement package
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Pre-tax contribution plans
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
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