Dir Software Engineering
$136,100–$252,800 year
On-siteRaleigh, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Lead multiple internal and external engineering teams supporting LexisNexis CounselLink, managing, coaching, hiring, and developing engineering managers, technical leads, and software engineers. Set technical direction and guide modernization efforts across AWS, Java services, Solr search, LLM-enabled workflows, and MCP integrations. Partner with Product Management, Architecture, UX, QA, Security, and business stakeholders to deliver product roadmap commitments while ensuring architectural and engineering standards are followed. Recommend and guide technical strategy across CounselLink product capabilities, using engineering metrics to drive business decisions and support customer-impacting issues.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of software development experience
- 5+ years of software development management experience
- Experience leading multiple engineering teams, engineering managers, senior engineers, or technical leads
- BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Strong experience leading engineering teams building and operating software on AWS
- Strong background with Java/J2EE or modern Java-based enterprise application development
- Experience with Apache Solr or similar enterprise search technologies
- Practical understanding of LLM-based application development, including retrieval, evaluation, guardrails, observability, and production readiness
- Familiarity with Model Context Protocol, MCP servers, MCP clients, and MCP Apps
- Strong knowledge of large, complex systems and architectural principles
- Proven ability to use technical metrics to drive business and engineering decisions
- Experience with database technology, data modeling, optimization, and complex data systems
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies and modern engineering practices
- Proven ability to lead test-driven development, code quality practices, design reviews, and architecture reviews
- Experience partnering with internal teams, external technology resources, offshore teams, managed services, or staff augmentation partners
- Strong budgeting, planning, communication, change management, and stakeholder management skills
Desired Qualifications
- advanced degree
- Experience with enterprise SaaS, cloud-based, or large-scale commercial software products
- Experience with legal technology, enterprise workflow, financial systems, or compliance-heavy domains
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