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.
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.
- 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.
Benefits We Offer
- Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
- Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.
- Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
- Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
- Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
- Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!
- $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
- Casual dress and work environment.
- And much more!
Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity
At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church. Learn more about what we believe at Life.Church.
While we unite around our mission, we know unity doesn’t mean uniformity. Our calling is too great, and our mission is too important not to be intentional about strengthening our team through diversity. We know that diverse perspectives in race, ethnicity, background, age, and gender are essential to reaching the world for Christ. To learn more about how we strengthen our team through diversity, visit our careers page.
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