Director of Software Engineering

Kimball Midwest, a national distributor of maintenance, repair, and operation products, is searching for a Director of Software Engineering for our Columbus, Ohio location.

As a Kimball Midwest associate, you’ll be part of a company built on long-term growth and strong values. From $1 million in sales in 1983 to over $500 million today, our success has been driven by our people. Despite our growth, we have stayed true to our family-owned and operated roots—where employees are recognized as individuals and our culture remains a top priority.

Responsibilities:

• Leads the Software Engineering organization, providing strategic direction and day-to-day leadership across software development and DevOps functions.
• Responsible for achieving the Development portion of the IT corporate plan, including the development organization roadmap, capacity planning, and integration with other IT functions.
• Accountable for staffing, budget, skill development, performance evaluations, and compensation management for the Software Engineering organization.
• Establishes and communicates the vision, strategy, processes, tools, and standards necessary to support business operations, product delivery, project delivery, and internal modernization efforts.
• Oversees the software development lifecycle and partners with Architecture, Product, PMO, Agility, and other IT functions to enable consistent, high-quality software delivery.
• Drives the responsible adoption of AI throughout the software development lifecycle, helping teams leverage emerging AI tools and capabilities while maintaining appropriate standards, guardrails, and human oversight.
• Provides thought leadership regarding the strategic application and management of technology across the organization. Establishes and continuously improves metrics to measure the effectiveness and successful delivery of the Software Engineering organization.
• Establishes effective processes for identifying, communicating, and escalating risks, assumptions, actions, issues, and dependencies impacting software development.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships across IT and company leadership to align Software Engineering priorities with broader organizational objectives.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of combined experience in software application development and leadership/supervision.
• Previous direct people-management experience within a software engineering or technology capacity.
• Hands-on software engineering experience and a strong understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Understanding of C# or a similar object-oriented programming language.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server or a similar relational database management system.
• Conceptual understanding of domain-driven design and microservice architecture.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through technological change, innovation, and continuous improvement.