Director of Development

Director of Development

As the Director of Development at CostQuest Associates, you will provide strategic and technical leadership for the development team responsible for building our data-driven software products and platforms. You will guide architectural direction, oversee development operations, and ensure the successful delivery of scalable solutions used by government agencies and major broadband industry clients.

In this role, you will manage cross-functional development teams, drive technology modernization, and foster an engineering culture focused on quality, security, innovation, and predictable delivery. You will work closely with Product, Data Science, GIS, and Executive Leadership to align development priorities with business goals and support CQA's continued growth in data analytics and the broadband consulting space.

Position Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the software organization, spanning architecture, engineering, and cloud/platform operations.

Develop, communicate, and manage the technical roadmap for CQA's platforms, APIs, databases, and analytic tools.

Lead and mentor development managers and technical leads; develop hiring plans to support team growth.

Ensure high-quality, scalable, and secure development practices across all systems and services.

Oversee the design and implementation of full-stack architectures supporting large-scale geospatial and economic datasets.

Partner with Product and Data teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions

Drive best practices in CI/CD, code quality, automated testing, and deployment workflows.

Manage development timelines, prioritization, and resource allocation across multiple concurrent projects

Oversee production support, performance optimization, and incident response processes

Develop documentation standards and ensure consistent adherence across engineering teams

Evaluate new technologies, tools, and architectures to advance CQA's technical capabilities.

Ensure compliance with U.S. government security, reliability, and data-handling requirements.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred).

Required Skills:

10+ years of software development experience, including 5+ years in technical leadership or a director-level role.

Proven leadership of development teams building cloud-native data or SaaS products.

Expertise in orchestrating modern full-stack development across backend and frontend, using backend Python and C#, and frontend JavaScript/TypeScript for both APIs/services and modern web UIs.

Strong knowledge of SQL and relational database design; experience with large, complex datasets.

Experience with public cloud services across compute/containers, managed databases, serverless, networking, object storage, and API management.

Experience designing and developing scalable APIs and backend services.

Experience incorporating Artificial Intelligence techniques (ML/CV) into products and workflows with strong governance and security.

Familiarity with GIS and/or broadband-related datasets (preferred).

Excellent communication, planning, and collaboration skills.

Ability to work in a fast-moving environment and make strategic decisions with incomplete information.

Compensation & Benefits:

Competitive Salary and Benefits

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Bonus Pay and Profit Sharing

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

401(k) matching

Health insurance

Company paid Dental, Vision, Life, and LTD insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Health savings account

Vacation (15 days - increasing with years of service), Sick (5 days)

(Days will be adjusted first year, based on date of hire)

10 Paid Holidays

Parental leave

Professional development assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ability to commute/relocate:

Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)to

Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Work Location:

Hybrid schedule - Cincinnati, OH 45202.

Who We Are

CostQuest Associates is a broadband consulting firm offering a variety of specialized consulting services, GIS data, and application products. Our team utilizes GIS (Geographic Information System) solutions to design, develop, and implement economic models, applications, and geographic data to support the broadband telecommunications ecosystem.

We are a small company with a large profile, in constant pursuit of new challenges to expand our competencies.Our customers range from Fortune 100 companies, such as AT&T and Comcast, to government departments at the Federal and State levels.While we are proud of our accomplishments, we define ourselves by the courage to always do what's right and the resolve to leave no stone unturned.

CostQuest Associates is based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an office in Seattle, Washington, a presence in Washington, D.C., and a network of experts across the US.

What We Do

CostQuest Associates services government clients and the broadband industry with services related to valuation, appraisal, public policy, engineering cost, and business planning. We excel in custom broadband telecommunication economics work and the creation of niche datasets and applications that enable companies and regulators to make effective, informed decisions, and allocate their capital more efficiently.

Clients such as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the US Department of Commerce have relied on our expertise to inform policy and regulatory decisions. In addition, our valuation and appraisal services support the tax and merger and acquisition initiatives for large services providers and other providers of broadband services.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability

CostQuest is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on any protected basis.

If you have a disability and need assistance during the application and selection process as a result, please let us know. Arrangements can be made to provide an accommodation to assist you in applying for an open position using our online system or completing any other related paperwork, interviewing, or any portion of the employment process. Please contact Betsy Thrush at bthrush@costquest.com if you need an accommodation or other assistance.

Visit our website and LinkedIn page to learn more about CostQuest:

Website: https://www.costquest.com/about-us/careers/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/costquest/

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