Director, Product & Software Engineering

Why Work at Bremer?

Are we a bank? Absolutely. But when it comes to careers, you'll find that there's a lot more to our business than you might expect. We’re passionate about helping customers throughout Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota succeed and grow. Our commitment to authentic and enduring relationships starts by taking time to listen and learn about our customers’ goals, and innovate to solve their challenges, not only through financial resources but also deep knowledge, insights and ideas.

We expect, encourage and reward entrepreneurial thinking from our employees. We have a shared purpose of cultivating thriving communities, inspired by our founder, Otto Bremer, who spent his lifetime supporting the communities that his banks served in new and unexpected ways. That commitment to community and creative problem-solving contributes to Bremer’s culture.

If you want the next chapter in your story to be one where you make a real difference for our customers, communities and economies, we’re the bank to join. We foster diversity, equity and inclusion, building on the legacy of our immigrant founder. If you’re curious, enjoy collaborating, and start each day with the customer in mind, we invite you to join our team!

Job Description

The Director, Product & Software Engineering role is responsible for leading a team of product engineers in the development and delivery of digital and cloud-enabled products and services to internal and external customers.

A successful leader in this role will execute and implement best practices in agile methodologies, DevSecOps, and API-enabled service delivery. Leveraging the capabilities of the public cloud and cloud-native architecture, this role will ensure value-add benefit to customers at scale and speed. This position will report to the Chief Technology Officer.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

Lead the engineering teams responsible for Bremer's Digital Experience (Cloud-native, Full-Stack, Native Mobile, and responsive web front-end applications, APIs ,and integrations).

Execute techincal operations of products and services build by product engineering; collaborate on developing SLAs and SLOs.

Drive a delivery-oriented culture.

Manage budget for engineering group.

Develop, drive, and lead execution of next-generation product engineering and DevSecOps practice.

Develop and lead workshops to educate, train, and enable adoption of DevSecOps; Ci / CD; GitOps; cloud-native application design, delivery and re-factoring.

Collaborate with business partners on design of organizational processes and standards.

Partner with senior leaders, buisiness partners, and customers.

Provide managerial leadership and support to full time and contractor team members

Demonstrate commitment to Bremer's risk management approach including compliance with all applicable industry regulations, state and federal regulations, Bremer's policies and procedures, and completion of all required training.

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Bachelors' degree and 12+ of relevant experience 8+ years of proven work experience as a software developer. 5+ years leading, managing, and directing terms with digital, customer-facing, internet delivered experiences.
• Advanced working knowledge and extensive experience in programming and software design fundamentals.
• Experience with data security and / or regulatory data compliance. HIPAA, NIST, PCI, etc.
• Experience with DevSecOps practices such as infrastructure-as-Code(IaC); Continuous Integration; continuous automated deployment; test-driven development; and configuration management.
• Extensive experience in developing within cloud-based environments such as Amazon Web Services (Highly Preferred), Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure with emphasis on serverless (FaaS) and microservice architectures

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Bremer Values & Benefits

Our Values

Collaboration : We work elbow-to-elbow with our customers, making a difference for them in good times and bad. We share our skills, knowledge and experience to support each other every day.

Commitment : We’re deeply invested in the places we live and work, and we’re always ready to do whatever it takes to help our neighbors and communities thrive and grow.

Creativity : Imagination and innovation are essential to helping our customers and Bremer succeed. If there’s a better way to do something, we’ll find it or create it.

Our Benefits

At Bremer, we are committed to supporting and growing the we call home. Our people understand that they represent our name and reputation in every conversation, and that they’re backed by an organization that values finding a better way to get things done. . Not just the 401(k), pension plan, healthcare, and vacation kind (we’ve got those), but the kind of everyday benefits that get you excited for what each day holds.