The Director, Software Engineering – AI & Innovations is a hands-on, operationally strong engineering leader responsible for delivering AI-enabled capabilities across Advarra’s Technology portfolio.
This is a player-coach leadership role, engaging in architectural decisions, AI solution design, and critical technical discussions.
Own delivery predictability, team performance, resource planning, and operational excellence.
Advance integration of AI into customer-facing applications and embed AI assistants and automation into engineering workflows to increase velocity, improve quality, and enhance transparency.
Partner closely with Product Management, Cloud Engineering, IT, Security, QA, Data, and Operations to ensure scalable, compliant, and customer-centric solutions.

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

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI integrationML capabilitiesLLM capabilitiessoftware engineeringagile methodologiesdistributed systemsSaaS platformsAPIscloud-native environmentsautomation tools

Soft Skills

leadershipteam performanceresource planningoperational excellencedelivery predictabilityarchitectural decision-makingcommunicationcollaboration

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s Degree in Data ScienceBachelor’s Degree in Information Technology