Senior Software Engineer

About Us

Targeted Victory is a full-service marketing agency providing optimized outcomes in the digital age. We are made up of fresh thinking, curious minded, supportive, and team oriented individuals. Our clients, including national political and international decision makers, count on our team of top strategists to provide comprehensive solutions and strategic counsel on public affairs, advertising, media planning, fundraising and reputation management.

We have collectively raised our clients more than $1.95 billion in online fundraising, managed over $395 million in digital advertising, delivered over 24 billion emails and 7.5 billion text messages, and have sold and fulfilled over 3.5 million units of merchandise.

Targeted Victory is the proud recipient of the Washington Post Top Workplaces for 2025, 2023, and 2022, Reed Award for Best Employer in 2022, and the Campaign Tech Award for Best Employer in 2021.

Overview

Targeted Victory is looking for a Director of Technology Platforms who will oversee the design, development, and operations of Targeted Victory's cloud-based applications and infrastructure. This role blends leadership and hands-on execution: you will manage and evolve DevOps practices, ensure platform scalability and reliability, and contribute directly to full-stack application development. The position requires someone who can set technical strategy while also coding, deploying, and optimizing systems. Applicants must bring a stakeholder mindset, with the ability to balance operational excellence and product innovation. This role requires in-person work at our Arlington, VA office.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:

Business Applications

• Work closely with business stakeholders to maintain and grow the cloud platforms that support Targeted Victory's business goals
• Collaborate with vendors and contractors to ensure accuracy of technology projects as well as them progressing in accordance with business and technology objectives.
• Execute and drive the implementation and priorities of the team, including the day-to-day feature requests, bug fixes, new products, etc.
• Develop technical strategy by using a data-driven approach
• Build process flows and documentation to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team.

Technical Applications

• Oversee DevOps practices including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and system reliability.

• Actively work within our cloud infrastructure (AWS, Salesforce, Snowflake, etc.) to develop innovative solutions to business problems and needs.

• Full-Stack development experience with modern web frameworks and languages (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, React, Node.js).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related degree or 4-5 years of proven experience in related fields.
• Proficiency in understanding cloud-based computing services like AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform
• Strong understanding of networking, security, and system architecture.
• Have general knowledge of SaaS products, web/app development, and the demonstrated ability to quickly become proficient in new technology as the need arises.
• Demonstrate ability to, plan, organize, and execute projects from conception through implementation.
• Have exceptional collaboration and problem-solving skills; focused on win/win solutions. Anticipate and prepare for roadblocks. Quickly troubleshoot and resolve issues as they arise.
• Be able/willing to occasionally work after hours for planned releases or emergency problem-solving.

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