Senior Director, Software Engineering
Quincy, Massachusetts, Us
Led the entire software engineering department in a high-growth Agile environment delivering industry-agnostic Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and data products centered around Employee Compensation.Built the QA function from the ground up, focusing first on hiring great talent, gaining initial coverage of the most critical areas of the Payfactors platform, and finally integrating the QA engineers into the product development teams.Expanded the Production Support function to alleviate strain and interruption on product development teams.Served as the hiring manager for intern, junior, mid, senior, and principal-level software and test engineers, overseeing phone screening, interview processes, team building/integration, and more during periods of aggressive growth while maintaining a commitment to delivery across multiple Agile product development teams.Built teams quickly while ensuring that every new hire was not only a strong individual contributor but also complemented the team and took the department to the next level as a whole.Worked directly with the Executive Leadership Team (Product Management, Sales, Services, etc.) to build out sustainable processes to see the company through significant growth.Collaborated directly with DevOps and Architecture teams to build out scalable release/deployment processes across multiple Agile product development teams.Provided Agile coaching at the team, department, and organizational levels.Authored internal content around release, development, and Agile processes.Handled licensing negotiations and procurement of software/tools.Maintained a commitment to being of service to a high-growth startup, whether working at a high-level or deep in the weeds.Technology: Angular, ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, SqlServer, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Azure
