Director, Software Engineering

JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)

New York, NY, United States
Base: 300,000.00 – 375,000.00 usd py; bonus/equity...
Ai-augmented engineering culture
Ai coding assistants and enterprise software agents
Microservice-based architectures
As Senior Engineering Manager for Research Technology & AI Agents, you will lead the engineering execution of JLL's Research transformation in close partnership with the Product Manager – Research Technology and the Research organization

Job Summary

  • As Senior Engineering Manager for Research Technology & AI Agents, you will lead the engineering execution of JLL's Research transformation in close partnership with the Product Manager – Research Technology and the Research organization.
  • This is a hands-on leadership role focused on building AI-powered platforms and agents that automate research workflows, democratize insights, and enable advanced analytics at global scale.
  • JLL recognizes the impact that the workplace can have on your wellness, so we offer a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health.

Matching Summary

As Senior Engineering Manager for Research Technology & AI Agents, you will lead the engineering execution of JLL's Research transformation in close partnership with the Product Manager – Research Technology and the Research organization.

Salary

Base: 300,000.00 – 375,000.00 USD per year; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AI-augmented engineering culture
  • AI coding assistants and enterprise software agents
  • microservice-based architectures
  • scalable APIs
  • CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, containerization

Nice-to-have

  • creative and collaborative thinker
  • passionately build what hasn't been built before
  • modernizing legacy platforms
  • driving technical change

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 3+ years in an engineering leadership role
  • Proven experience as a hands-on Engineering Manager (player-coach)
  • Strong back-end expertise in Python, Node.js, Java, Go, or C#
  • Demonstrated proficiency using AI coding tools and agents
  • Experience establishing AI-augmented development practices
  • Strong ability to set quality standards for AI-generated code
  • Experience designing microservice architectures, distributed systems
  • Proven experience building and maintaining RESTful or gRPC APIs
  • Deep experience with AWS or Azure
  • Solid experience with relational and NoSQL databases
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Work Rights

Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

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