Director of Software Development - Remote

Location: San Diego
Posted on: June 23, 2025

Job Description:

For over four decades, PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) has been a leader in restaurant technology, empowering brands worldwide to create lasting connections with their guests. Our innovative solutions and commitment to excellence provide comprehensive software and hardware that enable seamless experiences and drive growth for over 100,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries. Embracing our "Better Together" ethos, we offer Unified Customer Experience solutions, combining point-of-sale, digital ordering, loyalty and back-office software solutions as well as industry-leading hardware and drive-thru offerings. Position Description: The Director of Development will lead highly technical engineering teams overseeing the development of the PAR Retail platform. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Engineering, this role plays a key part in evolving a predictable, repeatable, measurable, and scalable engineering organization. This individual will drive the execution of product engineering initiatives—on time, on budget, and with high quality—while fostering a culture of collaboration, simplicity, and product-focused development. They will also contribute to resource planning, mentor engineers, and collaborate cross-functionally to improve processes and outcomes across the organization. Position Location: United States, Remote Reports To: Sr. Director, Engineering What We’re Looking For: · 5 years in software development leadership, ideally within a SaaS environment · Proven track record managing distributed teams (preferably across the U.S. and Eastern Europe) · Strong interpersonal and communication skills · Experience supporting enterprise-scale, highly available applications · Familiarity with service-oriented platform architectures · Demonstrated ability to simplify complex systems and processes · Deep technical expertise and past hands-on development experience · Experience collaborating with internal executives and external technical stakeholders Additional Skills: · Experience operating Kubernetes deployments at scale · Expert-level knowledge of AWS or other cloud providers · Industry experience in retail services or fuel & convenience is a plus · Local to PAR Retail HQ in Philadelphia, PA is a bonus Unleash your potential: What you will be doing and owning: · Lead engineering teams building the PAR Retail platform · Improve the scalability and efficiency of the engineering organization · Oversee the successful delivery of product engineering initiatives · Implement and improve planning and resource allocation processes · Coach engineers toward personal and professional excellence · Contribute to a culture of cross-functional collaboration · Participate in code development and technical issue resolution when needed · Support reliability and operational excellence in live systems · Provide technical oversight for both applications and infrastructure teams · Partner with Product on roadmap scoping and estimations · Support operations and infrastructure to ensure uptime and performance

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