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Job Title Director of Engineering

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We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to join our stellar team at Heffernan Insurance Brokers in Abu Dhabi.
Growing your career as a Full Time Director of Engineering is a great opportunity to develop relevant skills.
If you are strong in project management, creativity and have the right personality for the job, then apply for the position of Director of Engineering at Heffernan Insurance Brokers today!

At Macmillan Learning, the health and safety of our employees and contract staff is a top priority. Accordingly, COVID-19 vaccinations will be required for all staff that will be working in a Macmillan Learning office, or have job duties requiring them to travel for work. If offered the role, the candidate will need to provide proof of vaccination in advance of their start date. Employees can request religious and/or medical exemptions to this requirement by following the process outlined in the offer letter.
The Director of Engineering works directly with the Vice President, Engineering and other Department Leads. This Director manages all aspects of the software engineering and testing capabilities for Macmillan Learning. The Director owns the end-to-end product development and support functions for Macmillan including software architecture, design, development, testing, support and maintenance. The Director of Engineering also plays an integral part in all product discovery and development efforts for Macmillan Learning.
The position is eligible for remote employment; it will exclude the following locations: Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Mississippi, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
In conjunction with the VP of Technology and other Department Leads, establish and maintain an SDLC process that supports fast, incremental delivery of products.
Collaborate with product managers, scrum masters, project managers, engineers, testers and designers throughout the product lifecycle.
Contribute strategically and tactically to evolving market-driven, user-centric products and product marketing efforts to ensure our employees, partners and customers remain aware of the value proposition.
Oversee product development from concept to release, as well as during support and maintenance.
In collaboration with the infrastructure team, ensure the technical infrastructure strategy, configuration and management for products is fast, resilient and scalable.
Establish and evolve consistent technology frameworks, platforms, standards and processes that enable developers to implement compelling software.
Develop and implement rigorous and automated software quality testing processes and tools to make software delivery times faster without compromising quality.
Lead regular design reviews and other team-wide design efforts.
Oversee the creation of team deliverables (including architecture and technical design documentation, code, test plans/cases, release plans).
Stay abreast of new and innovative trends in the software development and web development space
Recruit and manage exceptional software and quality assurance engineers.
Mentor development and product teams, providing agile process leadership and direction.
Provide technical direction, guidance, and hands-on management to all team members.
Job requires long periods of close concentration and ability to multi-task in noisy/busy open office environment.
Must be able to travel and work more than 40 hours a week, as needed.
Must be able to sit for long periods of time
Essential Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree
More than 2 years in a leadership capacity within software engineering or software architecture
Experience with distributed systems, large scale system architecture, and product engineering
Experience in distributed computing including work with event-based systems, message oriented middleware, and strong understanding of concurrency
Experience with agile methods and dev ops
Deep experience in a cloud environment
Preferred Qualifications:
Master's degree in Computer Science or other related field
Experience in Education Technology
Understanding of Higher Education Market
Extensive AWS experience
Knowledge of design patterns and architectural patterns
Depth in refactoring and major system reengineering
Experience with 3 or more programming languages at scale
Executive experience in a product engineering capacity
Regular full-time and qualifying part-time employees and their dependents are eligible for Macmillan benefits, effective on the employee's date of hire. Macmillan also offers health benefits coverage to qualifying same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners (may require additional documentation) of active employees.
Competitive pay and bonus plan
Generous Health Benefits (Medical insurance (PPO & EPO through BlueCross BlueShield, HSA through Health Equity), Vision insurance (Blue View Vision), Dental insurance (Cigna))
Contributions to your 401k retirement account through Fidelity
Generous paid time off, sick time, discretionary days. and paid holidays (Cesar Chavez Day, Juneteenth, Indigenous People's Day, and more!)
Employee Assistance Program, Education Assistance Program
100% employer-paid life and AD&D insurance
And much more!
Macmillan Learning is a privately-held, family owned company that improves lives through learning. By linking research to learning practice, we develop pioneering products and learning materials for students that are highly effective and drive improved outcomes. Our engaging content is developed in partnership with the world's best researchers, educators, administrators, and developers. To learn more, please visitmacmillanlearning.comor see us onFacebook,Twitter,LinkedInor join ourMacmillan Community. Macmillan Learning is a division of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, a family-owned global media company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are actively seeking job applicants who reflect a broad representation of differences, including race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, physical ability, neurodiversity, age, veteran, family and economic status and background, geographical background and status, and perspective. We believe that the best companies reflect the incredible diversity in viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities of the world in their staffs, and are committed to inclusive hiring across departments and levels.You can read more about our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion initiatives here.
The successful candidate for this position will be an employee of Bedford, Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC d/b/a Macmillan Learning. Bedford Freeman & Worth Publishing Group, LLC has developed an affirmative action program in compliance with the NY Department of Education's guidance. Portions of the affirmative action program are available for review by applicants and employees by contacting Human Resources at Macmillan Learning.
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