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Job Description
As a global leader in laboratory and clinical technologies, we are passionate about bringing great science to life. We help scientists, resarchers, and clinicians address some of the world’s most important challenges across life science research, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, food, environmental testing, and related markets.
Leveraging more than 50 years of expertise, we develop advanced instruments, software, consumables, and services that enable customers to generate reliable scientific results and improve scientific, economic, and operational outcomes. Our global organization combines deep technical expertise with a commitment to quality, innovation, and customer impact. We work collaboratively with our customers on their journey to make a real difference in human lives. Our culture is founded on trust, respect, and uncompromising integrity, and we pride ourselves on being a dynamic and inclusive workplace that empowers employees and fosters innovation.
The Role
Agilent is seeking an experienced Director of Software Engineering to lead software engineering teams responsible for build out of a unified software platform. This leader will build and develop high-performing engineering organizations, deliver high-quality commercial software, establish strong technical and architectural practices, and improve execution across the product lifecycle.
The role requires deep software engineering experience, strong technical judgment, people leadership, life-sciences domain expertise, and the ability to operate across a global, multi-business organization. The successful candidate will partner closely with Product Management, R&D, Systems Engineering, Architecture, Quality, and business leadership to translate customer and market needs into software strategies and roadmaps, while helping teams adopt AI-enabled and automated engineering practices where they improve productivity, quality, and speed.
Key Responsibilities
- Own software engineering execution across the complete product lifecycle, from concept through development, verification, release, sustaining engineering, and lifecycle management.
- Partner with Product Management and R&D leadership to translate customer needs and business priorities into executable software strategies and roadmaps.
- Establish predictable planning, development, and release processes while balancing new-product development, platform investment, technical debt, sustaining engineering, and regulatory commitments.
- Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing software engineering organization responsible for analytical products as part of a larger portfolio.
- Provide leadership across software domains that may include instrument and embedded software, desktop applications, enterprise informatics, cloud services, APIs, and data platforms.
- Develop engineering managers, senior technical leaders, and individual contributors; attract and retain strong software engineering talent.
- Manage dependencies across software, firmware, hardware, systems engineering, automation, and scientific workflows; provide senior leadership clear visibility into risks, tradeoffs, and investment needs.
- Lead globally distributed teams and create an operating model that enables teams across regions to work as one integrated engineering organization.
- Ensure software development practices meet the quality and regulatory expectations of life-science, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, and other regulated customer environments.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to strengthen lifecycle practices, design controls, verification and validation, documentation, traceability, and audit readiness.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, or a related technical discipline required.
- Master's degree or equivalent advanced technical education preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years experience formally or informally leading people, projects and/or programs
Skills and Competencies
- Deep software engineering and architecture credibility with strong systems thinking and technical problem-solving capability.
- Proven ability to lead and develop engineering organizations and other engineering leaders.
- Ability to balance technical quality, speed, customer needs, regulatory requirements, and business priorities.
- Strong understanding of software quality, cybersecurity, reliability, and regulated development.
- Strong product and customer orientation, change-leadership capability, executive communication, and stakeholder management.
- Ability to influence across a distributed, multi-business organization and openness to new technologies and engineering approaches.
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least November 17, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted. The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $184,800.00 - $346,500.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email job_posting@agilent.com or contact +1-262-754-5030. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please visit www.agilent.com/en/accessibility.Travel Required:
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As a global leader in laboratory and clinical technologies, we are passionate about bringing great science to life. We help scientists, resarchers, and clinicians address some of the world’s most important challenges across life science research, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, food, environmental testing, and related markets.
Leveraging more than 50 years of expertise, we develop advanced instruments, software, consumables, and services that enable customers to generate reliable scientific results and improve scientific, economic, and operational outcomes. Our global organization combines deep technical expertise with a commitment to quality, innovation, and customer impact. We work collaboratively with our customers on their journey to make a real difference in human lives. Our culture is founded on trust, respect, and uncompromising integrity, and we pride ourselves on being a dynamic and inclusive workplace that empowers employees and fosters innovation.
The Role
Agilent is seeking an experienced Director of Software Engineering to lead software engineering teams responsible for build out of a unified software platform. This leader will build and develop high-performing engineering organizations, deliver high-quality commercial software, establish strong technical and architectural practices, and improve execution across the product lifecycle.
The role requires deep software engineering experience, strong technical judgment, people leadership, life-sciences domain expertise, and the ability to operate across a global, multi-business organization. The successful candidate will partner closely with Product Management, R&D, Systems Engineering, Architecture, Quality, and business leadership to translate customer and market needs into software strategies and roadmaps, while helping teams adopt AI-enabled and automated engineering practices where they improve productivity, quality, and speed.
Key Responsibilities
- Own software engineering execution across the complete product lifecycle, from concept through development, verification, release, sustaining engineering, and lifecycle management.
