Director, Software Engineering & AI Platforms

8451

Cincinnati (OH)

On-site

USD 162,000 - 262,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Job summary

84.51° is seeking a Director of Software Engineering in Cincinnati to lead and grow a high‑caliber engineering team focused on data products and AI‑driven solutions. You will mentor managers, shape technical strategy, and partner with data scientists, product and business stakeholders to deliver scalable systems.

The role emphasizes servant leadership, rigorous engineering discipline, and collaboration across Kroger Technology.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or another heavily technical program.
10+ years’ experience in a hands on technical role leading/mentoring by example.
Be a change agent and foster a learn by doing environment.
Strong software development leadership skills bringing industry proven best practices to fruition.
Experience building enterprise level software solutions with solid proficiencies in performance tuning and debugging.
Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, and creative problem‑solving skills.
Comfortable with thinking outside the box and challenging the status quo, respectfully and courageously, to deliver results in a dynamic environment.
Mastery in many of the following tech skills and principles: Agile Experience, Git, CI/CD, Automated Testing

Responsibilities

Execute the vision, goals, priorities, and work alongside the team to accomplish them. Ensure high-quality technical solutions.
Leading and coaching direct reports in the performance of responsibilities; providing ongoing feedback to direct reports and completing performance reviews.
Drive continuous improvement to deliver solutions that are at the forefront of industry leading techniques while also adhering to best practices.
Directly support technical mentoring and growth of team’s technical maturity through pairing and other coaching techniques. Grow new mentors from emerging talent.
Support a culture of learning and development. Promote and enable technical skills development in support of high‑quality code components, systems, and solutions.
Partner with Data Scientists, Engineers, and Product talent to ensure our solutions deliver against requirements, scope, and system deployment needs.
Help lead the technical vision and strategy for prompt engineering, ensuring innovative and efficient approaches to drive excellence in data products, scaled sciences, and/or AI based products.
Building relationships with key partners within the business and Kroger Technology organization to share best practices, help accelerate the growth of both organizations, and deliver joint initiatives as appropriate.
Leverage a servant leadership approach in the recruiting, motivating, mentoring, and growing of world‑class teams and creating a followership that teams want to work with.
Communicate effectively with both technical and non‑technical colleagues at all levels in both verbal and written communications, preparing / presenting strategic visions and presentations to executive leadership team.
Driving for continuous improvement in operational effectiveness within Engineering and across 84.51°.
Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution