Director of Engineering

Company:  Ad Hoc LLC
Location: Washington
Closing Date: 31/10/2024
Salary: £250 Per Annum
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description

Director of Engineering

Limited Travel Is Required

Ad Hoc is a digital services company that helps the federal government better serve people. Our teams use modern, agile methods to meet the needs of our users while closing the gap between consumer expectations and government.

Work on things that matter

Our teams connect Veterans with services designed for their needs, help millions of people access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government thinks about and uses technology.

Built for a remote life

Ad Hoc is remote-first and remote-always. We’ve designed our culture, communications, and tools to support a nationwide team. Being remote allows Ad Hoc to bring the best people onto our teams and give them the freedom to create a work environment that fits their lives.

Committed to high expectations and a welcoming culture

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We leave our egos at the door to learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to bring the best of consumer technology to the problems of government.

The Federal Civilian business unit supports a wide range of customers that span the federal, commercial, and nonprofit space. Our customers include the General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management, PAN Foundation, Library of Congress, Social Security Administration, Health and Human Services, and the USDA Forest Service.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Leads the engineering discipline for a portfolio of programs or an entire business unit, optimizing for long-term business performance and outcomes.
  • Develops and promotes engineering core values, knowledge-sharing, and approaches across disciplines and teams.
  • Defines, measures, and communicates the impact of engineering across a wide portfolio of programs; codifies lessons-learned.
  • Coaches and mentors senior engineering staff, building organizational structures and systems for scale.
  • Supports recruitment and staffing activities in support of meeting delivery goals.
  • Helps define, manage and deliver on key initiatives that support operational needs within the company.
  • Directs multiple engineering disciplines, including full-stack engineering, DevOps, security and compliance, etc.
  • Presents portfolio/business unit ongoing Engineering work, future goals, and risks.
  • Mentors and communicates through engineering leadership in their responsible area.
  • Extensive understanding of government and practice market conditions in order to drive organizational improvements and innovation, as well as meet delivery obligations.
  • Responsible for performance management, timecard reviews, PTO management and team development.
  • Supports growth efforts, ensuring capabilities and interests of engineers align with the business.
  • Development of executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate business and practice initiatives, goals and strategies.
  • Maintains oversight of the business unit’s current labor mix, with the ability to identify primary skills and experiences; supports the key personnel identification process.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience.
  • 4+ or more years of people management experience, responsible for defining expectations for team operations and performance management; 5+ years experience directing assignments for cross-functional team.
  • Extensive experience leading/directing an engineering practice/team.
  • Extensive experience supporting business development.
  • Extensive experience with strategic decision-making, people management, software development, customer interactions, formal and informal communication, and mentorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience working with state, local, and federal government customers.

To learn more about working at Ad Hoc, please visit:

Benefits:

  • Company-subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
  • Use What You Need Vacation Policy.
  • 401K with employer match.
  • Paid parental leave after one year of service.

Ad Hoc LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, covered veteran status, political ideology, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination.

In support of the Colorado Equal Pay Transparency Act, and others like it across the country, Ad Hoc job descriptions feature the starting range we reasonably expect to pay to candidates who would join our team with little to no need for training on the responsibilities we've outlined above. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and responsibility. The range of starting pay for this role is $150,000 -$180,000.

Job reference: DIREC001201

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