- Partner with Product Management and R&D leadership to translate customer needs and business priorities into executable software strategies and roadmaps.
- Establish predictable planning, development, and release processes while balancing new-product development, platform investment, technical debt, sustaining engineering, and regulatory commitments.
- Lead, develop, and scale a high-performing software engineering organization responsible for analytical products as part of a larger portfolio.
- Provide leadership across software domains that may include instrument and embedded software, desktop applications, enterprise informatics, cloud services, APIs, and data platforms.
- Develop engineering managers, senior technical leaders, and individual contributors; attract and retain strong software engineering talent.
- Manage dependencies across software, firmware, hardware, systems engineering, automation, and scientific workflows; provide senior leadership clear visibility into risks, tradeoffs, and investment needs.
- Lead globally distributed teams and create an operating model that enables teams across regions to work as one integrated engineering organization.
- Ensure software development practices meet the quality and regulatory expectations of life-science, diagnostic, pharmaceutical, and other regulated customer environments.
- Partner with Quality and Regulatory teams to strengthen lifecycle practices, design controls, verification and validation, documentation, traceability, and audit readiness.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bioinformatics, or a related technical discipline required.
- Master's degree or equivalent advanced technical education preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years experience formally or informally leading people, projects and/or programs
Skills and Competencies
- Deep software engineering and architecture credibility with strong systems thinking and technical problem-solving capability.
- Proven ability to lead and develop engineering organizations and other engineering leaders.
- Ability to balance technical quality, speed, customer needs, regulatory requirements, and business priorities.
- Strong understanding of software quality, cybersecurity, reliability, and regulated development.
- Strong product and customer orientation, change-leadership capability, executive communication, and stakeholder management.
- Ability to influence across a distributed, multi-business organization and openness to new technologies and engineering approaches.
Additional Details
This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least November 17, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted. The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $184,800.00 - $346,500.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity and merit-based employer that values individuals of all backgrounds at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance, or regulation and will not be discriminated against on these bases. Agilent Technologies, Inc., is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive in the workplace where everyone is welcome, and strives to support candidates with disabilities. If you have a disability and need assistance with any part of the application or interview process or have questions about workplace accessibility, please email job_posting@agilent.com or contact +1-262-754-5030. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please visit www.agilent.com/en/accessibility.Travel Required:
25% of the TimeShift:
DayDuration:
No End DateJob Function:
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Who's Hiring
- Abco Maintenance13
- Office Ally2
- Aerostrat1
- GitLab1
- Corporate Tools1
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote director of software jobs.
- 7 or more years of software engineering experience with at least 3 in management
- Proven ability to lead and scale engineering teams of 10 or more engineers
- Deep proficiency in at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience driving software delivery using Agile or similar iterative development frameworks
- Strong background in system design, software architecture, and technical roadmap ownership
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Director of Software Job Search
Signal async leadership before the interview
Remote employers evaluate how director of software candidates communicate without real-time back-and-forth. Write up a concise engineering decision document or a technical post-mortem and share it during your application. It demonstrates the written leadership style distributed teams depend on daily.
Highlight distributed team experience explicitly
Generic leadership experience reads differently to remote hiring managers than a history of coordinating engineers across time zones. Call out the specific tools you've used, such as Jira, Linear, Notion, or Loom, and describe how you kept distributed teams aligned on roadmap priorities.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote director of software openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly without sorting through location-filtered results.
Prepare for async-style remote interviews
Many remote-first companies conduct early interview rounds through written prompts or recorded video responses rather than live calls. Practice articulating your engineering strategy and cross-functional decision-making process in clear, self-contained written answers before the process starts.
Remote Director of Software Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote director of software job?
Target remote-first companies and distributed product teams, since they're built to operate without a physical office and hire director of softwares who can lead across time zones. Remote employers screen heavily for strong written communication, comfort with async decision-making, and the ability to drive engineering strategy without in-person oversight. A portfolio of shipped products, public technical writing, or open-source leadership signals you can operate independently at a senior level.
Which companies hire remote director of softwares?
Employers currently hiring remote director of softwares include Abco Maintenance, Office Ally, and Aerostrat, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, distributed SaaS teams, and technology-forward enterprises in sectors like fintech, healthtech, and enterprise software regularly hire for this role with no location requirement.
Can you get a remote director of software job with no experience?
Yes, but remote director of software roles are harder to land without experience because distributed teams expect senior contributors to self-direct from day one. Remote-first startups and early-stage SaaS companies are more open to candidates building toward the director level. Demonstrating technical leadership through open-source projects, engineering blog posts, or a history of shipping features with distributed teams can substitute for a formal director title.
Do you need a degree for remote director of software jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated engineering leadership, a consistent history of delivering software products, and proficiency with the tools distributed teams rely on over a formal degree. Remote hiring managers often review GitHub activity, written design documents, and references from prior distributed teams as primary signals of readiness for the role.
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