Director of Engineering
Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: April 26, 2024
Job Description:
Job Title:Director of EngineeringLocation:Los AngelesWhat you'll
do:The Director of Engineering role is to assure the successful
execution of the company's business mission through development and
deployment of the company's information technology. This requires
envisioning the company's service offerings through
technology-based delivery channels, leading implementation of
applications, and planning for risk and growth.What we are looking
for: ResponsibilitiesStrategy & Planning
- In partnership with the Company's senior management, identify
opportunities and risks for enhancing/delivering the company's
services through electronic delivery channels, including
identification of competitive services, opportunities for
innovation, and assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical
hurdles to the business success.
- Evaluate and identify appropriate technology platforms for
delivering the company's services.
- Innovate new products and services for the firm based on a deep
understanding of how the business works.
- Lead strategic planning to achieve business goals by
identifying and prioritizing development initiatives and setting
timetables for the evaluation, development, and deployment of all
technology-based services.
- Collaborate with the appropriate departments to assess and
recommend technologies that support company organizational
needs.
- Support the development and execution of an enterprise-wide
information security plan that protects the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of the company's data and servers.
- Support the development and execution of an enterprise-wide
disaster recovery and business continuity plan.Implementation &
Deployment
- Select and manage company staff or outsourced vendors who will
design and implement screens and web pages conforming to web
standards.
- Select/define the company's software development
methodology.
- Establish a specification conformance and testing regimen based
on user stories and the User Experience design.
- Review current best practices for the selected web framework
and establish the architecture for the applications.
- Ensure that coding standards and development procedures
incorporate best practices in IT Security, such as OWASP Top Ten
and other security standards.
- Ensure that the company's network and IT infrastructure are
designed with industry-level security standards of data protection
and defenses against intrusion and malware.
- Establish and supervise the software development process,
setting objectives and assessing progress as defined by the
selected software development methodology.
- Conduct code reviews and specification conformance testing as
defined by the selected software development methodology.
- Select, deploy, and monitor performance profiling tools and
procedures.
- Establish an application deployment process and ensure the
deployment to staging and production servers.
- Ensure that application performance is monitored and review any
application failures in staging or production.Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to envision web-based services that meet
consumer needs or solve business problems.
- 10+ years' experience managing application development by
senior developers.
- 10+ years' experience in Enterprise software development.
- Demonstrated experience designing and building large-scale,
multi-user database systems in desktop, stateless and mobile
environments.
- Demonstrated experience designing and building scalable
enterprise applications. Hands-on experience coding.
- Familiar with multiple software development methodologies, most
importantly, Agile.
- Ability to discern user requirements and develop
specifications.
- Expert level skills in the following technologies: Object
Oriented Development, C#, MySQL (designing and administrating),
HTML, CSS and JavaScript, React, jQuery, JSON, API frameworks,
Microsoft Azure DevOps, Amazon Web Services, network design and
implementation, infrastructure, and application security
- Strong financial systems background/experience
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Deep expertise in information security vulnerabilities and risk
management.
- Knowledge of data privacy requirements.
- Exposure to business theory, business process development,
governance processes, management, budgeting, and administrative
operations.
- Personal Attributes
- Self-starter attitude that can identify the problem, envision a
solution, sell the concept and inspire the creation.
- Ability to mentor, lead by example and inspire even the most
senior developers.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical
audiences.
- Exceptionally self-motivated and directed.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving
abilities.
- Exceptional service orientation.
- Ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative
environment.Compensation: Salary range for new hires is generally
$172,634.00 - $213,254.00 for Santa Monica, CA. Salary range for
new hires is generally $172,634.00 - $213,254.00 for Los Angeles,
CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In
addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives
earned and restricted stock.Benefits you'll love:We offer all the
important things you'd want - like competitive salaries, an
ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time
off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an
employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition,
you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge,
learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and
manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to
help grow your career!About the company:Western Alliance Bank is a
wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation.
Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of
Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank
are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome
Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.Western Alliance
Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider
all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color,
religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected
veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic
information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to
working with and providing reasonable accommodations for
individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a
disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any
part of the application process and/or need an alternative method
of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call
602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact
information and state the nature of your accessibility issue. We
will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a
reasonable accommodation in the application process.-- Western
Alliance Bancorporation
Keywords: Disability Solutions, Lynwood , Director of Engineering, Executive , Los Angeles, California
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