Senior Software Engineering Director

6 days ago


Madison, Wisconsin, United States Exact Sciences Full time

At Exact Sciences, we are at the forefront of revolutionizing cancer prevention, detection, and treatment. We empower patients and clinicians with critical insights to make informed decisions during life's most pivotal moments.

The Senior Software Engineering Director will play a pivotal role in guiding our software engineering team through multiple concurrent initiatives. This leader will collaborate with senior executives to ensure that software projects are undertaken with confidence and minimal oversight. The director will work closely with cross-functional teams to develop and execute a unified software engineering strategy, standards, and technologies that benefit both engineering and business partner organizations.

This leadership position is instrumental in fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, integrity, quality, and teamwork within our organization. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional leadership qualities, including the ability to attract and retain top talent, foster high-performance teams, lead with humility, accountability, and courage, and set a clear vision to energize teams towards the future.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide independent, confident leadership to the software engineering team, ensuring successful project execution and delivery.
  • Combine business priorities and team capabilities with peer functions to execute on project initiatives with minimal guidance.
  • Leverage architectural modeling practices to create detailed deliverables, including functional decomposition, component, and deployment diagrams.
  • Raise engineering capabilities by developing coding, testing, and deployment protocols and best practices.
  • Maintain relationships and transparency with key stakeholders (CEO, COO, Sales, Support, Customers, and Affiliates).
  • Execute project delivery to client satisfaction on time, on budget with quality.
  • Develop and grow software engineering capabilities for the company as we expand product lines and systems integrations.
  • Leverage technical expertise and industry trends to influence business, product strategy, development, and quality engineering best practices.
  • Define and implement engineering standards, including architecture and design principles, database and security standards, documentation standards, coding standards, code-review methodology, and unit-testing methodologies.
  • Ability to lead software development, including knowledge of programming languages, software architecture, and development methodologies like Agile and Scrum.
  • Partner with business and technology teams to prioritize roadmaps and requirements, balancing business needs with capacity and technology constraints.
  • Influence senior engineering and business leaders to drive increased capability through engineering processes and technologies.
  • Effectively manage, support, and guide your team, including delegating tasks and responsibilities, assessing employee performance, and providing helpful feedback and training opportunities.
  • Demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities, including attracting and retaining top talent, fostering a culture of high performance, leading with integrity, humility, accountability, and courage, and setting a clear vision to energize teams towards the future.

About the Role

This position requires a highly skilled and experienced software engineering leader who can bring innovative ideas and solutions to drive the company's success. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in information technology with progressing levels of responsibility and technical skillset. They will also have 5+ years of experience leading or directing people and/or project teams, with a proven track record of delivering large-scale software projects on time, on budget, and with high quality.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of Bachelor's degree.
  • Proficient in core technologies such as Java, JavaScript frameworks like Angular or React, SQL and NoSQL databases, Terraform, messaging brokers like Kafka, and caching technologies.
  • Demonstrated ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
  • Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Salary Range

$174,000 - $277,000

Exact Sciences offers a competitive salary range and comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, paid leave for parents and caregivers, retirement savings plan, wellness support, and health benefits.



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