Director of Engineering

RegScale is a CCM platform enhancing GRC outcomes. RegScale bridges security, risk, and compliance by overcoming speed, timeliness, and high costs. Our CCM platform and AI deliver GRC results, cutting costs and accelerating compliance. Achieve rapid certification, anticipate threats, and automate evidence collection. Organizations experience 90% faster compliance and 60% less audit prep.

RegScale is a fast-growing startup company with offices in Tysons Corner, VA (HQ) and Knoxville, TN (R&D). We offer an exceptional benefits package including comprehensive health insurance, 401k, stock options, and unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) for full time W-2 employees. 

Position: 

Are you ready to take your career to the next level with a hands-on management position in an innovative startup that is disrupting the compliance industry? We are actively seeking an experienced Director of Engineering. If you have a passion for mentoring employees, developing talent, designing processes, delivering high quality software, and are excited about the idea of working in a fast-paced startup then we would love to meet you. This position will play a key role in day-to-day management of our software team. We recognize that skilled management is critical to our company’s success, and we have offered a generous compensation package that includes a competitive base salary with significant stock options to help us recruit the most exceptional talent. 

This position can be filled remotely and requires US Citizenship. Travel to our Knoxville, TN office is expected regularly in this role. Candidates must pass a background check to be eligible for employment. If you’re ready to lead a high performing software engineering group, we are excited to have you on our team. 

Activities: 

• Leading daily Scrum/Stand Up meetings and driving follow up actions
• Conducting code reviews of Pull Requests (PRs) in GitHub
• Monitoring CI/CD pipeline telemetry and outputs to manage overall software quality, security, and performance
• Troubleshooting code issues, assisting with refactoring, and mentoring the R&D team members
• Ensuring that Sprint activities directly support and align with the Chief Technology Officer’s (CTO) vision and product roadmap
• Prioritizing bug fixes, security remediation activities, and other day to day tasks
• Timecard review and approval for R&D staff
• Ensures documentation is available on RegScale.com for customer support
• Manages training, travel, and other discretionary budgets in R&D as approved/delegated by the CTO
• Coordinates Tier 3 response to customer service tickets
• Conducts weekly 1 on 1 sessions with all R&D staff to provide management feedback
• Completes other management duties as assigned by the CEO and CTO
• Develops Position Descriptions, conducts salary research, interviews prospects, and recommends hires to the CTO
• Establishing annual employee goals, conducting performance reviews, and documenting feedback to support Human Resource (HR) processes 

Required Skills:  

• Developing and monitoring employee goals, providing feedback, and addressing performance related issues
• Developing standards, procedures, and tools for managing software engineering efforts
• Conducting code reviews, enforcing code quality standards, and refactoring code as required
• Familiarity with modern GitOps, branching, merging, and deploying code in containers leveraging Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines
• Familiarity with DevOps processes and technologies to support software engineering processes
• Deep knowledge and experience with Agile/Scrum processes
• Business analyst skills to progressively elaborate requirements and user stories
• Familiarity with ITIL processes for Incident, Problem, and Change
• Resource management including prioritizing staff tasks, aligning skills to critical work activities, and measuring progress towards goals
• Technical writing for user manuals and Knowledge Base (KB) articles
• Ability to review code and ensure quality for the following languages: Angular, .NET Core C#, and Python 

Education/Training, Qualifications, and Certification: 

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical/engineering degree and 12 years experience, or
• Minimum of Master’s Degree in Computer Science or similar technical/engineering degree with 10 years of professional experience
• Non-degree - minimum of 25 years experience in IT
• Minimum of 7 years of progressive management experience in a technical role
• Agile/Scrum and or Project Management certifications desired
• Strong written and verbal communication skills while being a team player
• Must be a US Citizen and capable of passing a background check and random periodic drug testing