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About the Role

The Director of Software Engineering provides strategic and technical leadership for the enterprise application portfolio, overseeing the full software development lifecycle. This role manages internal staff and external partners, ensuring high-quality engineering, platform modernization, and long-term sustainability of mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, delivery, and operation of enterprise application platforms.
• Provide engineering leadership across the full software development lifecycle.
• Build, develop, and retain a high-performing Software Engineering team.
• Participate directly in architecture, system design, and key technical decision-making.
• Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, testing, CI/CD, and security.
• Diagnose and resolve complex production, performance, and integration issues.
• Define and execute application modernization strategies including cloud-native and API-first design.
• Partner with Infrastructure and Security teams to ensure 24/7 operational availability.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs regarding performance, security, and scalability.
• Manage software vendors, consultants, and external development partners.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI-assisted engineering tools.
• Contribute to overall IT strategy in partnership with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressively responsible software development experience.
• 5+ years leading software engineering teams with responsibility for delivery and coaching.
• Experience managing teams consisting of employees, consultants, and external partners.
• Recent hands-on technical leadership experience in architecture and design reviews.
• Ability to review source code, APIs, system designs, and data flows.
• Experience owning enterprise application platforms in production.
• Experience supporting highly available or mission-critical business systems.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms and distributed systems, preferably Microsoft Azure.
• Experience with containerized and cloud-native environments such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications and third-party platforms.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to pass a background investigation.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule.

Skills

• C#/.NET
• Modern web development frameworks
• Microsoft Azure
• RESTful APIs
• Relational databases
• Containerization
• Kubernetes
• AI-assisted software engineering tools

Location

• New York City, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 10+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years of leadership experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field

Salary/Compensations

• $155,000 - $185,000

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Four weeks of paid vacation
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer contributions
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

• The New York City Criminal Justice Agency (CJA) is a not-for-profit service and research organization.
• CJA serves as the City’s main pretrial services agency, operating in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
• The agency employs over 300 staff members and operates 24/7 across the 5 boroughs of NYC.

Equal Opportunity

• The New York City Criminal Justice Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• CJA does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, parental status, veteran status, or any other protected status.