Director / Vice President of Software Engineering

About Us

Stronghold Investment Management ('Stronghold,' 'SIM,' or 'the Firm') is a technology-driven, vertically integrated investment manager focused on real-assets and related private markets. Stronghold seeks to deliver best-in-class risk-adjusted returns through an investment framework that features comparatively rapid transaction velocity, deep technical expertise, creative financial structuring, and objective and algorithmic decision making.

Stronghold was founded by Ryan Turner in 2016 and has deployed over $1.6 billion in capital across 10+ investment vehicles.

Ultimately, Stronghold intends to apply its technology-intensive investment approach to a variety of specialist real assets verticals, including :

• Oil & Gas
• Renewables
• Specialty Real Estate (commercial, datacenters, marinas)
• Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure
• Billboards and Fixtures
• Mining & other commodities
• Utilities
• Secondaries

Overview

We're seeking an experienced Director (or Vice President) of Software Engineering to lead our growing engineering organization. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical knowledge across multiple programming languages (Python, Java, Ruby on Rails, React) and a proven track record of managing high-performing, cross-functional software teams. This leader will be responsible for driving technical strategy, scaling the engineering team, and ensuring delivery of robust, scalable, and secure software products.

Core Responsibilities

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Ideal Candidate Profile

A strategic engineering leader who combines deep technical expertise with strong people management skills. You're comfortable getting into technical discussions with senior engineers but equally skilled at communicating engineering strategy to executive leadership. You thrive on building high-performing teams, creating sustainable development practices, and delivering exceptional software.

Skills Required

Java, Heroku, data engineering , Ruby On Rails, React, Typescript, Javascript, Gcp, Docker, Azure, graph databases , Python, Aws