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Follett Software

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1983

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

📚 Education

Consulting • Logistics • Education

Follett Software is a company providing a suite of integrated technology solutions designed to streamline processes and enhance resource management in educational institutions, such as schools and districts. These solutions include software for library management, student information systems, resource management, device management, and facilities management, all aimed at improving efficiency and boosting student success. The company also offers extensive support services including consulting, implementation, and training to ensure customers get the most value from their software subscriptions. By optimizing resource management and data utilization, Follett Software empowers educators to focus on student education and growth.

📋 Description

• The Senior Director, Software Development is responsible for leading the engineering organization for Follett Software’s library portfolio. • This role brings together engineering leadership across multiple library products and shared platform capabilities. • The Senior Director provides strategic and operational leadership across the full software development lifecycle. • They will lead development managers and engineers responsible for delivering secure, scalable, and reliable software. • This leader partners closely with Product, Design, QA, Cloud Engineering, Technical Support, and customer-facing teams to translate business priorities into engineering execution. • They drive technical strategy and architectural modernization while balancing product innovation, platform stability, customer commitments, and operational excellence across all the library suite.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. • 12+ years of software development leadership experience, including significant experience in senior engineering leadership roles with responsibility for multiple teams and/or product lines. • Proven success leading large or multi-product engineering functions, including direct reports who are themselves people leaders. • Strong experience delivering and supporting commercial software products in a SaaS, web application, or hybrid software environment. • Strong technical foundation in modern software engineering practices and sufficient depth to credibly guide teams working across diverse technology stacks, including Java, J2EE, .Net and service integrations, SQL Server, JavaScript, Git-based workflows, and Jira or similar development tools. • Experience leading modernization efforts in environments that include legacy technologies such as Java, J2EE, .Net, JBoss, WildFly, SQL, jQuery, or third-party UI frameworks, while moving teams toward more scalable and maintainable approaches. • Familiarity with Azure or comparable cloud platforms, CI/CD practices, automated testing, release management, and secure software development principles. • Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution in a fast-paced, multi-product environment. • Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence across functions, communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences, and lead through change. • Experience setting direction through metrics, managing budgets and resources, and making data-informed decisions. • Strong judgment, emotional intelligence, and a track record of building healthy, accountable, high-performing teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work, • Subsidized healthcare plans, • Company-paid disability and life insurance, • Robust Paid Time Off, • Retirement savings with employer match, • Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care, • Optional supplemental coverages, • Meaningful recognition and tangible rewards