Semperis focuses on creating an employee experience that is aligned with our vision—being a Force for Good— starting with being a good workplace. Semperis is recognized as one of America’s Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies on the Inc. 5000 List, a DUNS 100 top Start Up to work for and Inc. Best Workplace for multiple years. With teams around the world, you’ll be working alongside top global talent in Cybersecurity and Identity Access Management.

If you are a purpose-driven person who always sees the glass as half full, seizes opportunities, and has an urge to learn and develop your skills—we’d love to meet you.

What we are looking for:

We are looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead a key Software Engineering division in North America.

We believe in enablement, full accountability, empowerment, and collaboration. Our ideal candidate will foster an environment where team members are enabled with the right resources, fully accountable for their areas of responsibility, empowered to make decisions, and encouraged to collaborate effectively across teams and departments.

What you will be doing:

The Director of Engineering is a Senior Leadership role which will oversee end-to-end development processes while building and scaling high performing engineering teams.

**Hybrid in either Ottawa, Ontario OR Addison, Texas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for your engineering division

• Oversee the end-to-end development of innovative B2B products, both on-premises and SaaS offerings

• Scale engineering teams effectively while maintaining quality and delivery standards

• Mentor engineering managers and help mature development processes

• Drive technical excellence and innovation across the organization

• Collaborate with product, design, and business stakeholders to deliver customer value

• Help implement engineering best practices, standards, and metrics within your area

• Manage resource allocation, technology stack decisions, and technical debt

• Proactively identify risks and bottlenecks and work strategically to mitigate them

• Lead recruitment efforts to build world-class engineering talent

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years in leadership roles

• Proven track record delivering complex B2B products (both on-premises and SaaS solutions)

• Experience scaling engineering teams and establishing mature development processes

• Strong technical background with hands-on experience in software architecture

• Excellent leadership skills with experience mentoring managers and technical leaders

• Strategic thinking with the ability to balance technical excellence and business needs

• Experience implementing agile methodologies and continuous improvement practices

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)

• Global Experience: The team you lead will be largely based in North America but key internal stakeholders may be internationally distributed. There is potential of team growth and expansion in the future.

• Willingness to travel

Bonus Points:

• Experience with modern software development practices (CI/CD, DevOps, microservices)

• Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Understanding of security best practices for enterprise software

• Experience with data-driven decision making and performance metrics

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