Director of Engineering, Foundations
Shield AI
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
- Drive strategic initiatives within and adjacent to the core products of Hivemind Foundations
- Manage and grow a team of elite software engineers
- Oversee solutions to some of the most challenging foundational configuration and communication problems for multi-agent autonomy
- Engage as a thought leader to drive the highest quality software
- Ensure the Hivemind Foundations product has world-class capabilities, quality, and documentation
- Define the technical roadmap in collaboration with product management
- Communicate the status of the technical capabilities throughout the life-cycle
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.S. in Computer Science with 15+ years of work experience. Similar degree or equivalent practical experience acceptable.
- You have rock-solid fundamentals in software engineering and the software development life cycle.
- You have extensive expertise in modern C++ and the development of run-time middleware, communications, and/or operating systems.
- You have demonstrated the ability to build, lead, train, and mentor a software engineering team at scale.
- You are a relentless learner who can comfortably develop the specialized knowledge necessary for tactical leadership of a small software engineering team, and the perspective required for strategic leadership of a large engineering team.
- You can recognize efficiency and inefficiency in software engineering processes; prioritize remedies based on accurate cost-benefit analysis; and then lead engineering teams through the design, development, deployment, and maintenance of the remedies.