Director, Software Engineering

JLL

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
Ai agents and platform development
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.
  • You will champion an AI-augmented engineering culture where the team delivers high-quality, reliable, and scalable outcomes at speed by orchestrating AI development tools, enterprise software agents, and strong engineering judgment.
  • JLL offers a supportive culture and comprehensive benefits package that prioritizes mental, physical and emotional health, including a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions and comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision Care.

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: Personalized benefits that support personal well-being and growth

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AI-augmented engineering culture
  • AI coding assistants and enterprise software agents
  • AI agents and platform development
  • microservice-based architectures
  • scalable APIs
  • major cloud platform (AWS or Azure)

Nice-to-have

  • creative and collaborative thinker
  • player-coach leadership style
  • passionately build what hasn't been built before
  • modernizing legacy platforms
  • data-intensive domains

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years professional software engineering experience
  • 3+ years engineering leadership role
  • Hands-on Engineering Manager experience
  • Python, Node.js, Java, Go, or C# backend expertise
  • Experience building and maintaining RESTful or gRPC APIs
  • Relational and NoSQL database experience
  • CI/CD, IaC, and containerization experience

Work Rights

Authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

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