Senior Director of Engineering

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November 13

🎸 Tennessee – Remote

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⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

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RegScale

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RegScale overcomes speed, timeliness, and cost effectiveness limitations in legacy GRC by bridging security, risk, and compliance through our Continuous Controls Monitoring platform.

11 - 50 employees

💰 $20M Series A on 2022-08

📋 Description

• Lead the way to fully transition from informal current development practices to modern agile/scrum methodologies with measurable velocity improvements and a rigorous process orientation • Establish and drive KPIs including sprint completion rates, deployment frequency, defect escape rates, code coverage, and technical debt reduction • Implement code quality standards and CI/CD pipelines that enable reliable, secure, and predictable delivery • Monitor pipeline telemetry and outputs to continuously improve software quality, security, and performance • Balance driving new feature development with bug fixes, product stabilization, and strategic technical debt management • Build a high-performing engineering culture through coaching, mentoring, and developing talent • Serve as a player/coach who can help solve the hardest problems with hands on-engineering excellence while conducting knowledge transfer to the team • Make strategic hiring decisions to strengthen team capabilities and address skill gaps • Conduct weekly 1-on-1 sessions focused on growth, removing blockers, and driving accountability • Establish clear performance expectations and provide direct feedback that helps team members excel • Set annual employee goals, conduct performance reviews, and partner with HR on talent management • Troubleshoot complex code issues and guide the team through refactoring efforts • Lead daily Scrum/Stand Up meetings that drive action and accountability • Ensure sprint activities directly support and align with the CEO and Chief Product Officer's vision and product roadmap • Conduct thorough code reviews of Pull Requests in GitHub, enforcing quality standards • Ensure comprehensive documentation is available on regscale.readme.io for customer support • Manage training, travel, and discretionary R&D budgets as approved/delegated by the CPO • Complete additional management duties as assigned by the CEO and CPO

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum of 7 years of progressive software engineering management experience in a technical role • Expert-level knowledge of Agile/Scrum processes (certifications such as CSM, PSM, or SAFe a plus) • Demonstrated experience leading agile/scrum transformations with measurable improvements in team delivery (Jira experience a plus) • Deep experience with modern GitOps, branching strategies, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps processes (GitHub experience a plus) • Strong code review capabilities with ability to ensure quality across multiple programming languages • Understanding of quality metrics, testing strategies, and architectural decisions that reduce technical debt while supporting extreme scale • Proven ability to develop employee goals, provide constructive feedback, and address performance issues • Have a passion for leveraging the latest AI tools to drive developer productivity and engineering effectiveness • Experience making data-driven decisions about team composition and hiring • Strong written and verbal communication skills.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive base salary • Stock options