Volarisgroup is looking for a Director, Engineering to own the performance and evolution of our global engineering organization. This senior leadership role reports to the General Manager and is accountable for the division's P&L, technical direction, and delivering sustainable, capital-efficient growth for our profitable, remote-first company.
What You'll Do
- Manage and coach a team of DevOps, software development, and QA engineers located in Canada and India.
- Define and drive the technological vision with the General Manager and Leadership Team.
- Shape, articulate, and execute the R&D strategy in conjunction with Product strategy.
- Collaborate with Product Management to validate Engineering release schedules based on approved priorities.
- Oversee system administration of Jira for the Engineering division.
- Assign and support all engineering assignments, tracking against the Roadmap and aligning with priority shifts.
- Constantly assess and monitor Engineering division performance, proactively improving KPIs and performance ratios.
- Provide monthly reports outlining Engineering performance (R&D ratio/trend, defects, backlog, productivity, capacity, and challenges).
- Define and direct the adoption of team-wide standards for development practices and processes.
- Oversee the DevOps function for self-hosted server infrastructure powering global app access.
- Oversee the delivery of a refactoring project involving machine learning, big data ingestion, and algorithmic forecasting.
- Collaborate with leadership to address escalated customer issues and delivery concerns.
- Complete an annual strategy planning exercise for Engineering as part of the company-wide Strategy Plan.
- Recommend process improvements for people management, technology management, and metric outcomes.
- Oversee Cybersecurity and IT to ensure secure, reliable, and compliant operations.
- Manage IT operations including user accounts, software/license costs, and company devices.
What We're Looking For
- A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or 10 years of relevant software development leadership experience including managing software system deployments.
- Experience leading a team of 8+ engineers and DevOps staff.
- Experience solving complex business solutions with technology.
- Experience with AI-first design and development practices.
- Proven success driving growth, profitability, and process efficiencies within a technology company or division.
- Minimum of 4 years successfully delivering a mixture of small, medium, and large software project deliverables.
- Ability to translate customer requirements into functional specifications.
- Ability to manage and adhere to a change management process to control scope and ensure profitability.
- Ability to drive quality UI front-end development.
- Management of budgets, including personnel investment planning and hardware investments.
- Deep knowledge of DevOps and hosting practices to manage a multi-continent platform.
- Proven experience building machine learning models at scale, e.g., millions of data points per day.
- Strong analytical skills combined with a strategic, action-oriented mindset.
- High energy and sense of urgency.
- Ability to travel occasionally (< 5%).
Technical Stack
- Generative AI Models (Claude, GPT, etc.)
- Java, Javascript/Typescript, React, SQL
- Linux/Unix
- Cloud computing platform knowledge, e.g., AWS
Team & Environment
You will lead a team of DevOps engineers, software development, and QA engineers located in Canada and India. This role reports directly to the General Manager and partners closely with the company's Leadership Team.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in Canada and India.
Volarisgroup is an equal opportunity employer.
