Director of Engineering

Life.Church wants to make a lasting difference in your life, in our community, and in the world. Our mission is to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. That's how we’re able to make a difference, and it's the driving force behind everything we do.

The Director of Engineering is primarily responsible for managing the daily operations for the platform engineering team in collaboration with the Central Team Leader of Engineering. This role will lead the team through the engineering process, provide technical foresight for team’s strategy to ensure efforts are aligned with overall Digital Product strategy. The Director of Engineering is responsible for ensuring objectives and sprints are aligned with organizational initiatives, and leading ministry efforts within their team to technical outcomes that further Life.Church’s mission and reach people for Christ.

What You'll Do

Manage Engineering Team

• Provide support for direct reports through coaching and setting expectations.
• Create development plans for team and assist them in achieving desired goals.
• Collaborate with Central Team Leader for Engineering to develop and cast vision for team.
• Partner with Central Team Leader for Engineering to manage the hiring of engineering staff.

Manage Engineering Team Initiatives

• Ensure that team is adding value to the Digital Product suite of products and improving end-user experience through each sprint.
• Partner with internal product teams to remove operational barriers and drive projects forward, particularly around centralized engineering resources like SRE.
• Maintain the technical roadmap for the team to ensure efforts align with overall Digital Product strategy.
• Lead the development and implementation of operational standards for APIs to support efficient, secure, and scalable integration across Life.Church platforms.
• Responsibly manage “technical debt” among various teams and platforms.
• Manage costs in connection to performance gains to ensure stewardship.
• Provide technical support on higher level projects.

Skills Needed to Succeed

• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to foster relationships and partnerships.
• Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and problem solve.
• Maintain flexibility and initiate the creation of new processes and project strategies.
• Ability to manage conflict and differing opinions while maintaining composure.
• Strong leadership skills and understanding on developing and guiding others.
• Ability to take a great vision and turn it into reality through strategic execution.
• Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field, preferred.
• 3-5 years of related work experience.
• Senior engineering skill set required.