# Director, Software Engineering (Product)

**Company:** [Ambient.ai](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/ambient-ai)
**Location:** Redwood City, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $200k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** JavaScript, React, Mobile Development, Backend Development, System Design, Agile, Architecture Reviews, Full-Stack, Kubernetes, AWS
**Posted:** 2025-11-26

> Leads product engineering team including front-end, mobile, and backend developers. Drives systems design, hires and scales high-performing teams, maintains technical standards, and coaches engineers while hands-on coding.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead the current product engineering team, which includes front-end, Mobile, and backend developers
- Design, guide, and vet systems design within the scope of the broader area related to product development
- Scale the current team, hire and onboard new team members, and develop a high-performing team of software engineers
- Be highly technical, a hands-on coder, and an effective people coach
- Ensure high technical standards by instituting processes (architecture reviews, testing) and culture (engineering excellence)
- Give your team the tools, context, confidence, and motivation to make decisions effectively and independently
- People management: Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role, while meeting regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching

## Requirements
- 4+ years of engineering management experience with a proven ability to build awesome, high-performing teams and lead complex technical initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical degree
- Experience driving architecture and product decisions, and shipping products with consistent execution
- Proficient in full-stack design principles and able to lead code architecture and implementation decisions
- Comfortable coaching team members with different skill sets and technical areas of focus and expertise
- Understands and has led agile software development and management
- Organized and thrive in fast-paced environments

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