Director of Engineering

Type: Full Time

Location: Austin, TX

As the Director of Engineering, you will guide your teams to drive and manage high-quality execution and operational excellence, as they deliver technology solutions that meet business needs and maximize customer experience, growth and retention. 

Primary Responsibilities

The Director of Engineering has responsibility over multiple teams and technologies. The Director of Engineering will be responsible for driving the conversations that articulate a solution for very complex programs then leading the team that can deliver results.

• Own, manage, and evolve the delivery team’s performance who deliver solutions for a wide variety of internally developed technologies and capabilities supporting internally facing and external customer focused applications, and capabilities in order to improve resiliency, identify root cause, and enable improved customer satisfaction and services
  
  • Manage all phases of software engineering including; requirements, design, coding and testing
  • Manage the implementation product features in collaboration with product managers and stakeholder
  • Lead an Agile / Scrum methodology to deliver high-quality software releases every 2 weeks
  • Build awesome software that changes not just our business but the whole industry
  • Function as a mentor for software engineers, quality engineers, and scrum masters, aiding where needed
• Drive organization initiatives including Agile maturity, automated testing, continuous integration, continuous delivery and documentation
• Maintain alignment of teams to business and technical delivery expectations, and act as a point of contact for escalations and leadership communications
• Work with sometimes ambiguous / conceptual requirements and guide the technical team to provide functionality with the right amount of engineering
• Be unafraid to roll up your sleeves and work side by side with your engineers to deliver product
• Pursue opportunities to adopt new technologies and drive adoption to enhance business outcomes

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional Information Technology experience
• 5+ years of experience leading distributed teams (at the Director level) and managing IT departments in a large enterprise environment
• Undergraduate degree or work experience equivalent

 Preferred Qualifications

• Previous mobile industry experience
• Exposure with Advertising Technology digital platforms (Google Ad Manager, DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP), etc.)
• Experience designing fault tolerant and highly available systems
• Experience implementing test automation suites such as Selenium, Cucumber, Jenkins, etc.
• Understanding of various security controls and passionate about learning new technologies
• Broad and demonstrated background in a wide variety of technologies, tools, coding languages, and infrastructure so as to support development teams in the evolution of infrastructure and a maturity of code, leading to increased resiliency and improved customer satisfaction
• Demonstrate ability to work with architects, development personnel, senior management, and business stakeholders with a wide variety of disparate personalities and skill sets, while taking ownership and driving improvement of internal systems and components
• Demonstrated ability to predict potential shortcomings and opportunities for improvement based upon expertise and historical data and the ability to present findings, patterns, and potential improvement opportunities
• Experience having managed and driven internal systems towards continuously improving operational efficiency and reporting capabilities across and throughout the organization

About Digital Turbine, Inc.

At Digital Turbine, we believe there is better way for smartphone users to discover new apps and content. Our Mobile Delivery Platform makes it easier than ever for people to discover new apps frictionlessly, for operators and OEMs to build new revenue streams, and for advertisers reach users at scale. We are a global mobile technology company that is passionate about delivering the right content to the right person at the right time. Digital Turbine has delivered more than one billion app installs for hundreds of advertisers. More than 22 million smartphone users engage with Digital Turbine's software technology each month across more than 30 global operators and OEMs.

Reasons to Work for Digital Turbine:

• Rapid growth – We’re growing quickly which gives our employees exciting opportunities to take on new challenges and have a significant impact on the company’s future.
• Laid back work environment – Employees enjoy coming to work in jeans, working in an open environment, and lounging on couches with their laptop.
• Stock options – All employees are expected to make an impact, so everyone is granted stock options when they join the company.
• Free food & drinks – Our kitchens are stocked with plenty of snacks and drinks to help get you through each day.
• An exciting, evolving industry – The mobile app business is booming and changing every day, which means that we are always adapting to stay ahead of the curb.
• Beer Fridays – Every Friday afternoon, the company breaks away from work to come together and unwind after a busy week.
• Healthy work/life balance.  We work hard but respect our employee’s life outside of the office and general well-being.  We offer an unlimited vacation policy!
• Opportunity to work with the industry’s top talent – Many of our employees have over a decade’s worth of experience in the mobile app space.  We are a company of ‘A’ players and only look for the best people to join our team.
• Everyone has a voice and can make their mark – Every employee has the opportunity to implement new processes, design new programs, and be creative within their unique role.

 Employment decisions are based on the principles of equal opportunity and affirmative action; without regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.