Director of Software Engineering

As Director of Software Engineering you are responsible for the direction strategy and execution of Engineering and Technology at Aerostrat. You enable the department to develop and maintain the best solutions for customers ensuring Aerostrats applications and services are scalable secure and efficient. This is achieved through project management leadership and the architecting of both the technologies and methodologies used in building solutions. You will also be responsible for building a highly skilled Engineering team through recruiting upskilling mentoring and retention.

The Director of Software engineering is also responsible for the technical coordination of the Information Security Management System (ISMS). You work with management to ensure prioritization of the implementation of the ISMS ensuring its function and periodically auditing it. Additionally this position is also a part of the Information Security Team (IST) acting as the main technical representative and Engineering department representative.

• Partner with the CEO Leadership team and Product team to develop the product and company vision and strategy.
• Create and execute Aerostrats Engineering strategy.
• Clearly communicate Aerostrats technology and Engineering vision and strategy to internal and external stakeholders.
• Set goals that meet the organizations and the Engineering departments needs. These goals should set a high standard of success and draw on the strengths of the team.
• Lead all aspects of the development lifecycle including requirements analysis strategic planning design/architecture execution hosting deployment and maintenance.
• Ensure Aerostrats Engineering team develops strong stable and scalable solutions.
• Build out Aerostrats tech stack and maintain an Engineering hiring and/or staffing plan that develops a strong focused culture and is responsive to Aerostrats needs.
• Recruit interview and onboard top-tier Engineering talent to meet aggressive growth goals.
• Member of the Information Security Team and responsible for Engineerings implementation and compliance.
• Oversight over the implementation of information security controls for production infrastructure.

• You have expert experience in software engineering design development and testing
• You have expert understanding of software security performance globalization and scale
• You have significant experience with many of the following technologies:
  • C#/.NET
  • SQL Server/Azure SQL Databases
  • HTML CSS and JS
  • AngularJS (1.x) or similar frameworks
  • REST APIs and microservices
  • Pipelines such as Webpack
  • WebGL and/or Canvas
• You have significant experience building deploying and supporting B2B cloud solutions on Azure or AWS
• You have significant experience growing upskilling mentoring and retaining a high-performing Engineering team
• You are comfortable interfacing with both prospective and current customers and being the face of the Engineering team
• You are familiar with cybersecurity standards such as ISO 27001 and SOC 2 and will ensure the team is following and complying with these standards and cybersecurity best practices
• You are a self-starter who gets excited about learning and improving anything possible since we are still constantly developing many parts of our engineering stack
• You have a positive attitude and communication style because weve learned that excellent written communication and attitude go a long way for a remote team

• 10 years of software engineering experience in B2B SaaS
• 5 years software engineering leadership
• 5 years of work experience working with Azure or AWS cloud projects and managing the total cost of ownership and/or development
• 5 years of system design experience
• 5 years working directly with customers

• Background in aerospace or maintenance of durable assets.
• Experience building a team and launching new products
• Familiarity with information security and privacy frameworks such as ISO 27001 SOC 2 and GDPR.
• 3 years of HTML/CSS/JS experience and AngularJS framework experience or similar
• 3 years of Python work experience or similar
• 3 years of C# and/or experience or similar
• 3 years of SQL Server Azure SQL SQL experience and/or DBA experience or similar
• 3 years of iDp experience Entra ID experience SAML 2.0 or OIDC experience or similar

• Title:Director of Software Engineering
• Base Salary:$170000 $260000
• Job Type: Full-time; Remote (Within 50 miles of Seattle Preferred)
• Schedule: Monday - Friday; Normal business hours (flexible with manager approval)