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Goodwin Recruiting
Director of Software Engineering
$180,000
- $200,000
Atlanta, GA, United States
Remote or hybrid
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Description
This is a senior leadership opportunity for a builder who enjoys bringing order to complexity while keeping momentum high. You will lead a growing engineering organization that supports multiple consumer-facing products built on large, fast-moving data systems
Director of Software Engineering Benefits and Compensation:
Total compensation range: $180,000–$200,000
Health, dental, and vision insurance through Aetna
Company covers the majority of the base employee plan cost
15 days of paid time off annually (vacation, personal, and sick)
Paid major holidays
401(k) with full 4% company match
100% of the first 3% and 50% of the next 2%
Fully vested immediately upon contribution
Benefits begin the first of the month following your start date
401(k) eligibility begins 30 days after start date
Hybrid or remote work option with preference for Eastern or Central time zones
Director of Software Engineering Requirements & Qualifications
Must haves:
8+ years of professional software engineering experience with 3–5+ years in technical leadership
Proven ownership of system architecture across multi-product environments
Deep experience with AWS including RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, VPC, S3, and IAM
Strong command of TypeScript, Node.js, React, and React Native
Hands-on expertise with high-volume data systems:
PostgreSQL performance tuning and schema design
OpenSearch indexing and scaling
MongoDB document modeling
Experience designing and stabilizing ETL pipelines, ingestion workflows, and distributed job systems
Demonstrated accountability for uptime, reliability, observability, and incident prevention
Ability to lead engineers of mixed seniority while setting clear standards and expectations
Comfortable remaining hands-on roughly 20–30% of the time through code reviews, prototyping, and incident triage
Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate technical risk into plain English
Director of Software Engineering Preferred Background & Skills
Nice to have:
Experience supporting mobile applications at scale
Background in high-data-volume consumer products
Experience scaling shared databases or leading database separation initiatives
Familiarity with marketplace, pricing data, or collectible-related platforms
History of introducing structure without slowing teams down
Leadership style that earns trust through clarity, competence, and follow-through
Role tech stack
MongoDB
PostgreSQL
Node.js
React
Goodwin Recruiting
Director of Software Engineering
$180,000 - $200,000
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