Vice President Software Engineering & AI

Responsibilities

• Lead the insourcing of the Signals platform from external development partners – own the transition plan, the architecture, and the delivery without missing a beat in operations
• Assess, recruit and build a high-performing software, data and AI engineering organization – from individual contributors through engineering leaders
• Drive the Company’s AI strategy into production – agentic AI, computer vision, sensor fusion and ML operations that multiply the effectiveness of every machine and every human on the force
• Architect for federal readiness – secure-by-design infrastructure supporting FedRAMP and government client requirements in partnership with the CISO
• Make significant architectural and technical decisions – sometimes with a majority of information available and sometimes without any reliable information

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience including 7+ years leading engineering organizations through hypergrowth (0 to 1 and 10 to 100)
• Proven experience building and operating cloud and edge platforms for physical fleets – robotics, autonomous systems, IoT or comparable real-world machine operations
• Deep, hands-on background in distributed systems, real-time data infrastructure, ML pipelines and modern AI – including generative and agentic AI in production
• Track record of rebuilding teams: honest talent assessment, recruiting senior engineers, and establishing a culture of operational excellence with 99.9%+ service reliability
• Experience operating in or delivering to regulated and government environments (FedRAMP, FedRAMP High, or equivalent)
• Technical Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus