Director of Engineering

We are seeking a highly experienced and results-driven Engineering Leader to oversee the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of our products and platforms. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong people leadership, strategic thinking, and a passion for leveraging modern AI-assisted development practices to accelerate innovation and business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow high-performing engineering teams, including senior engineers and technical leaders.
• Own the end-to-end delivery of critical products and platform initiatives, ensuring scalability, reliability, and business alignment.
• Drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, and engineering best practices across the organization.
• Champion AI-assisted and agentic development workflows, leveraging modern LLM tools to improve engineering productivity and efficiency.
• Manage distributed teams across onshore and offshore locations, ensuring seamless collaboration and execution.
• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and operational excellence while delivering results in a fast-paced environment.
• Communicate technical vision, project status, risks, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Guide system design and architectural decisions for solutions operating in complex, real-world environments where accuracy, reliability, and timing are critical.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including 6+ years in engineering management or leadership roles.
• Strong technical expertise with the ability to evaluate architecture, review code, and make informed engineering decisions.
• Proven experience owning and delivering production-grade products, platforms, or business-critical systems.
• Hands-on knowledge of AI-assisted software development, agentic workflows, and modern LLM technologies.
• Demonstrated success leading lean, high-impact teams and delivering exceptional results with limited resources.
• Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams and coordinating across multiple time zones.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to thrive in dynamic, high-growth environments with full ownership of outcomes.
• Experience in domains such as supply chain, logistics, warehouse management, inventory systems, IoT, sensor-driven platforms, food safety, traceability, or similar operationally intensive environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building or scaling AI-driven engineering platforms or agentic software development lifecycles.
• Proven track record of hiring, coaching, and rapidly developing early-career engineers.
• Experience in private-equity-backed organizations or highly performance-focused operating environments.
• Familiarity with cloud-native technologies such as GCP, Node.js/NestJS, PostgreSQL, Datadog, or similar modern technology stacks.
• Understanding of food supply chain compliance, traceability regulations, and related industry standards.