Director of Software Engineering, Enterprise

Director of Software Engineering, Enterprise Systems

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

1. Technology Strategy & Delivery

• Define and execute the engineering strategy and roadmap for

  Enterprise Systems

• Drive architectural decisions that ensure scalability, reliability, security, and extensibility across

  large distributed systems

  .
• Ensure predictable, high-quality delivery of enterprise features and enhancements.
  
• Champion integration and interoperability between platforms
  
• Drive best practices in

  distributed system design, observability, DevSecOps, and regulatory compliance

  .
• Partner cross-functionally to align enterprise system investments with business outcomes.
  

2. People & Organizational Leadership

• Recruit, develop, and retain

  world-class engineering talent

  , building diverse and inclusive distributed teams.
• Mentor and grow both engineering managers and ICs, establishing clear career paths and leadership development opportunities.
  
• Foster a culture of autonomy, accountability, psychological safety, and continuous learning.
  
• Strengthen engineering processes (e.g., technical design reviews, onboarding, knowledge sharing) to enable scale and consistent delivery.
  
• Establish Ethos as a

  destination for top engineering talent

  by shaping a strong internal and external technology brand.

Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of senior engineering leadership experience in high-growth or enterprise-scale organizations.
  
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping

  large-scale, distributed, and mission-critical systems

  .
• Proven success managing teams of

  15+ engineers

  , including both ICs and managers.
• Deep expertise in

  cloud-native architectures

  (AWS or equivalent), multi-region deployments, distributed databases, and event-driven systems.
• Experience designing and scaling

  secure, high-throughput APIs

  and real-time data pipelines.
• Hands-on knowledge of

  observability practices

  (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting) to ensure reliability and proactive incident response.
• Proven experience with

  data management at scale

  (transactional integrity, policy lifecycle data models, customer privacy, regulatory compliance).
• Familiarity with

  enterprise integration patterns

  (service mesh, messaging queues, workflow orchestration, API gateways).
• Demonstrated ability to

  implement DevSecOps practices

  across distributed teams.
• Skilled at balancing

  long-term platform investments and immediate business needs

  .
• Bonus: Experience with

  insurance-grade systems

  such as policy administration platforms or regulated customer portals.