Director of Software Engineering, Marketplace

The role

You will lead the Marketplace engineering organization to connect customers and merchants to the drone delivery network. This involves leading software engineers and managers to build products like the Zipline app, partner tools, and customer support services.

What you will do

• Lead and grow an A-team of software engineers and managers.
• Establish a clear technical and product strategy.
• Build reliable, scalable marketplace products.
• Make decisions about architecture, platform investments, and technical debt.
• Partner with a product team to build consumer experiences.
• Create strong operating rhythms for predictability and visibility.

Required qualifications

• A track record of leading and scaling product engineering teams that ship operationally-complex software.
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to guide architecture and execution.
• Demonstrated experience building organizations, developing leaders, and attracting exceptional technical talent.
• Excellent product sense, prioritization skills, and cross-functional partnership.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience with marketplace, e-commerce, pricing, or two-sided-platform products.
• Thought leadership on this new AI-driven way of building software.

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Overtime pay
• Discretionary annual or performance bonuses
• Sales incentives
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Paid time off

About the company

Zipline is the world’s largest and most experienced drone delivery service. They operate an autonomous logistics system to deliver food, medicine, and essential goods globally.