Senior Director of Engineering, Product Software

The role

You will lead the Product Software organization and set product strategy for Zoox's ride-hailing service. You will oversee teams building the ride-hailing app, fleet management backend, operational tools and the in-vehicle experience.

What you will do

• Develop and execute a product strategy for the ride-hailing platform aligned with Zoox's goals.
• Lead end-to-end development of the app, fleet backend, dispatch and monitoring tools, and in-vehicle experience.
• Drive adoption of software engineering and infrastructure automation best practices.
• Work with engineering, product management, marketing and fleet operations teams.
• Attract, hire and lead a world-class engineering team.
• Advocate for the customer and define and track product metrics.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of extensive leadership experience, leading teams of 100+.
• Hands-on experience deploying real products into the real world and working with complex systems.
• Excellent leadership skills and a record of building high-performing engineering teams.
• Effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Track record of scaling large software systems, preferably in a high-growth environment.
• 5+ years of leading large relevant products from inception to delivery.

About the company

Zoox is developing the first ground-up, fully autonomous vehicle fleet and the supporting ecosystem to bring it to market. It works at the intersection of robotics, machine learning and design to provide mobility-as-a-service in urban environments.