Director, Software Engineering

JLL UK

New York City, US
Base: 300,000.00 – 375,000.00 usd py; bonus/equity...
Ai-augmented engineering culture
Ai coding assistants and enterprise software agents
Scalable services, apis, and internal tools
Lead and mentor high-impact engineering team, including senior engineers, operating as a hands-on player-coach

Job Summary

  • Lead and mentor high-impact engineering team, including senior engineers, operating as a hands-on player-coach.
  • Design and build AI agents that automate research processes and assist insight generation, leading integration of LLMs and agent orchestration.
  • Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth, including 401(k) plan with matching company contributions and comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care.

Matching Summary

Lead and mentor high-impact engineering team, including senior engineers, operating as a hands-on player-coach.

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
  • scalable services, APIs, and internal tools
  • cloud-native, microservice-based architectures
  • CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and containerization

Nice-to-have

  • creative and collaborative thinker
  • passionately build what hasn't been built before
  • rapid daily iteration
  • modernizing legacy platforms

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 3+ years in an engineering leadership role
  • Hands-on Engineering Manager (player-coach) experience
  • Strong back-end expertise in Python, Node.js, Java, Go, or C#
  • Proficiency using AI coding tools and agents
  • Experience designing microservice architectures
  • Deep experience with AWS or Azure
  • Solid experience with relational and NoSQL databases
  • Experience with Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Experience partnering with Product Managers

Work Rights

Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

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