Director of Engineering

🔥 36 minutes ago

🏈 Alabama, Arizona, +29 more states – Remote

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💵 $207.4k - $229k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🖥 Software Engineer

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Nava

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🏛️ Government

☁️ SaaS

🌍 Social Impact

Government • SaaS • Social Impact

Nava is a public-benefit technology company that designs, builds, and operates modern digital services and open-source software for federal, state, and local government agencies. Nava focuses on improving public benefit delivery—such as unemployment insurance, SNAP, Medicaid, grants, and veteran services—by creating human-centered, resilient systems that scale to millions of users and reduce manual work for government staff. The company also develops tools and pilots AI-enabled solutions to streamline verification and program administration while partnering with agencies to modernize legacy infrastructure and improve outcomes for beneficiaries.

📋 Description

• Lead, hire and develop engineering teams, building strong leadership capability and supporting long-term career growth • Own outcomes across a portfolio of client engagements, ensuring consistent execution, visibility into risks and high-quality outcomes • Provide technical leadership across teams, shaping strategies to address client challenges and deliver scalable, sustainable solutions • Engage directly with client stakeholders as needed to align on priorities, navigate ambiguity and build durable partnerships • Drive decision-making across competing priorities, balancing delivery timelines, technical quality and team sustainability • Strengthen engineering practices and standards across system design, quality, reliability and execution • Collaborate across engineering, program management and the broader organization to plan work, manage tradeoffs and resolve dependencies • Support business development through technical strategy, proposal input and identifying growth opportunities within existing engagements • Foster a supportive, collaborative and high-performing engineering culture

🎯 Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, including leadership of engineering teams • 5+ years of experience as a manager of managers, leading multiple engineering teams • Experience leading multiple engineering teams with responsibility for delivery outcomes across a 50+ engineering organization, driving alignment and technical direction across teams • Proven ability to deliver complex, ambiguous work, balancing technical quality, team development and strategic priorities • Experience owning delivery outcomes across multiple teams or initiatives, with clear accountability for quality, execution and results • Experience influencing or shaping technical strategy across teams, driving alignment and consistency in approach • Experience leading organizational or operational change, improving processes, structures or ways of working • Strong technical judgment, with the ability to raise the bar on system design, reliability and engineering practices across teams • Ability to operate effectively in constrained environments, navigating ambiguity, stakeholder complexity and evolving requirements

🏖️ Benefits

• Health coverage — comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to support your overall health needs • Insurance coverage — Nava provides disability, life, and accidental death insurance at no cost • Time off — vacation, holidays (including Juneteenth), and floating holidays to rest and recharge • Company holidays — enjoy 12 paid federal holidays each year on top of your regular PTO • Annual bonus — when Nava meets its goals, eligible employees receive a performance-based annual bonus • Parental leave — paid time off for new parents, plus weekly meals delivered to your home • Wellness program — full platform offering physical, mental, & emotional health resources & support tools • Virtual care — see doctors online with no copay through UnitedHealthcare’s virtual visit program • Sabbatical leave — earn extended unpaid leave after continuous service for personal growth or rest • 401(k) match — Nava matches 4% of your salary to support your retirement savings plan • Flexible work — remote-first environment with flexibility built around your schedule and responsibilities • Home office setup — company laptop & setup assistance provided via Staples for remote work needs • Utility support — monthly reimbursement to help offset eligible home office utility expenses • Learning opportunities — internal training programs and resources to help grow your professional skills • Development opportunities — LinkedIn Learning access & an annual allowance for courses, tuition, & certs • Referral bonus — get rewarded when you refer great people who join the Nava team • Commuter benefits — pre-tax commuter programs to support in-office travel when applicable • Supportive culture — A collaborative and remote-friendly team environment where people genuinely care