Senior Director, Technology

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead and nurture a diverse engineering organization encompassing software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, and scientific/genomic science pipelines.

• Cultivate a culture of high accountability and performance, rooted in ownership, execution excellence, continuous learning, and customer impact.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop leaders in engineering along with high-potential talent.

• Implement clear operational mechanisms, engineering standards, and scalable workflows across teams.

• Promote organizational health, engagement, and retention within the technology division.

• Define and implement the technology strategy of the company in collaboration with the Chief Product Officer.

• Ensure architectural decisions align with scalability, reliability, security, and long-term business goals.

• Balance the reduction of technical debt with product innovation and business priorities.

• Create engineering roadmaps that are in line with the company strategy and product objectives.

• Direct Embark’s engineering strategy for AI-driven product development, internal workflows, and software development methodologies.

• Collaborate with Product, Science, and Data teams to discover opportunities where AI and machine learning can enhance customer experiences and improve operational efficiencies.

• Act as a strategic ally to Product leadership in converting vision into scalable technical execution.

• Enhance planning, prioritization, estimation, and execution practices across various teams.

• Clarify technical trade-offs, dependencies, and resource allocation.

• Define and monitor key engineering metrics, including delivery effectiveness, reliability, quality, and developer productivity.

• Contribute to the overall company strategy, planning, and organizational decision-making.

• Effectively communicate technology strategy and progress to cross-functional stakeholders.

⛳️ Requirements

• 8-10+ years of progressive experience in engineering leadership.

• Proven experience guiding senior engineering leaders across multiple teams.

• Demonstrated experience in owning engineering strategy and execution for consumer-facing digital products.

• In-depth understanding of modern software architecture, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and software development lifecycle practices.

• Experience in driving cross-functional initiatives that involve product, engineering, data, and business teams.

• Strong comprehension of data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and AI/ML applications.

• Experience in establishing engineering operating models, organizational design, and scalable development processes.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy – take the time you need, when you need it.

• Paid parental leave – plus paw-ternity leave for new pet parents!

• Every other Friday off in the summer – enjoy those long weekends.

• Subsidized pet insurance – because our pets are family.

• Big-company benefits with a startup vibe – including a 401k match, semi-annual bonus, commuter benefits, and premium healthcare.

• Competitive salaries and stock options – be an owner in what we’re building.

• New MacBook Pros or Windows devices – the tools you need to succeed.

• Continuing education support – conferences, learning resources, and career growth opportunities.