Director of Engineering Last Mile Delivery and Gig Platform

About the role

The Director of Engineering for Shipt's Last Mile Delivery and Gig Platform leads multiple engineering teams, working closely with Product, Data Science, and Operations teams to grow and scale the fulfillment of grocery and package delivery businesses. The role is hybrid, based in one of Shipt's three office hubs: Birmingham, AL; Minneapolis, MN; or San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s 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
• 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
• Experience managing budgets (including vendors), operational plans, engineering priorities, and performance expectations for teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Skills

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

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Pay Range

$140,000 - $265,000