Director of Engineering Last Mile Delivery and Gig Platform

As a Director of Engineering for Shipts Last Mile Delivery and Gig Platform youwill lead multiple teams of engineers and partner with Product Data Science and Operations teams to grow and scale the fulfillment of our Grocery and Package delivery businesses.

You will manage mentor and develop engineers and engineering managers while overseeing technical design implementation and operation of these highly available solutions. You will establish a vision and roadmap to fulfill with speed quality and efficiency.

This is a hybrid role that is based in one of our three office hubs: Birmingham AL; Minneapolis MN; or San Francisco CA so you need to be located near one of these to designate as your home office.

How you can make an impact:

Provide visionary leadership and management to engineering teams consisting of engineering managers and individual contributors.

Foster a culture of collaboration innovation and continuous improvement.

Help transform the organization to be leaders in AI Native development.

Maintain a technical roadmap and partner closely with operations to align efforts with business objectives and customer needs across both delivery logistics and platform onboarding.

Partner on the technical strategy of software development projects including architecture design code quality and adherence to best practices to ensure the implementation of scalable and maintainable solutions.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management user experience data science and other engineering teams across the company to solve interesting and challenging problems.

• Bachelors or more advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline; or equivalent experience 15 years of software development experience preferably building customer-facing products and services.

• 5 years of experience leading highly effective software engineering teams

• Strong technical background with deep knowledge of software development methodologies architectures and technologies alongside a fundamental understanding of logistics delivery scaling or identity and onboarding platforms.

• Must have experience designing and delivering distributed highly available large scale high performing applications in an agile environment.

• Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans drive alignment between technology efforts and business objectives and manage complex roadmaps.

• Demonstrated excellent communications interpersonal skills and the ability to inspire engineering teams manage performance and drive results.

• Must have experience managing budgets (including vendors) operational plans engineering priorities and performance expectations for teams.

Pay Range: $140000 - $265000

Please note that the salary range above is a guideline and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications skill level competencies and work location.

This list includes key skills used in this job but is not inclusive of all skills needed for the role. Please see any required education below.

Agile Methodology Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineering Leadership Last Mile Software Architectures

Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience Required

Shipt considers candidates located near a Shipt office or workspace in Birmingham San Francisco or Minneapolis to be hybrid which means that they have the flexibility to work from home (with leader approval) or at a Shipt office in order to facilitate the ability to innovate collaborate and spark team -office expectations will vary by role and leader. Certain roles may require in-office presence on a full-time basis. Please work with your recruiter to learn more about the classification of this role.

Shipt is a retail tech company that connects people to reliable high-quality delivery with a personal touch. Shipt connects customers to the things they want from the stores they love retail businesses to more satisfied customers and workers to new earning opportunities.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color national origin ethnicity religion or religious belief sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age military or veteran status disability or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Employees (and eligible family members) are covered by medical dental vision and more. Employees may enroll in our companys 401k plan. Employees will also be eligible to receive discretionary vacation for exempt team members paid holidays throughout the calendar year and paid sick leave. Other compensation includes eligibility for an annual bonus and the potential for restricted stock units based on role.