Director, Data Platform & AI Engineering

Grailbio; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 224,000 - 321,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Flexible time-off

401(k) with employer match

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Job summary

GRAIL seeks a visionary Director of Software Engineering to lead our Data Platform engineering, guiding strategy, architecture, and delivery of a cloud-native data platform. You will scale a 10+ headcount team and partner with executives to translate complex requirements into secure, production-grade software.

This Sunnyvale-based role offers flexible on-site vs remote work with a 60% on-site minimum. Strong background in big data, AI workflows, and cost-optimized cloud architectures is required.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering
• 5+ years in engineering leadership
• Proven ability to scale cross-functional teams
• Experience with cloud-native data platforms

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a global engineering organization
• Own technical roadmap and ensure on-time delivery
• Champion Agile/Scrum practices and improve velocity
• Architect cloud-native, cost-efficient systems
• Direct AI-enabled product features and data workflows

Skills

Leadership

Big Data

Cloud

AI/ML

RAG

LLM

Java

Spring Boot

AWS

DevOps

Terraform

Jenkins

Education

Master’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Apache Iceberg

AWS Glue

Spark

Elasticsearch

Java/Spring Frameworks

RAG/LLM tooling

Job description

GRAIL seeks a visionary Director of Software Engineering to lead our Data Platform engineering, guiding strategy, architecture, and delivery of a cloud-native data platform. You will scale a 10+ headcount team and partner with executives to translate complex requirements into secure, production-grade software.

This Sunnyvale-based role offers flexible on-site vs remote work with a 60% on-site minimum. Strong background in big data, AI workflows, and cost-optimized cloud architectures is required.