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TouchTunes is seeking a Senior Director of Software Development to lead the development, delivery, and evolution of our music entertainment platform across mobile, web, backend, and quality development teams.\nReporting to the CTO, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to multiple software development teams responsible for delivering innovative experiences across our consumer and business touchpoints. You will partner closely with Product Management, Architecture, Platform software development, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and other stakeholders to ensure software development execution aligns with business objectives and customer needs.\nThis role requires a balance of technical leadership, organizational development, operational excellence, and strategic planning. You will be responsible for building high-performing teams, establishing scalable engineering practices, and driving the execution of our technology strategy while maintaining a strong focus on quality, reliability, and customer experience.Your day-to-day: Engineering Strategy & Vision\nDefine and communicate a software development vision aligned with company strategy and product goals.\nTranslate business objectives into software development roadmaps, technical initiatives, and delivery plans.\nDrive long-term investments in platform scalability, reliability, performance, security, and maintainability.\nAlign multiple development teams around common technical standards, architectural principles, and engineering practices.\nParticipate as a key member of the Technology Leadership Team in strategic planning and annual budgeting activities.\nOrganizational leadership\nMentor and develop the software development managers, technical leads, and developers across multiple teams.\nBuild a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.\nDevelop organizational structures, team capabilities, and succession plans to support future growth.\nFoster an inclusive and high-performing software development culture that attracts and retains top talent.\nCoach leaders and teams to improve execution, technical excellence, and operational maturity.\nDelivery excellence\nOwn software development execution across multiple initiatives and product areas.\nManage competing priorities, dependencies, budgets, staffing, and timelines to achieve business outcomes.\nEnsure predictable delivery through effective planning, prioritization, and risk management.\nPartner closely with Product Management to define delivery strategies and execute against roadmaps.\nRemove organizational and technical obstacles that impact team productivity and delivery performance.\nOperational Excellence & Reliability\nEstablish and monitor metrics that measure delivery effectiveness, quality, and operational performance.\nEnsure services meet defined performance, availability, and reliability objectives.\nChampion incident management, postmortems, root-cause analysis, and continuous operational improvements.\nPromote software development best practices across development, testing, observability, security, and release management.\nCross-functional leadership\nBuild strong partnerships with Product, Architecture, Platform software development, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and Legal teams.\nCommunicate software development priorities, trade-offs, risks, and opportunities clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nDrive alignment across teams and functions to deliver exceptional customer experiences.\nRepresent engineering in executive discussions and strategic decision-making forums.\nWhat success looks like:\nThe development teams consistently deliver high-quality customer experiences on schedule.\nSystems are scalable, reliable, performant, and aligned with future business growth.\nThe software development metrics demonstrate continuous improvement in velocity, quality, and operational excellence.\nEvolve AI-native development methodologies\nTeams are engaged, accountable, and empowered to own outcomes.\nTechnical strategy and execution are aligned with business priorities and customer needs.\nCross-functional partnerships enable efficient execution and organizational alignment.\nYour profile:\n17+ years of software engineering experience, including significant leadership experience managing managers and multi-disciplinary development teams.\nProven experience leading organizations responsible for mobile, web, backend, and quality software development functions.\nDemonstrated success building and scaling high-performing software development organizations.\nStrong understanding of modern software architecture, including mobile, back-end and web, cloud platforms, distributed systems, and software delivery practices.\nExperience managing the software development budgets, headcount planning, and resource allocation.\nTrack record of delivering complex products and platforms at scale.\nStrong communication and stakeholder management skills with executive-level presence.\nExperience establishing and using the software development metrics to drive organizational performance.\nExposure to AI-native development methodologies (preferred)\n\nWhat’s in it for you:\nAt TouchTunes, your work impacts our customers as part of interesting projects that transform the in-venue entertainment industry. We foster open communication and collaboration across all levels, with approachable leaders who value all voices and empower you to excel and innovate. Our team thrives in an environment where fun meets hard work, and everyone is encouraged to be their authentic selves.\nOur Perks and Benefits:\nHybrid Work Environment: Hybrid schedule with 50% work-from-home and in-office time, with the ability to work anywhere in the world for up to 2 months per year.\nFinancial Wellness: Annual performance bonus, long-term company bonus, 401 (k) matching, life insurance. \nComprehensive Benefits: Competitive health insurance and disability coverage, a Lifestyle Spending Account, access to telemedicine, and an unlimited sick days policy.\nProfessional Development: Continuous hands-on learning with access to e-learning platform, tuition reimbursement, and peer mentorship.\nAccessibility: An inclusive workplace designed to accommodate people with disabilities.\nThe salary range for this role is $225,000-$275,000.\nTouchtunes is the world’s largest in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform, and we’re all about sparking joy and human connection. That moment in a bar where someone at the next table cues the jukebox to play your favorite song? That’s what we do, but we’re also so much more.\nToday, our offering goes beyond music: BullShooter soft-tip electronic dartboards are now part of the TouchTunes experience, expanding our footprint in social, in-venue entertainment. We’ve also recently launched a reimagined mobile app, bringing an even more seamless and engaging experience to our users. We’re innovators, strategic thinkers, people making the future possible today, and what a great time to join our team.\nWork Requirements: Must be authorized to work in the United States\n\nTouchTunes is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. TouchTunes provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, sex, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. 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