Director, Software Engineering

JLL

New York City, NY, US
Base: 300,000.00 – 375,000.00 usd py; bonus/equity...
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Ai-augmented software development practices
Microservice architecture design
Cloud-native platform development
** JLL is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead their Research Technology and AI Agents team in New York City. The role focuses on developing AI-powered platforms and enhancing research workflows while fostering a collaborative and innovative engineering culture. **

Job Summary

  • JLL Technologies aims to bring technological innovation to commercial real estate by delivering unparalleled digital advisory, implementation, and services solutions globally.
  • This role involves hands-on leadership to build AI-powered platforms and agents that automate research workflows and enable advanced analytics at global scale.
  • JLL offers a supportive culture with personalized benefits including 401(k) matching, comprehensive medical coverage, paid parental leave, and early access to earned wages.

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** JLL is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead their Research Technology and AI Agents team in New York City. The role focuses on developing AI-powered platforms and enhancing research workflows while fostering a collaborative and innovative engineering culture. **

Salary

Base: 300,000.00 – 375,000.00 USD per year; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, 401(k) matching, paid parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AI-augmented software development practices
  • microservice architecture design
  • cloud-native platform development
  • hands-on engineering leadership
  • backend development with Python or Node.js
  • RESTful and gRPC API development
  • CI/CD and containerization expertise

Nice-to-have

  • experience with AI/ML and LLM-enabled systems
  • collaboration with product and research teams
  • front-end development for internal tools
  • commercial real estate domain knowledge
  • modernizing legacy platforms
  • strong engineering judgment
  • mentoring senior engineers

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years professional software engineering experience
  • 3+ years engineering leadership experience
  • authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship
  • experience with major cloud platforms AWS or Azure
  • proven hands-on engineering manager (player-coach)
  • experience with relational and NoSQL databases

Work Rights

Must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

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