Company Overview: Everything we do is for educators. Were partnering with them to advance a bold vision for education that boosts district performance and student success. At Follett Software, we empower educators across roles with technology that streamlines processes and manages information and resources to improve their schools, increase student success, and drive the future of education.

We believe that by empowering educators to amplify their impact on students lives, we can change the world. Our goal and mission is to drive the future of education. We are inspired by educators to deliver transformative technology.

Our innovative, connected solutions simplify challenges and offer a seamless and intuitive experience. This is a in office role located in Wellington, New Zealand Position Overview: We are seeking a Director of Software Development to lead the engineering organi s ation for our AccessIt product . In this role, you will head a team of skilled software engineers (Java backend, SQL Server database, and modern web front-end technologies) to deliver a high-quality, cloud-based product.

Y ou will drive technical strategy and architectural moderni s ation while ensuring that our development efforts remain extremely customer-focused and outcome-driven. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic and collaborative leader who can balance hands-on technical guidance with strategic vision, fostering a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement in line with modern engineering best practices. This is a high-impact leadership position with the opportunity to shape the future of our platform and deliver real value to customers on an iterative, continuous basis.

Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership & Strategy: Provide technical direction and strategic vision for the engineering team, ensuring alignment of software architecture with business goals and customer needs. Lead the planning, design, and delivery of our SaaS applications across front-end and back-end teams, upholding high standards of quality, performance, and security. Architectural Modernization: Drive the iterative modernisation of our platforms architecture.

Champion and implement modern architectural patterns (e.g. microservices, event-driven systems) to progressively transform legacy modules into scalable, cloud-native services.

Employ iterative modernization techniques such as the strangler pattern to replace legacy components incrementally while minimizing risk. Ensure the system evolves with a focus on maintainability and extensibility for future growth. Product Delivery & Execution: Oversee the full software development lifecycle and ensure on-time delivery of features.

Promote modern engineering practices Agile/Scrum methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation to enable rapid, frequent releases of value to customers. Own the throughput and stability of product delivery, continuously improving development processes and removing impediments. Team Leadership.