Director – Technology

Embark Veterinary

Leading a multidisciplinary engineering organization at Embark to innovate and scale AI-enabled products. Driving technological transformation and fostering a performance culture within the team.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $195,000 - $250,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization across software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, and scientific/genomic science pipelines.
Build a high-accountability, high-performance culture grounded in ownership, execution excellence, continuous learning, and customer impact.
Recruit, coach, and develop engineering leaders and high-potential talent.
Establish clear operating mechanisms, engineering standards, and scalable ways of working across teams.
Drive organizational health, engagement, and retention within the technology organization.
Define and execute the company's technology strategy in partnership with the Chief Product Officer.
Ensure architecture decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and long-term business objectives.
Lead Embark’s engineering strategy for AI-enabled product development, internal workflows, and software development practices.
Partner with Product, Science, and Data teams to identify opportunities where AI and machine learning can create differentiated customer experiences and operational efficiencies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8-10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience.
Experience leading senior engineering leaders across multiple teams.
Experience owning engineering strategy and execution for consumer-facing digital products.
Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and software development lifecycle practices.
Experience driving cross-functional initiatives spanning product, engineering, data, and business teams.
Strong understanding of data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and AI/ML applications.
Experience establishing engineering operating models, organizational design, and scalable development processes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible vacation policy – take the time you need, when you need it.
Paid parental leave – plus paw-ternity leave for new pet parents!
Every other Friday off in the summer – enjoy those long weekends.
Subsidized pet insurance – because our pets are family.
Big-company benefits with a startup feel – including a 401k match, semi-annual bonus, commuter benefits, and premium healthcare .
Competitive salaries and stock options – be an owner in what we’re building.
New MacBook Pros or Windows devices – the tools you need to succeed.
Continuing education support – conferences, learning resources, and career growth opportunities.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringplatform engineeringdata engineeringgenomic science pipelinesAI-enabled product developmentsoftware development lifecyclecloud infrastructureengineering operating modelsorganizational designanalytics ecosystems

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachinghigh-performance culturecustomer impactorganizational healthengagementretentionexecution excellencecontinuous learningownership