Director, Software Development Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Director, Software Development Engineer (AI): Leading engineering teams to deliver scalable software solutions, defining technical vision and architecture for large-scale AI-empowered platforms. Focus on integrating AI/ML solutions, developing engineering talent, and ensuring alignment with business goals.

Location: San Jose, CA, United States

Salary: $249,000.00 to $348,500.00

Company

hirify.global brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere.

What you will do

• Lead and inspire engineering teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and high-quality software solutions across multiple domains.
• Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for large-scale services and platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Provide strategic oversight on system design, API development, and data modeling to enable secure, maintainable, and performant systems.
• Foster a culture of operational excellence, continuous improvement, and collaboration across engineering, product, and cross-functional teams.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML-enabled solutions that improve outcomes, championing best practices in responsible AI deployment.
• Cultivate engineering talent, mentoring senior technical leaders and developing high-performing teams adaptable to evolving business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent related professional experience.
• 12+ years of relevant professional experience; with 5+ years managing teams.
• Proven experience building, managing and scaling high-performing & distributed engineering organizations (50+ engineers), including managing managers and senior/principal-level engineers.
• Experience building new teams from scratch and establishing clear operating models, rituals, and execution frameworks
• Excellent communicator who can simplify complex AI concepts for executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Proven track record of integrating AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Nice to have

• Experience in loyalty, personalization, offers, growth platforms, fintech, or consumer-scale products is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated success in leading engineering organizations through periods of high growth, change, or complexity.
• Expertise in full stack engineering, with a proven ability to operate across multiple technical domains and platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Full benefits package, including exciting travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model (with some pretty cool offices), and career development resources.
• Wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent (IATAN) membership.
• Named as a Best Place to Work on Glassdoor in 2024 and be recognized for award-winning culture by organizations like Forbes, TIME, Disability:IN, and others.