Director of Engineering

# Director of Engineering ## Company Overview *Company details are not specified.* ## Job Summary We are seeking a **Director of Engineering** to lead our engineering efforts as we scale. This role will involve driving technical excellence, guiding high-performance teams, and collaborating with AI scientists to transition research into production. The successful candidate will also act as a trusted partner during sales conversations, shaping feasibility and feature discussions with customers. ## Responsibilities - **Team Leadership:** Build, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams specializing in Golang, cloud technologies, and systems. - **Technical Strategy:** Define and execute the engineering roadmap to ensure optimal performance, scalability, and reliability of our systems. - **Research to Production:** Collaborate closely with AI scientists to translate cutting-edge research into robust, production-ready systems. - **System Design:** Architect low-latency, high-concurrency distributed systems using technologies such as WebSockets, streaming APIs, and inference runtimes. - **Customer Collaboration:** Support sales and customer teams in feasibility assessments, solution architecture, and discussions around feature trade-offs. - **Engineering Culture:** Instill best practices related to code quality, testing, security, and DevOps (including CI/CD, observability, and scalability). - **Cross-functional Influence:** Partner with Product and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams to align engineering priorities with customer value. ## Qualifications - **Experience:** 8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership role. - **Technical Skills:** - Strong expertise in Golang (systems programming, concurrency, performance optimization). - Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud platforms (Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services). - Proficient in containerized deployments utilizing Kubernetes and Docker. - Experience working with AI/ML researchers and transitioning experimental models into finalized production systems. - **Leadership Ability:** Proven track record of leading and scaling teams while being hands-on when necessary. - **Communication Skills:** Excellent ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. - **Customer Engagement:** Experience with customer-facing technical discussions regarding feasibility and architecture trade-offs. ## Preferred Skills - Exposure to speech/audio AI systems (ASR, TTS, NLP) or high-throughput real-time systems. - Previous experience in a startup or early-stage company environment. ## Experience - A minimum of 8 years of software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership capacity. ## Environment - *Details regarding the typical work setting, location, or physical/environmental conditions are not specified.* ## Salary - *Salary information is not provided.* ## Growth Opportunities - *Information on career advancement opportunities within the company is not specified.* ## Benefits - *Details regarding offered benefits, such as insurance, paid leave, or work policies, are not provided.*