Director of Software Development

Department: Support

The digital marketing firm, Brandography, is seeking a full-time Director of Software Development. The right individual will serve on the Leadership Team and will directly influence the company’s overall development approach, future strategy, implement changes, and manage the development team while also being hands-on with development projects.

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Who We Are

This senior level position will be presented with opportunities to participate in new platforms and software projects with potential vested interests.

A pragmatic problem solver is needed. An individual who can streamline existing technology and best practices to make the right decisions for our clients and who has an understanding of cost to benefit tradeoffs to avoid unprofitable pitfalls.

Our Ideal Candidate:

Balances their time between being an effective people leader and setting the technical direction in the delivery of some of our most challenging engagements.
Is a strong advocate for your direct reports.
Builds lasting relationships with each of them as you identify the perfect project match for their skills and objectives.
Partners with clients to understand complex technical and functional challenges they are facing.
Takes advantage of emerging technologies at scale.
Participate in new business opportunities as a technical expert, detailing proposals for how we would approach delivery.

Responsibilities Include:

This senior position requires high levels of both leadership and communication skills and will work to ensure efficiency and profitability of development projects while coordinating with Brandography’s design and digital marketing teams.
Representing Brandography both internally and externally in a positive, professional, and capable manner.
Hands-on expertise with APIs, WordPress, PHP languages, Shopify, full stack acumen in AWS tool sets, and ecommerce development. This position will require the ability to jump in and code (up to 40% of the work week) and troubleshoot complex development issues.
Casting a vision for future development approaches and strategies.
Researching opportunities and creating new project scopes and timelines. Identifying scope creep and need for project change orders.
Gaining a clear understanding of client needs and clearly communicating client expectations to team members.
Continually tracking project progress and proactively communicating status to AM’s, PM’s, and/or clients while setting appropriate client expectations and circumventing issues as they arise with effective problem-solving skills.
Manage our dedicated development team for optimal efficiency and profitability including the hiring, onboarding, and offboarding of employees. Ensuring that all development team productivity goals are met. Leading daily standup’s and team meetings.
Growing the development team to expand our capabilities and capacity.
Collaborate with Account Managers to design solutions for our long standing clients.
Overseeing the successful completion of all development tasks and projects ensuring work is completed on time and within budget and collaborating with invoicing team to ensure accurate and timely invoices.
Owning quality assurance process for all development projects ensuring that all deliverables are provided to the client and executed with excellence.
Working closely with Brandography’s leadership team to continue to grow the business.
Mitigate any development team, client, or project issues.
This position will be highly focused on driving client strategy. Building strong client relationships in providing a fabulous customer experience while closely collaborating with other digital marketing teams.
Staying current with ever changing trends in development.

Candidate Qualifications:

10+ years of experience in hands-on software development.
Hands-on expertise with writing APIs, WordPress, PHP languages, Shopify,full stack acumen in AWS tool sets, and ecommerce development.
5+ years in managing technical development projects and teams.
A degree in computer science/marketing or equivalent experience & Leadership or MBA a plus
Quality assurance experience is heavily preferred.

This Describes You:

You execute your job responsibilities with Extreme Ownership. We provide our customers with exceptional services and treat their business as our own.
You are Solution-Oriented. Our team provides pragmatic solutions to fulfill the client’s needs within constraints.
You are Nondramatic. We are open to direct and constructive feedback, but when it comes to drama, “We just don’t.”
You are Hard Working. We strive to be the hardest-working member of our client’s team. Our clients will wish all their employees were like you.
You are Forward-Thinking. Our team is not surprised by tomorrow and continually seeks Mastery of their Discipline.