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Job description
Senior Engineering Manager (Director of Engineering Title)
Location: Tempe/Phoenix, AZ (Remote initially with future hybrid flexibility)
Compensation: Up to $210,000 base salary + significant equity
This is a rare opportunity to join an early-stage technology company as its first senior software engineering leader. You will have the autonomy to shape architecture, define engineering standards, build a high-performing team, and influence the future direction of a platform that operates at the intersection of software, automation, real-time systems, and physical-world operations.
The Company
They are an innovative technology business developing software that supports remote operations, automation, and real-time decision-making in complex environments. Their platform combines live data, video, operational workflows, and intelligent automation to solve challenging real-world problems.
With a strong product vision and ambitious growth plans, they are investing heavily in engineering and looking for a technical leader who can turn that vision into a scalable, secure, and reliable platform. The environment is collaborative, mission-driven, and focused on delivering meaningful impact through technology.
The Role
As Director of Engineering, you will act as a hands-on technical leader and strategic people manager. This is a player-coach position suited to someone who enjoys building software while also developing teams and engineering culture.
Key responsibilities include:
Architect and evolve the software platform across frontend, backend, infrastructure, and integrations
Write, review, test, and deploy production code
Evaluate existing systems and determine what should be retained, improved, or rebuilt
Establish engineering best practices, development workflows, and technical standards
Own platform reliability, monitoring, security, incident response, and operational excellence
Partner closely with product, operations, and end users to translate requirements into solutions
Drive technical decision-making across architecture, tooling, and build-versus-buy considerations
Recruit and mentor engineers while building a scalable engineering organisation
Collaborate with AI and automation specialists to integrate modern development approaches and intelligent capabilities
Lead the transition from early-stage product development to a robust production environment
Your Skills & Experience
Strong hands-on software engineering capability and current coding experience
Expertise in system architecture and end-to-end platform design
Full-stack technical understanding across user interfaces, services, data, cloud infrastructure, and integrations
Commercial experience building and operating real-time applications
Strong knowledge of reliability, monitoring, debugging, uptime management, and incident response
Experience taking new products from concept to production
Ability to establish engineering processes and technical standards from the ground up
Experience hiring, coaching, and developing engineering talent
Strong communication skills with the ability to work across technical and non-technical stakeholders
Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools while maintaining high engineering quality standards
Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments where ambiguity and ownership are key
Highly desirable experience includes autonomous systems, robotics, aerospace, connected devices, geospatial platforms, security technology, live video systems, gaming, simulation environments, AI-enabled products, or operationally critical software.
What They Offer
Remote working initially with future hybrid flexibility in the Phoenix area
Opportunity to define technology strategy, architecture, and engineering culture
Direct influence on product direction and business growth
Exposure to real-time systems, automation, AI, cloud technologies, video, and hardware integrations
Clear opportunity to build and lead the engineering function as the company scales
Collaborative leadership team and high degree of autonomy
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Worksite address
tempe, AZ, 85285, US
Who can apply
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