Director of Software Development

Piper Companies is looking for a Director of Software Development to join a thriving insurance brokerage company. This is a hybrid position and requires the candidate to be onsite 3 days a week.

Essential Duties of the Director of Software Development:

• Provide vision and direction for software development teams, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy
• Oversee both .NET and PowerBuilder development efforts, balancing legacy system support with digital transformation
• Own planning, prioritization, and delivery of projects across multiple platforms
• Introduce and enforce coding standards, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and QA frameworks
  
  

Qualifications of the Director of Software Development:

• Bachelor's degree preferred but not required
• 10 years of progressive experience in software development, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
• Strong technical expertise in .NET (C#, ASP.NET, .NET Core) and working knowledge of PowerBuilder
• Deep understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, secure coding standards, and QA best practices
• Experience leading application modernization projects (PowerBuilder to .NET, cloud-native, or microservices architectures)
  
  

Compensation for the Director of Software Development:

• $180,000 - $220,000 (based on experience)
• Comprehensive benefit package; Cigna Medical, Cigna Dental, Vision, 401k w/ ADP, PTO, paid holidays, sick Leave as required by law
  
  

This job opens for applications on 11/3/25. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date

• NET Core, .NET Framework, ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET, Entity Framework, LINQ, Razor Pages, Blazor, Web API, SignalR, NuGet, MSBuild, Visual Studio, Roslyn, Windows Forms, WPF, ADO.NET, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, Azure App Services, Azure Pipelines, Azure Repos, Azure Artifacts, PowerShell, IIS, RESTful Services, JWT Authentication, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, Dependency Injection, Middleware, Microservices, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, SonarQube, Selenium, NUnit, xUnit, Moq, Postman, Swagger, OpenAPI, Application Insights, Log4Net, Serilog, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, SRE, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, Ansible, ARM Templates, YAML, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, SDLC, TDD, BDD, DDD, SOLID Principles, Clean Architecture, CQRS, Event Sourcing, Technical Debt, Code Review, Refactoring, Performance Tuning, Load Testing, Scalability, High Availability, Fault Tolerance, SLA, SLA Monitoring, Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis, Change Management, Release Management, Feature Flags, Blue-Green Deployment, Canary Releases, Rollbacks, Monitoring, Alerting, Logging, Observability, DevSecOps, Security Scanning, Static Code Analysis, Secrets Management, Vault, PowerBuilder Classic, PowerBuilder.NET, Sybase, DataWindow, PFC (PowerBuilder Foundation Classes), SQL Anywhere, Oracle, MS SQL Server, Stored Procedures, Triggers, ODBC, JDBC, Legacy Modernization, Code Migration, Reverse Engineering, Version Control, Technical Leadership, Stakeholder Management, Cross-Functional Teams, Mentoring, Hiring, Budgeting, Strategic Planning, Roadmapping, OKRs, KPIs, Risk Management, Compliance, Governance, Architecture Review Board