VP, Software Engineering

Vice President of Engineering

Remote: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, Missouri, Maryland

UDT (United Data Technologies) is dedicated to protecting and empowering people and organizations, enabling them to accomplish more. From its humble beginnings in 1995, UDT has grown into an industry leader in K-12 Education Technology, serving some of the largest school districts in America and representing nearly 10% of the nation's students. Our mission extends to state and local governments, commercial organizations, and various other sectors, providing secure technology solutions across the globe. With our comprehensive portfolio and brands like Havrion, we continue to protect and empower our customers, employees, and communities, helping everyone achieve more .

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced and visionary Vice President of Engineering to lead and oversee multiple solutions within our lifecycle services business and IPTV solutions organization. This role will involve managing four software engineering teams and driving the development of key projects, including the ATMS platform, OMS platform, and Havrion Perform platform. The Vice President of Engineering will report directly to the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) .

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and direction for the engineering teams, ensuring alignment with UDT's mission and goals.
• Lead, mentor, and support a highly effective team of passionate engineers, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Ensure the product vision is realized through excellence in execution.
• Serve as part of the senior staff, working in an interdisciplinary manner with peers in other departments.
• Enable a culture of creativity, collaboration, speed, innovation, and excellence while continuously elevating the quality and caliber of our engineering organization.
• Recruit world‐class engineering talent, participating in the process, including attracting, screening, and closing high-caliber candidates.
• Participate in strategic planning meetings with sales, marketing, product, architecture, and design teams.
• Contribute to technical engineering designs, resource management, and implementations.
• Manage the delivery of software using Agile best practices.
• Build cross-department relationships centered on executing company strategy.
• Exemplify UDT’s cultural values.
• Solve complex software engineering tasks while maintaining coding standards and practices.
• Communicate effectively with team members, internal and external customers.
• Create, manage, and measure KPIs such as velocity, estimation accuracy, and defect percentages.
• Assure that the department achieves objectives and project completion within budget and time frame.
• Assist in training new engineers by leading technical courses.
• Manage department budgets while reconciling with actuals from Finance.
• Work with Finance and Recruiting to track headcount and job openings.
• Work closely with the executive team on department-wide initiatives.
  
  

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering leadership.
• 5+ years of software development experience building enterprise SaaS cloud-based solutions.
• 3+ experience working for a market-facing software organization.
• 3+ years of experience working with a team of offshore engineers.
• Experience with architectural design recommendations and guidance.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading the design, development, delivery, and maintenance of large-scale and high-performance platforms.
• Knowledge of release management and CICD deployment workflow processes, from development release through production deployment.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build productive cross-departmental relationships and motivate team members. A positive, can-do attitude and value collaboration is a must.
• Experience with object-oriented code, .Net, C#, HTML, CSS, SQL Server, Front End Web, Web Services.
• Experience leading SaaS-based engineering organizations.
• Technical expertise that enables meaningful conversations with product architects and engineers.
  
  

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
• Commitment to team and individual professional development.
  
  

What UDT Offers You

We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the organization.

UDT’s Total Rewards Package Includes

Medical, dental, vision, life and company paid disability coverage

Health savings accounts and flexible savings accounts

401(k) plan with company match

Paid holidays and unlimited paid time off options

Wellness programs, pet insurance, legal insurance and more

Join us! and be part of an inclusive, energizing, and collaborative environment. UDT is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed to workforce diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or national origin. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of background and pre-employment drug screen. UDT is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status.