Director, Software Engineering - Tech Project

About Us

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.

The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.

About The Team

Our Technology teams work collaboratively from different locations across the world on multiple eCommerce sites, mobile applications, and automated online auctions. We encourage and celebrate technical innovation and work with some of the industry’s leading technologies and tools.

Every day your work will make a difference in the way we run our business and the in the way customers interact with us.

Job Description

The Director, Software Engineering is responsible for leading a team of professionals to support our line of business operations by architecting, leading, and collaborating with developers to produce full stack solutions using modern frameworks and technologies, managing the practice in accordance with industry and RB Global standards of software engineering.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, develop, debug, and deploy scalable, efficient, performant, and reusable code to provide stable products to help grow and scale the business

Perform ad hoc analysis and troubleshooting to resolve issues with deployed systems

Maintain documentation and source control

Contribute code as part of a collaborative team, building critical systems for the clients

Supervise product and test automation engineers in a cross-functional team, managing their priorities and ensuring that their code adheres to industry and company best practices

Manage and define tasks for yourself and others in an agile environment

Architect and implement solutions in collaboration with engineering leadership

Own the problem and scope solutions that line up with business objectives

Provide rapid response to the needs of the team

Own delivery and regressions for the core components of the Rouse Sales product offering

Mentor and provide direction to team members

Responsible for the budget planning and management of some budgets

Coach and manage the team's communications to ensure efficient execution of high-quality work including developing key performance indicators for sub-teams and team members, measures performance on a regular basis

Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

At least 10 years of experience in a technology environment with demonstrated progressive responsibilities

Experience managing multiple, large, cross-functional teams or projects, and influencing ‎senior-level management and key stakeholders is required

At least 5 years of recent IT management experience

Considerable ‎knowledge of the principles and applications of computing systems, server support, data networks, and ‎telecommunication

Extensive ‎knowledge of and competence in working at a high level of systems analysis, development, and information management

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