Director of Software Engineering

2 months ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
PrePass

PrePass

PrePass is the top provider of weigh station bypassing, toll payments, and trucking safety software in North America, offering the most bypass opportunities for commercial vehicles to save time, fuel, and money while enhancing transportation safety.

Road & Rail
51-250
Founded 1995

Description

  • Define and execute the engineering vision and roadmap in alignment with company objectives and market opportunities.
  • Partner with executive leadership to shape technology strategy, investment priorities, and long-term platform evolution.
  • Drive innovation initiatives and evaluate emerging technologies to maintain competitive advantage.
  • Establish engineering KPIs and metrics to measure team effectiveness, delivery quality, and operational excellence.
  • Lead offshore, nearshore, and hybrid engineering teams comprised of employees and contractors.
  • Mentor and develop engineering managers and their teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Build and scale engineering teams through strategic hiring, retention strategies, and succession planning.
  • Provide architectural oversight and technical governance across engineering initiatives, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability.
  • Own engineering delivery across multiple product lines, including budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships.
  • Serve as an engineering representative in executive discussions, board presentations, and strategic planning sessions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 15+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 8+ years in engineering leadership roles managing managers.
  • Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams in high-growth, fast-paced environments.
  • Deep expertise in software architecture, system design, and modern development practices.
  • Strong background in cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Experience with distributed systems and API-driven architectures.
  • Experience with enterprise systems integration, high-transaction platforms, and big data technologies.
  • Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
  • Knowledge of middleware, message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ, and event-driven architectures.
  • Experience managing engineering budgets and resource planning.
  • Ability to lead remote nearshore and offshore teams.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting on date of hire.
  • Paid time off including vacation, sick time, holidays, and floating holidays.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) plan with employer match.
  • Company-funded lifestyle account for physical and mental well-being expenses.
  • Tuition reimbursement program.
  • Employee Assistance Program at no cost.
  • Company-wide bonus and commission plans.

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