Director, Software Engineering (Developer Evangelism & Open Source)

**Summary / Objective** The Director, Software Engineering will lead the strategy and execution needed to make DNSid easy for developers to understand, adopt, and build with. This role owns the end\-to\-end developer distribution strategy, including leading a cross\-functional team of engineers, advocates, writers, and designers; driving standards work; building a high\-quality public developer presence through SDKs, documentation, and portals; and identifying high\-leverage integration opportunities that create measurable adoption. Balancing strategic prioritization with hands\-on technical leadership, this person will bridge the gap between technical standards and real\-world developer adoption. This role reports to VP, Engineering \& Technical Architect. **What You'll Do** * Own DNSid’s developer\-distribution strategy across integrations, evangelism, and content, prioritizing the work where agentic adoption can compound fastest * Build and lead the team: engineers, advocates, writers, and designers * Develop technical talent who can represent DNSid on stage and at conferences * Identify and prioritize the highest\-impact integration and evangelism areas, sequencing the work so installs compound into measurable adoption signals * Drive standards work directly by pursuing endorsement from major players in high\-leverage venues while keeping the protocol surface minimal for others to build on * Define and maintain the public developer presence, including docs, SDKs, sample apps, the GitHub org, and an AI\- and human\-friendly developer portal * Own the editorial quality bar across everything published. Hold everyone to the same standard * Generate measurable adoption signals that change how the partnership conversations open * Partner with engineering to ensure SDKs and APIs deliver an excellent developer experience with safe, clear defaults * Make sure what developers say changes the roadmap * Lead hiring, onboarding, mentoring, coaching, and performance management efforts to build high\-performing teams, foster a collaborative environment, and consistently model Identity Digital’s values * Actively models and promotes Identity Digital’s core values through day\-to\-day interactions, leadership behaviors, and decision\-making * Other duties as assigned **Who You Are / What You Bring** * 15\+ years of experience leading open source and developer relations initiatives * 10\+ years hands on software engineering * 5\+ years growing and managing teams * Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience * Proven leadership of developer relations or developer experience at a platform, infrastructure, or open\-source organization * Track record building and running the developer\-facing experience for a widely adopted technology, standard, or developer platform * Deep experience with technical documentation systems and developer\-content strategy at scale * Ability to lead a team while staying close enough to the work to write