Jabil is hiring a Director, Software Development Engineering

Jabil is hiring a Director of Software Development Engineering to contribute to transformative growth within the Intelligent Infrastructure division. You will apply innovative approaches to solve problems in a large-scale software production environment and be responsible for the end-to-end architecture, definition, development, and production deployment of software applications and infrastructure across multiple customers and manufacturing regions.

What You'll Do

• Attract, hire, onboard, lead, coach, mentor, and inspire the software development team.
• Ensure execution discipline and engineering rigor are applied to all technical program deliverables.
• Make key decisions regarding quality and features that impact customer experience.
• Influence individuals, teams, and executives to deliver programs within schedule, scope, and budget.
• Understand how technical decisions impact the broader business, factories, and customers to lead to optimized outcomes.
• Communicate complex issues in simple, actionable terms at all organizational levels.
• Develop, grow, and maintain healthy interpersonal relationships with peers, team members, leadership, customers, and partners.
• Establish clear, measurable goals and objectives for individual and team results.
• Provide operational and development support for manufacturing test software deployed at production facilities.
• Oversee definition and collaboration on overall test framework, infrastructure, and application architectures.
• Create and maintain a multi-year roadmap for all software deliverables, major feature releases, and technology inflections.
• Enable a development framework for creating behavioral and high-level software design specifications.
• Establish and maintain best practices for high-quality software development and sustaining activities.
• Contribute to and improve software build methodology, procedures, and environment.

What We're Looking For

• BS degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10-15+ years experience in a software development/test capacity with enterprise server, storage, or networking products.
• 4+ years people management experience.
• Prior experience directly managing software development teams.
• Experience managing remote, multi-national, and geographically dispersed development teams.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices for the complete software development life cycle.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing Agile, CI/CD, and SDLC processes.
• Hands-on expertise in building and maintaining DevOps pipelines and tooling, including Azure DevOps, Docker, and Ansible.
• Knowledge/expertise in Python, Ruby, BASH, Expect.
• Linux development experience with a solid understanding of its fundamentals and internal architecture.
• Well-versed in VMware, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of large-scale distributed systems in practice, including multi-tier architectures, application security, monitoring, and storage systems.
• Experience with front-end and back-end Web UI and common web APIs (REST, XML-RPC).
• Experience with application integration using web services.
• Prior experience with code versioning tools (Git preferred).
• Working knowledge of AWS cloud services, including but not limited to AWS Bedrock, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and S3.
• Domestic and/or International travel, up to 20%, may be required.

Nice to Have

• MS degree preferred.
• C, C++, Java experience a plus.
• Familiarity with Large Language Model (LLM) integration and AI-Ops practices to enhance system automation and business outcomes preferred.

Technical Stack

• Languages & Scripting: Python, Ruby, BASH, Expect, C, C++, Java
• Platforms & Infrastructure: Linux, VMware, Docker, Kubernetes
• DevOps & Tools: Azure DevOps, Ansible, Git
• APIs & Services: REST, XML-RPC
• AWS Cloud: AWS Bedrock, AWS IAM, AWS S3

Team & Environment

You will be part of the Intelligent Infrastructure division, leading software development teams.

Benefits & Compensation

• Compensation: $167,600 - $301,600
• Competitive Base Salary
• Annual Bonus
• Long Term Incentives
• Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options
• 401K Match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
• Commuter Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• Adoption Assistance
• Community Volunteer Opportunities
• Short-term incentive based on performance
• Paid parental leave
• Company-paid holidays

Work Mode

This is a hybrid position. Preferred locations include Austin, TX, or Remote US.

Jabil is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.