AI Product Engineering Director - Cloud-Native

Soni; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 115,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Soni seeks a Director, AI Product Engineering to lead a new software product engineering team focused on automating operations, data workflows, and enterprise AI capabilities. You will own the 3-5 year technology roadmap, balance strategy with hands-on delivery, and shape the org’s long-term software and AI investments using a cloud-first approach.

This hands-on leadership role requires deep technical expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to guide architecture, delivery, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• $10+ years of technology experience with meaningful hands-on background, including $5+ years leading engineering or technical delivery teams.
• Proven experience leading complex technology initiatives from strategy through production delivery and building high-performing technical talent.
• Strong experience with software architecture, integration, platform engineering, and delivering AI-enabled technology in regulated environments such as insurance, healthcare, or financial services.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect and/or AWS Certified Developer preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of software, platform, integration, data, and ML engineers.
• Own products across architecture, development, deployment, production support, and modernization.
• Establish and execute a 3-5 year technology roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Develop automation solutions and AI-enabled products that reduce manual effort.
• Promote AI-assisted development across the SDLC, including code generation and automated testing.
• Champion AWS-native, cloud-first architectures using serverless, event-driven patterns.
• Translate strategic priorities into technical strategies, delivery plans, and executive communications.
• Ensure products meet security, regulatory, and compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC 2, insurance).
• Establish engineering standards, design reviews, agile/Kanban practices, and reusable patterns.

Skills

Leadership

Software architecture

Cloud/AWS

AI/ML patterns

API integration

Data security

Agile delivery

Jira

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS

Jira

Job description

Soni seeks a Director, AI Product Engineering to lead a new software product engineering team focused on automating operations, data workflows, and enterprise AI capabilities. You will own the 3-5 year technology roadmap, balance strategy with hands-on delivery, and shape the org’s long-term software and AI investments using a cloud-first approach.

This hands-on leadership role requires deep technical expertise, strong people leadership, and the ability to guide architecture, delivery, and