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We are seeking an Associate Director of Software Engineering to lead and scale high-performing engineering teams while driving technical strategy across our front-end and platform ecosystem. This role balances people leadership, architectural direction, and cross-functional partnership to deliver reliable, modern, and scalable software solutions aligned with business goals.
The ideal candidate is a strong technical leader who can operate at both a strategic and execution level, foster collaboration across teams, and guide teams through modernization, change, and complex delivery challenges. The role requires experience delivering both web and mobile-based applications and a demonstrated history of successfully shipping and supporting products across these platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and support multiple engineering teams and managers, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and consistent execution across initiatives.
Define and execute technical and delivery strategies aligned with enterprise architecture standards, modernization goals, and business priorities.
Partner closely with Product, UX, Architecture, Security, Compliance, and other stakeholders to align roadmaps, priorities, and delivery expectations.
Serve as a change leader, guiding teams through unfamiliar or ambiguous situations while promoting adaptability and continuous learning.
Remove technical and business obstacles, establish clarity for ambiguous requests, and help teams navigate trade-offs effectively.
Oversee the full software delivery lifecycle, including planning, execution, release management, and production stability.
Support platform health by managing upgrade cycles, deployment timelines, and lifecycle standards to reduce risk and technical debt.
Collaborate across teams by coordinating initiatives, analyzing platform usage and requirements, reviewing technical implications of contracts, and supporting related internal projects.
Promote strong engineering practices, observability, operational excellence, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Conduct performance reviews, provide employee oversight, support career development, and mentor leaders and engineers.
Encourage the responsible use of AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, similar tools) across the product lifecycle to improve productivity, quality, and delivery outcomes.
Act as a subject matter expert for owned platforms and services, while enabling teams to build autonomy and technical ownership.
Serve as an ambassador of the OMF culture, modeling collaboration, respect, accountability, and inclusive leadership.
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
8+ years of overall engineering experience.
Experience delivering and supporting both web and mobile applications, with a track record of successful releases and ongoing maintenance.
Experience in a lead developer, team lead, or people leadership role organizing, developing, and mentoring engineering teams.
Three or more years of progressive responsibility on development teams directly responsible for building and delivering software-intensive systems.
Exposure to technology and management principles including planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, leadership techniques, and coordination of people.
Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Familiarity with modern software development practices, cloud-native technologies (AWS preferred), and JavaScript-based frameworks (Angular preferred).
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment while balancing delivery, quality, and long-term sustainability.
Target base salary range is $160K-$180K, which is based on various factors including skills and work experience. In addition to base salary, this role is eligible for a competitive compensation program that is based on individual and company performance.
OneMain Holdings, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, creed, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information or history, marital status, military status, national origin, nationality, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, transgender or on any other basis protected by law.
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