
Director, Software Engineering – AI & Innovations
Advarra
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $122,000 - $250,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Architect and lead implementation of AI-powered features within Product & Technology applications.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership in system design, model integration strategies, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI orchestration patterns.
- Evaluate and guide selection of AI tools, services, and platforms based on performance, scalability, cost, compliance, and long-term maintainability.
- Establish governance standards for responsible AI usage.
- Partner with Product Management to convert AI use cases into executable technical plans.
- Lead the implementation of AI assistants and automation across engineering workflows.
- Define operational guardrails and usage standards.
- Track and report measurable improvements.
- Lead multiple agile engineering teams with clear accountability for roadmap execution.
- Contribute to budgeting discussions, vendor evaluations, and cost optimization strategies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology, or related field or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience integrating AI/ML or LLM capabilities into production applications.
- Experience leading agile teams with accountability for delivery predictability and operational performance.
- Strong architectural background in distributed systems, SaaS platforms, APIs, and cloud-native environments.
- Experience implementing AI assistants or automation tools to improve engineering productivity.
- Proven track record managing multi-team delivery in complex, cross-functional environments.
Benefits
- Health coverage
- Paid holidays
- Variable bonus
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI-powered featuressystem designmodel integration strategiesprompt engineeringretrieval-augmented generationAI orchestration patternsAI/ML integrationdistributed systemsSaaS platformscloud-native environments
Soft Skills
technical leadershipaccountabilitycollaborationcommunicationbudgetingvendor evaluationcost optimizationagile leadershipoperational performancedelivery predictability