Director of Engineering – Web Hosting, Automation; SWsoft.com

Director of Engineering – Web Hosting, Automation

Qualification: Master’s degree in computer science, software engineering or related

Experience: 15+ years in software development, 10+ years as a software development manager

Description
SWsoft (http://www.swsoft.com), an industry leader in the two hottest areas of IT industry – virtualization and SaaS – is looking for a highly motivated experienced engineering manager to manage development of entire SaaS/hosting product line. This high-impact position, to be based in Novosibirsk, Russia will report directly to CEO and will provide a unique opportunity to influence development of a dynamic $100 million software company with a 5-year record of 150% annual growth. Compensation includes a competitive salary, bonus and benefits package with a very attractive stock option plan.
The candidate must be capable of managing large software engineering organization that consists of several independent product teams with the goal of releasing great software products and the underlying platform technologies on time and with excellent quality. Candidate must have excellent management and cross-group collaboration skills and be able to coordinate development of multiple related products.

Requirements
* 10 years or more of experience with at least 5 years as an engineering manager for a large software product or a product line
* Proven success record in delivering several successive versions of a large product or a product line.
* Excellent result-oriented decision maker
* Proven success and experience with modern software development methodologies and project management practices
* Conversational Russian is required

Responsibilities
* Manage several product teams each working on an independent software product as well as a platform team working on technologies used in all products.
* Gradually, without interruption, introduce modern project management, planning, development and testing processes to ensure that software products are delivered on time with excellent quality, on the 6 month release cycle. Processes needs to be designed for maximum agility, to embrace the reality of rapid changes in the web hosting/SaaS industry.

Other requirements
* Candidate need to relocate to Novosibirsk for duration of the project. SaaS/hosting R&D team in Novosibirsk, Russia. Largest customers are in Europe (Germany/Benelux) and US (entire country).

How to apply
Send your resume to hr@swsoft.com. Your response must include “Director of Engineering – Web Hosting, Automation” in the subject line to ensure consideration.