Director, Software Development

Benevity is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the evolution of their Core and Business layers within the Benevity Intelligent Impact Platform. This leadership role is central to their modernization initiative and platform transformation, overseeing the foundational capabilities that empower their entire engineering organization. The successful candidate will be responsible for reducing developer friction and increasing platform reliability across every product surface, and will champion a scalable, high-velocity environment where foundational excellence drives collective impact for their clients and their communities.

Requirements

• Lead diverse engineering teams delivering core UIAM, authentication flows, and shared business services
• Empower engineers by evolving the 'paved path' through AI-augmented tools and service templates
• Partner with the Architecture Office to define platform-wide standards and own the API governance model
• Accelerate modernization initiatives by refactoring legacy systems and promoting vertical thin-slice delivery
• Collaborate across Product, Security, and Architecture to balance modernization goals with operational risk reduction and high-quality delivery
• Drive the adoption of service observability, performance engineering, and multi-region readiness to support high-scale multi-tenant workloads
• Champion an AI-first mindset by building AI-integrated development lifecycles and encouraging continuous skill acquisition
• Maintain rigorous security, audit, and compliance standards
• Build sustainable incident response readiness
• Establish high-bar engineering practices focused on SDLC maturity and DevOps ownership
• Support a diverse group of engineering managers and senior contributors

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Visa Sponsorship
• Four Day Work Week
• Generous Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance