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Sr Director, Software Engineering

Massachusetts, United StatesOnsiteFull TimeDirector$275,000–$290,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

Dynatrace is seeking a Sr. Director of Software Engineering to lead a 20+ person organization focused on building custom tools, automation, and platforms for post-sales teams. This role involves modernizing software development by embedding AI into engineering workflows to enhance coding, testing, CI/CD, incident response, and change management, ultimately improving quality, reliability, and developer productivity. The successful candidate will partner with business operations on strategy and roadmaps, deliver scalable and secure services, build internal platforms connecting development and operations, and drive AI adoption. Key responsibilities include leading, coaching, and growing engineering managers and technical leaders, ensuring execution, prioritization, and cross-functional alignment.

## Your role at Dynatrace

Lead a 20+ person engineering organization building custom tools, automation, and platforms that help post‑sales teams drive customer adoption and consumption of Dynatrace. You will modernize how we build and operate software by embedding AI into engineering workflows—accelerating coding, testing, CI/CD, incident response, and change management—while improving quality, reliability, and developer productivity at scale.

Core Responsibilities

  • Partner with business operations teams to define strategy and own engineering roadmaps
  • Deliver world‑class customer and employee applications through scalable, secure, well‑instrumented services and tooling
  • Build and operate internal platforms that connect development and operations systems (source control, CI/CD, observability, ticketing) into repeatable, measurable workflows
  • Drive 100% adoption of AI‑assisted development, including evaluation/guardrails, telemetry, cost controls, reliability targets (SLOs), and lifecycle management
  • Lead, coach, and grow engineering managers and technical leaders; drive execution, prioritization, and cross‑functional alignment

## What will help you succeed

Required Qualifications

  • Senior engineering leadership experience (Director/Sr. Director), including managing multiple teams and platform investments
  • Deep understanding of observability and telemetry
  • Demonstrated impact improving developer productivity with AI, including DevOps and release engineering capabilities at scale
  • Strong fundamentals in modern SDLC, cloud‑native systems, automation/orchestration, and operational excellence

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Dynatrace, Splunk, and/or Datadog

## Why you will love being a Dynatracer

  • A one-product software company creating real value for the largest enterprises and millions of end customers globally, striving for a world where software works perfectly.
  • Working with the latest technologies and at the forefront of innovation in tech on scale; but also, in other areas like marketing, design, or research.
  • A team that thinks outside the box, welcomes unconventional ideas, and pushes boundaries.
  • An environment that fosters innovation, enables creative collaboration, and allows you to grow.
  • A globally unique and tailor-made career development program recognizing your potential, promoting your strengths, and supporting you in achieving your career goals.
  • A truly international mindset that is being shaped by the diverse personalities, expertise, and backgrounds of our global team.
  • A relocation team that is eager to help you start your journey to a new country, always there to support and by your side.
  • Attractive compensation packages and stock purchase options with numerous benefits and advantages.

## Compensation and Rewards

DOE, salary $275K - $290K, plus Health, Dental, Life, STD, LTD, 401K, PTO. Total compensation may vary depending on candidate experience/education and location.

## Equal Employment Opportunity

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We offer competitive compensation, company-sponsored premium benefits, medical, dental, vacation/holidays, company matching 401(k) Plan, etc. Dynatrace is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, physical abilities, age, sexual orientation, creed, disability status, veteran status, pregnancy, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If your disability makes it difficult for you to use this site, please contact careers@dynatrace.com. Dynatrace participates in E-Verify, participant information in English and Spanish. Right to work information in English and Spanish. EEO is the Law. To be considered for this position, please upload your resume/CV.

Sample Dynatrace interview questions

  • 1

    Develop a micro-posting service similar to Twitter.

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  • 2

    Split Array into Consecutive Subsequences Split an array into consecutive subsequences. Input: nums = [1,2,3,4,4,5] Output: FALSE Explanation: The numbers can form [1,2,3,4], but the remaining leftover group [4,5] is too short to form a valid sequence of length 3.

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  • 3

    Diameter of a Binary Tree Find the diameter of a binary tree. Input: root = [1,2] Output: 1 Explanation: The longest path is simply the single edge connecting the root node to its only child.

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    Optimal Meeting Point Calculate the optimal meeting point for multiple people on a 2D grid. Input: grid = [[1,0],[0,1]] Output: 2 Explanation: The optimal meeting point is either (0,1) or (1,0), requiring exactly 1 step from each person resulting in a total distance of 2.

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  • 5

    Minimum Path Sum Find the minimum path sum from top-left to bottom-right in a grid. Input: grid = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]] Output: 12 Explanation: The optimal path moves along 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 6, resulting in a minimum accumulated sum of 12.

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