Who are we and why this opportunity?
SparkCognition, Inc. delivers world-class AI solutions that allow a business to solve their most critical problems, empowering them to run a more sustainable, safer, and profitable business. Our award-winning AI solutions predict future outcomes, optimize processes, and prevent cyberattacks. We partner with the world’s industry leaders to analyze, optimize, and learn from data. We augment human intelligence, drive profitable growth, and achieve operational excellence.Drive change and create a footprint.
Learn more at: SparkCognition
Position Summary:
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated “Director of Engineering” with a background in any one of these domains to lead our engineering team: Industrial Supply Chain or Aviation or Energy domain. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in building and scaling large-scale Enterprise systems, possess strong technical skills, and be passionate about driving a robust engineering culture within the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage the engineering team, providing mentorship, guidance, and support to ensure the team's success.
- Drive the development and implementation of scalable, high-performance enterprise systems that meet the company's requirements and industry standards.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, design, and operations to define technical requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
- Establish and promote engineering best practices, processes, and standards to ensure quality, efficiency, and scalability across all engineering initiatives.
- Foster a strong engineering culture focused on continuous learning and innovation.
- Actively participate in hands-on technical contributions, providing technical leadership and guidance to the team as needed.
- Stay current with industry trends, technologies, and best practices, and leverage this knowledge to drive strategic decisions and improvements within the engineering organization.
Qualifications:
- 15+ years of overall experience with at least 3 years of experience as a second-level manager handling teams of 20+ engineers.
- Expertise in modern programming languages, frameworks, and cloud technologies.
- Hands-on experience with system design, architecture, and implementation, with the ability to make strategic technical decisions.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
- Experience driving a strong engineering culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Experience in building and leading lean engineering teams.
- Ability to clearly articulate a technical vision and energize engineers towards outcomes.
- Background in SaaS, or building multi-tenant platforms or services. Experience architecting technical strategies for platform products that can serve many customers.
- Experience working with large scale systems and cloud native systems.
- Good understanding of different cloud hosting offerings - GCP/AWS is required.
Additional Requirements:
- Experience in industrial SCM, Aviation or Energy industry is highly preferred.
- Prior experience working in a start-up or fast-paced environment is a plus.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a results-oriented mindset.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and challenging environment, with a passion for driving impact and delivering results.
SparkCognition is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.SparkCognition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.SparkCognition is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process.
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