Associate Director, Software Engineering

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Business: GTS Technology

Job ID: 41788

Principal responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery for enterprise software products, ensuring predictable outcomes across scope, timeline, quality, and risk
• Drive technical design (microservices/layered/DDD), ensuring resilience, performance, and maintainability
• Lead enterprise migration program (re-host/re-platform/re-factor), including dependency management, cutover planning, and rollback strategy
• Oversee database and data model design, performance tuning, and data consistency patterns
• Build and develop engineering teams: hiring, coaching, performance management, and succession planning
• Identify and pilot practical GenAI use cases (e.g., developer productivity, knowledge retrieval), ensuring safe and compliant adoption

Knowledge & Experience/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline
• 15+ years of software development experience; 8+ years of technology leadership/people management experience
• Strong Java skills; deep experience with Spring Boot and Spring Cloud
• Proven expertise in enterprise API development and governance
• Demonstrated technical design experience with strong documentation capability
• Strong database design skills (primarily relational), including indexing, transactions, and performance optimization
• Proven experience delivering enterprise migration program (application/platform/data), including cutover risk control
• Foundational GenAI knowledge and the ability to translate it into practical, governed use cases

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Kubernetes, API Gateway experience
• Distributed systems experience (messaging, caching, rate limiting, circuit breaking, idempotency, consistency patterns)
• DevSecOps practices, observability platform implementation, and production resilience engineering
• Hands-on exposure to GenAI toolchains (e.g., RAG, vector search, prompt engineering, evaluation and governance)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions to complex challenges
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

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