Director, Software Development

Director, Software Development

Location: Home-Based Europe / Hybrid Europe

Position Summary:

Powered by iTwin, seamlessly integrated with Bentley’s open applications, and providing common data environments, Bentley Infrastructure Cloud helps engineers produce higher quality digital deliverables, enables contractors to leverage data from design to make more informed planning and execution decisions, and provides owners with evergreen digital twins to improve the reliability, performance, compliance, and safety of their infrastructure assets.

The Director, Software Development of Portal and iTwin experience will drive continuous transformation and be responsible for development and delivery of Bentley's products for Bentley Infrastructure Cloud services based on iTwin working in close partnership with product management team with a mission to deliver best in class solutions to Bentley’s users and partners.

They will have end-to-end product delivery ownership, including service uptime (SLA), and ability to make data and telemetry-based decisions.

The ideal candidate is a strong promoter of agile methods, cloud development with multi-tenant microservices. They can coach colleagues in the team through an “Empowered Team” approach to solve user requirements quickly, in partnership with product management to maximize market success and user adoption. To thrive in this role, they will also need to be excellent communicators with a bias for collaboration.

Main Responsibilities:

• Lead the Development and QA teams to deliver highly available, scalable, and performant services and products driving continuous transformation to “Empowered teams” approach.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the domain and products, their underlying architecture in context of Bentley technology and iTwin architecture.
• Set and maintain a high bar for code quality and excellence in delivery with ownership of uptime.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve the performance of the engineering organization and drive the necessary structure, process, and system changes.
• Establish the cloud mindset, operating model, and technology throughout the organization ensuring successful transition for existing users.
• Make fact-based decisions driving product adoption and usage, including investments in development priorities, and controlling costs through proper architectural choices, with constant vigilance towards usage growth.
• Partner with Product Management, UX and all levels of leadership to ensure alignment towards strategy and successful delivery of commitments.
• Build strong relationships externally and internally, with all levels of leadership to ensure alignment and coordinated engagement to achieve company objectives.
• Continuously foster a world-class development organization through hiring, coaching & training.
• Engage with key customers and occasionally represent the company or department at external events.

What you Bring to the Team:

• Strong leadership/management skills and experience managing globally diverse software development teams.
• Experience in world-class development standards like “Empowered and sustainable team”.
• Deep understanding of DevOps/SRE, and understand complex technical issues, including multi-cloud approach to delivering cloud services.
• Accountability for code quality, technical debt management and secure products with the ability to discern development lifecycle, technical debt management, cost ownership.
• Deep technical acumen, based on prior success leading software teams focused on industrial enterprises.
• Excellent presence and judgment. Demonstrate collaborative leadership with cross-functional partners and drive key strategic initiatives.
• Proactively seeks and adapts to new knowledge, trends, and solutions to improve product performance, drive consistency at scale, and share knowledge with teams.
• Results-oriented with a keen sense of initiative, internal motivation, and an unrelenting focus to think and act strategically, lead and communicate effectively in all directions, and drive measurable results delivered on commitments.
• High degree of intellectual curiosity, honesty, and capability and able to know where and how to get the information required – knows what to ask and how to ask it.
• A coaching mindset, comfortable leading teams, and direct reports through influence and with a continuous learning approach.
• 10+ years in Software Development with experience in cloud native service development driving transformation from legacy onPrem products in a multi-region environment and team setup.  
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.

What We Offer:

• A great Team and culture - please see our Recruitment Video.
• An exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction.
• Competitive Salary and benefits.
• The opportunity to work within a global and diverse international team.
• A supportive and collaborative environment.
• Colleague Recognition Awards.

About Bentley Systems:

Bentley Systems (Nasdaq: BSY) is the infrastructure engineering software company. We provide innovative software to advance the world’s infrastructure – sustaining both the global economy and environment. Our industry-leading software solutions are used by professionals, and organizations of every size, for the design, construction, and operations of roads and bridges, rail and transit, water and wastewater, public works and utilities, buildings and campuses, mining, and industrial facilities. Our offerings, powered by the iTwin Platform for infrastructure digital twins, include MicroStation and Bentley Open applications for modeling and simulation, Seequent’s software for geoprofessionals, and Bentley Infrastructure Cloud encompassing ProjectWise for project delivery, SYNCHRO for construction management, and AssetWise for asset operations. Bentley Systems’ 5,000 colleagues generate annual revenues of more than $1 billion in 194 countries.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Bentley is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and considers for employment all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, religion/belief, national origin, caste, age, or any other characteristic protected by local law or unrelated to job qualifications.