Director, Software Engineering Hybrid - Portland, OR
Energy SolutionsPortland, Oregon
Full Time
Posted December 16, 2025
$145k - $170k
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Job Description
A strategic leadership role overseeing the software engineering department at Energy Solutions, responsible for managing multiple teams, setting technical direction, ensuring best practices, and delivering scalable, secure software solutions to support energy efficiency programs and environmental impact initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage multiple software engineering teams, fostering 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 scalable, modular, and high-performance systems.
- Promote and implement modern engineering practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, and small frequent commits.
- Collaborate with data teams and downstream 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 to modernize software ecosystems.
- Oversee the full software development lifecycle, maintaining standards for code quality, testing, and documentation.
- Ensure security controls, compliance standards, and data protection protocols are followed across projects.
- Monitor delivery timelines, mitigate risks, and manage stakeholder expectations to ensure on-time, within-budget delivery.
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 engineers.
- 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 is highly preferred.
- Experience shipping SaaS or PaaS products.
- 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.
- Ability to collaborate with product owners, project managers, business analysts, and business partners to ensure client deliverables are shipped on time and within budget, managing stakeholder expectations regarding technical feasibility, timelines, and scope.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering (preferred).
- Hands-on experience or theoretical knowledge of Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM) integration in enterprise software (preferred).
- Ability to manage a department of approximately 35 software developers across multiple platforms.
- Ability to lead organizational strategy, team management, resource allocation, technical architecture, and operational delivery.
- Willingness to work onsite at one of the company’s offices at a minimum of 1 day per week (currently Wednesdays) with flexibility for additional days.
- Must be authorized to work in the U.S. and pass a background check, drug screening, and other pre-employment requirements.
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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