Senior Director, Software Engineering - AI & Data Platforms

84.51 Centre; North Olmsted (OH); Hybrid; USD 162,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company engaged with Kroger and other major partners. The Director, Software Engineering will set technical direction, lead a high-performing engineering team, and drive scalable, high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced, collaboration-heavy environment.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, partnering with Data Scientists and Product teams, and advancing a culture of learning, development, and excellence across the engineering

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.
• Experience building enterprise level software solutions with solid proficiencies in performance tuning and debugging.
• Exceptional judgment, strategic thinking, and creative problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute the vision, goals, priorities, and work alongside the team to accomplish them.
• Leading and coaching direct reports in the performance of responsibilities; providing ongoing feedback to their reports.
• Drive continuous improvement to deliver solutions at industry-leading standards and best practices.
• Directly support technical mentoring and growth of team’s technical maturity through pairing and other coaching techniques.
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Engineers, and Product talent to align solutions with requirements and deployment needs.
• Help lead the technical vision and strategy for prompt engineering and AI-based products.
• Build relationships with key partners within the business and Kroger Technology to share best practices.
• Employ servant leadership in recruiting, mentoring and growing world-class teams.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues at all levels.
• Drive for continuous improvement in operational effectiveness within Engineering and across 84.51°.

Skills

Agile

Git

CI/CD

Automated Testing

Mentoring

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Python

Azure

Databricks

MLflow

PySpark

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes (AKS)

Job description

84.51° is a retail data science, insights and media company engaged with Kroger and other major partners. The Director, Software Engineering will set technical direction, lead a high-performing engineering team, and drive scalable, high-quality software solutions in a fast-paced, collaboration-heavy environment.

The role emphasizes mentoring engineers, partnering with Data Scientists and Product teams, and advancing a culture of learning, development, and excellence across the engineering