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Director Software Engineer 500K Jobs in Seattle, WA

Job Summary The Director of Software Engineering leads multiple software engineering teams responsible for the delivery of innovative, scalable, secure, and reliable products and services. This role ...

Dir. Software Engineering

Seattle, WA · On-site

$287K/yr

Director, Software Engineering: We are seeking a seasoned Director of Engineering to join our dynamic team. As a first-line manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers, driving technical ...

Director, Software Engineering: We are seeking a seasoned Director of Engineering to join our dynamic team. As a first-line manager, you will lead a team of talented engineers, driving technical ...

Director, Software Engineering

Seattle, WA · Hybrid

$287K/yr

This positon is a apeople manager role reporting to the Senior Director, Software Engineering ... Partner with SRE, Telemetry Platform, Security, Finance, and Product; make pragmatic build-vs-buy ...

The Marketplace Platform Reliability team develops and maintains engineering systems that empower thousands of engineers to deliver reliable, scalable, and high-performing software. This team manages ...

Director, Software Engineering

Seattle, WA · On-site

$287K/yr

This positon is a apeople manager role reporting to the Senior Director, Software Engineering ... Partner with SRE, Telemetry Platform, Security, Finance, and Product; make pragmatic build-vs-buy ...

Visa will accept applications for this role until at least 11-30-2026 We are seeking a Director of Software Engineering who combines strategic leadership with strong technical depth. This role leads ...

The ideal candidate brings strong software engineering depth, proven people leadership, and the ability to stay close to day-to-day design, code, architecture, delivery, and operational decisions ...

Director, Software Engineering

Bellevue, WA · On-site

$285K/yr

The ideal candidate brings strong software engineering depth, proven people leadership, and the ability to stay close to day-to-day design, code, architecture, delivery, and operational decisions ...

Director, Software Engineering

Seattle, WA · On-site +1

$202K - $299K/yr

What you'll do As the Director of Engineering for Search, you serve as the strategic architect ... software engineering leadership, specifically managing teams focused on large-scale distributed ...

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As Senior Director of Software Engineering, you will drive technical strategy and execution across a diverse portfolio including augmented reality and immersive training environments. Your teams will ...

Role We are looking for a Director, Software Development to join our team. This role is available ... Champion engineering excellence through strong software design practices, code quality ...

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Seattle, WA · On-site +1

$156K - $235K/yr

Develop and direct software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation * Debug production issues across services and multiple levels of the stack * Analyze user needs ...

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Infographic showing various Director Software Engineer 500K job openings in Seattle, WA as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 86% Full Time, 9% Part Time, and 5% Contract. Highlights an 85% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 11% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $277,585 per year, or $133.5 per hour.

Director, Software Engineer

Bellevue, WA


NetApp
IT Services • 10K+ employees

9.4

Company rating: 9.4 out of 10

Based on 5 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

2nd of 499 rated business services

Great coworkers

Good employer

Respectful managers


$284K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 6 days ago


Job description

Job Summary

The Director of Software Engineering leads multiple software engineering teams responsible for the delivery of innovative, scalable, secure, and reliable products and services.

This role partners closely with Product Management, UX, Architecture, Customer Success, and executive leadership to translate business objectives into engineering strategy and execution.

The Director drives organizational effectiveness, technical excellence, operational discipline, and talent development while ensuring successful delivery of business-critical initiatives. 

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

  • Define and execute engineering strategies that align with organizational and product objectives.
  • Develop and communicate long-term technology roadmaps and investment priorities.
  • Drive innovation through adoption of modern engineering practices, tools, and technologies.
  • Anticipate technical and organizational risks and implement mitigation strategies.

Engineering Execution

  • Lead the delivery of multiple software products, platforms, or engineering portfolios.
  • Ensure predictable execution against roadmap commitments, balancing speed, quality, security, and scalability.
  • Establish metrics, KPIs, and operational reviews to measure team performance and delivery outcomes.
  • Drive continuous improvement across software development lifecycle (SDLC), DevOps, CI/CD, and engineering operations.

People Leadership

  • Lead, coach, and develop engineering managers and high-performing software engineering teams.
  • Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and growth-oriented culture.
  • Drive organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development strategies.
  • Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent.

Technical Leadership

  • Influence architecture and platform decisions to ensure scalability, availability, maintainability, and security.
  • Champion engineering best practices, coding standards, testing strategies, and operational excellence.
  • Partner with engineering and architecture leaders to drive technical direction and modernization initiatives.
  • Ensure compliance with security, privacy, regulatory, and governance requirements.

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Collaborate closely with Product Management to align engineering priorities with customer and business needs.
  • Partner with Design, IT, Security, Sales, Customer Success, and Support teams to deliver exceptional customer outcomes.
  • Effectively communicate technical strategy, project status, risks, and business impact to senior leadership and stakeholders.
  • Influence and align cross-functional teams to achieve strategic objectives.
Job Requirements
  • 12+ years of software engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of people leadership experience managing managers and/or multiple engineering teams.
  • Experience leading large-scale software development initiatives from concept through delivery.
  • Strong knowledge of software architecture, cloud technologies, distributed systems, DevOps, and Agile methodologies.
  • Experience driving organizational change and scaling engineering organizations.
  • Proven ability to influence across technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or MBA.
  • Experience building and leading geographically distributed engineering teams.
  • Experience with SaaS, cloud-native platforms, AI/ML-enabled solutions, or enterprise software products.
  • Strong financial and operational management experience, including resource planning and budget accountability.
  • Demonstrated success driving digital transformation and modernization initiatives.
Education
  •  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related technical field. 

Compensation:
The target salary range for this position is 227,800 - 338,800 USD. The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education and may be outside of this range. Final compensation packages are competitive and in line with industry standards, reflecting a variety of factors, and include a comprehensive benefits package. This may cover Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement or Pension Plans, Paid Time Off, various Leave options, Performance-Based Incentives, employee stock purchase plan, and/or restricted stocks (RSU's), with all offerings subject to regional variations and governed by local laws, regulations, and company policies. Benefits may vary by country and region, and further details will be provided as part of the recruitment process. 


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The NetApp portfolio of leading data, application, and storage solutions helps organizations manage applications and data everywhere across hybrid multicloud environments. Our 30 years of innovation have made us the proven leader in all-flash storage. We have the only enterprise-grade storage OS available natively on the world’s biggest public clouds. Our data services offer the best security and protection in the industry. We have CloudOps services that will revolutionize how you work in the cloud. And that’s just scratching the surface. In a world of hybrid multicloud complexity, we envision a better IT experience—an evolved cloud state where on-premises and cloud environments are united as one, always delivering simplicity, security, savings, and sustainability. To get you there, we build solutions that drive faster innovation wherever your data and applications live, with unified management and AI-driven optimization. No walled gardens. No lock-in. You get the freedom to do what’s best for your business today and the flexibility to adapt to whatever tomorrow throws at you.

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10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Sunnyvale, CA, US


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