Full-Time
Director – Software Engineering
Posted on 3/2/2023
84.51 Degrees
1,001-5,000 employees
Retail data science company enhancing customer experiences
Senior, Expert
Northbrook, IL, USA + 5 more
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or another heavily technical program
- 10+ years' experience in a hands on technical role leading/mentoring by example
- Be a change agent and foster a learn by doing environment
- Strong software development leadership skills bringing industry proven best practices to fruition
- Experience building enterprise level software solutions with solid proficiencies in performance tuning and debugging
- Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, and creative problem-solving skills. Strong analytical mind
- Comfortable with thinking outside the box and challenging the status quo, respectfully and courageously, to deliver results in a dynamic environment
- Mastery in many of the following tech skills and principles:
- Agile Experience
- Java used in Web based solutions
- Spring Boot
- Angular/React
- Git
- SOA and Microservice design principles
- CI/CD
- Automated Testing
- Execute the vision, goals, priorities, and work alongside the team to accomplish them. Ensure high-quality technical solutions
- Provide technical guidance and expertise to team members. Drive the technical aspects of solutions where needed including proofs of concepts, sizings, designs, implementation, and testing
- Drive continuous improvement to deliver solutions that are at the forefront of industry leading techniques while also adhering to best practices
- Directly support technical mentoring and growth of team's technical maturity through pairing and other coaching techniques. Grow new mentors from emerging talent
- Support a culture of learning and development. Promote and enable technical skills development in support of high quality code components, systems, and solutions
- Work in partnership with Product and Architecture teams to derive technical requirements from business requirements and identify risk areas
- Support recruitment and resource plans of the team to hire great development talent; including; recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding/training
- Escalate concerns to leadership, as needed, and remove roadblocks for the team
- An advocate for 84.51 delivery methodology
- Participate in and contribute to Agile team ceremonies; including: Backlog Reviews, Retrospectives, Architectural Reviews, team and system demos
- Lead Communities of Practice
- Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution
- Knowledgeable and experienced in the following tech skills and principles:
- Technical Management experience
- SAFe knowledge
- Intellij
- MongoDB
- RabbitMQ
- Python
- TypeScript
- Atom - app
- Teamcity
- Cloud Foundry
- DevOps principles
84.51° stands out as a leading retail data science company, utilizing advanced data science and predictive analytics to create personalized experiences for shoppers, thereby providing a competitive edge to its clients. The company's unique strength lies in its access to first-party retail data from nearly half of US households and over 2 billion transactions, which enables a more customer-centric approach. With its specialized services like 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing, and Kroger Precision Marketing, 84.51° helps brands effectively engage customers at every point of their purchasing journey.
Company Stage
M&A
Total Funding
$5.5M
Headquarters
Cincinnati, Ohio
Founded
2015