Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SRAM is a company focused on providing high-quality cycling experiences through its digital products. The Director of Software Engineering will lead a team of approximately 50 engineers, ensuring the delivery of reliable software for mobile apps, cloud services, and connected devices while fostering cross-functional collaboration and strategic technology leadership.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a multi-team software organization of approximately 50 professionals
- Build strong engineering leadership capability and ensure team health and performance
- Recruit, mentor, and develop top technical talent; oversee career growth and succession planning
- Oversee the delivery of software for mobile apps, cloud platforms, and device-side software (excluding embedded code)
- Ensure predictable, high-quality releases aligned with product, rider experience, and business goals
- Maintain high standards in architecture, code quality, testing, security, scalability, and system reliability
- Serve as a key partner to SRAM's Embedded and Design Engineering departments, ensuring strong coordination on roadmaps, technical dependencies, and integration testing
- Work closely with product, UX, hardware engineering, manufacturing, and security teams to align technology choices and execution plans
- Facilitate clear communication and joint planning to ensure seamless system-level integration across mobile, cloud, and embedded systems
- Define and evolve the long-term software architecture and technology strategy
- Champion modern engineering practices: agile, DevOps, automation, cloud-native architectures, CI/CD, and observability
- Lead modernization and engineering maturity initiatives across platforms and processes, including artificial intelligence
- Establish engineering KPIs and delivery metrics to improve predictability and performance
- Oversee incident management, release readiness, and operational reliability
- Drive continuous improvement across tools, workflows, and engineering practices
Skills
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering leadership, including managing managers and multi-team organizations
- Proven experience delivering mobile apps, cloud platforms, APIs, and connected device solutions
- Strong experience collaborating with firmware, hardware, or embedded engineering teams
- Skilled at managing complex cross-team dependencies and driving alignment across disciplines
- Master's degree in Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience leading software organizations known for consistent, high-quality delivery using contemporary engineering practices (DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native architectures, automated testing, observability)
- Demonstrated commitment to code craftsmanship, including championing clean, maintainable, well-architected code supported by peer reviews, automated quality gates, and a culture of continuous improvement
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface effectively with executive leadership
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Life and disability insurance
- Paid time off
Company Overview
Founded in Chicago in 1987 by Stan Day, SRAM, LLC has grown to be one of the world's largest bicycle component manufacturers. It was founded in 2006, and is headquartered in Spearfish, South Dakota, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.sram.com/en/quarq.Company H1B Sponsorship
SRAM has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.