Head of Data Platform Engineering & AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time-off

401(k) with employer match

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Mindfulness programs

Job summary

GRAIL seeks a visionary Director of Software Engineering to lead its Data Platform engineering, shaping strategy, architecture, and delivery of cloud-native data solutions in Sunnyvale, CA. The role requires collaboration with executives to transform complex requirements into scalable software.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in software engineering, 5+ years in leadership, and deep expertise in big data, cloud, and AI-enabled workflows, including RAG and LLM applications.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership roles.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional, global engineering teams.
• Experience interfacing with executives to align engineering with growth.

Responsibilities

• Scale a multi-disciplinary global engineering organization while fostering performance and learning.
• Own the technical roadmap and ensure >95% on-time milestones.

Skills

Team leadership

Java & Spring Boot

Distributed systems

Big data

AWS Cloud

RAG & LLM

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

Apache Iceberg

AWS Glue

Databricks

Spark

Elasticsearch

Terraform

Jenkins

Job description

GRAIL seeks a visionary Director of Software Engineering to lead its Data Platform engineering, shaping strategy, architecture, and delivery of cloud-native data solutions in Sunnyvale, CA. The role requires collaboration with executives to transform complex requirements into scalable software.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in software engineering, 5+ years in leadership, and deep expertise in big data, cloud, and AI-enabled workflows, including RAG and LLM applications.