Verint is seeking an experienced engineering leader to join our team as Associate Director, Software Engineering. This role requires deep experience in cloud-native product development, strong delivery ownership, and the ability to lead globally distributed teams building scalable, high-quality enterprise applications. The role partners across Engineering, Product, Architecture, QA, and other cross-functional teams to deliver products with strong reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS).

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At Verint, we believe customer engagement is at the core of every global brand. Our mission is to help organizations uncover opportunities by connecting work, data, and experiences across the enterprise. We hire innovators with passion, creativity, and drive to solve evolving market challenges and deliver meaningful outcomes for our customers. Learn more at https://www.verint.com.

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Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering
• 7+ years in engineering leadership and people management roles.
• Experience leading teams delivering enterprise-grade software products.
• Strong experience in cloud-native development on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience with cloud security, monitoring, observability, and production operations.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
• Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL data models, distributed data systems, and query performance.
• Exposure to at least one modern language such as Python or Java.
• Exposure to large-scale databases and data platforms, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, StarRocks, ClickHouse, and distributed data engines.
• Exposure to AI-assisted engineering practices.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and solve real-world challenges.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

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Leadership and Delivery

• Translate strategic goals into executable roadmaps with clear priorities, milestones, dependencies, and resource plans.
• Own end-to-end delivery, ensuring commitments are met with quality, predictability, and operational rigor.
• Drive execution discipline, clear accountability, and proactive risk management across teams.
• Communicate status, risks, trade-offs, and decisions clearly to stakeholders.
• Measure delivery performance, identify improvement opportunities, and optimize engineering processes.
• Build and lead high-performing teams across microservices, UI/UX, and large-scale data platforms.

Product and Cross-Functional Leadership

• Translate product strategy and requirements into scalable technical solutions aligned to business objectives.
• Partner with Product Managers and Product Owners to understand user needs and deliver customer value.
• Balance delivery commitments, engineering quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Influence prioritization and scope decisions to maximize business impact.
• Drive alignment across globally distributed cross-functional teams.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership for cloud-native applications and platforms.
• Guide teams building distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and data-intensive services.
• Champion engineering excellence in architecture, automation, testing, observability, security, and operational readiness.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD, DevOps, and AI-enabled development practices to improve productivity and quality.

Talent Management

• Build, develop, and retain high-performing engineering teams.
• Establish a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Hire top talent and support growth through coaching, mentorship, and career development.
• Lead teams using Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.