Job Summary:
Hanwha Energy USA, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is a part of the Hanwha Group and specializes in energy solutions. They are seeking a Director of Application Development to lead the strategy, design, and delivery of modern business applications across the enterprise, managing a team of developers and overseeing the application development roadmap.
Responsibilities:
โข Own the enterprise application development roadmap across business units, aligning delivery with company priorities, operational needs, and long-term technology strategy.
โข Personally contribute to application planning, solution design, architecture reviews, and technical decision-making.
โข Lead the design and delivery of internal and customer-facing applications, AI agents, copilots, and workflow automations.
โข Review code, technical designs, and implementation approaches to ensure quality, scalability, security, maintainability, and alignment with standards.
โข Mentor and lead full-stack developers, AI developers, and contractors through hands-on coaching, pairing on complex stories, and continuous technical guidance.
โข Establish and enforce engineering standards, development practices, documentation expectations, and design review disciplines.
โข Balance new feature delivery with technical debt management, application modernization, supportability, and vendor coordination.
โข Partner closely with business stakeholders, product/process leaders, data teams, infrastructure teams, and security teams to deliver practical, high-impact solutions.
โข Oversee vendor-delivered application work and ensure external partners meet architectural, quality, delivery, and support expectations.
โข Drive sound application architecture decisions, including integration patterns, APIs, data access approaches, identity/security patterns, and cloud design considerations.
โข Ensure applications are built with operational excellence in mind, including monitoring, logging, performance, resiliency, and support readiness.
โข Help define delivery priorities, sprint outcomes, resource plans, and tradeoff decisions across multiple initiatives.
โข Promote responsible adoption of AI-enabled development and automation capabilities while maintaining guardrails, governance, and business value focus.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข Bachelorโs degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field. Equivalent experience may be considered.
โข 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, application development, or application architecture.
โข 5+ years in a leadership role managing developers, technical leads, or engineering teams.
โข Proven experience leading full-stack application delivery in a business environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
โข Strong experience with modern application architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud-based development, and secure application design.
โข Experience leading or contributing to AI-enabled applications, agent workflows, copilots, automations, or LLM-based solutions in an enterprise setting.
โข Demonstrated ability to review code, shape technical designs, and guide teams through complex implementation decisions.
โข Experience managing a mix of full-time employees, contractors, and vendor partners.
โข Strong communication skills with the ability to engage technical teams, business leaders, and executive stakeholders.
Preferred:
โข Experience with Azure-based application development and services.
โข Experience with AI/LLM tools such as Azure OpenAI and related orchestration, prompt, retrieval, or agent patterns.
โข Experience with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, code quality controls, and modern software delivery practices.
โข Experience in environments with custom business applications, enterprise integrations, and a blend of in-house and vendor-supported platforms.
โข Experience in regulated, operationally complex, or multi-business-unit environments.
Company:
Hanwha Energy USA Holdings Corporation, previously doing business as 174 Power Global, is headquartered in Houston, Texas and is a leading solar energy company wholly owned by Hanwha Energy Corporation. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in Irvine, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.