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HawkEye 360 · 4 months ago

Vice President, Software Engineering

Herndon, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$200K/yr - $250K/yr

10+ years exp

HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial analytics to those working to make the world a safer place. They are seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the technical vision and engineering strategy across Software Engineering, ensuring alignment and execution across teams. The ideal candidate will manage and empower Engineering Directors while building a high-velocity engineering culture that delivers scalable, maintainable systems.

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Responsibilities

Lead the overarching technical vision, engineering strategy, and organizational planning for Software Engineering. Anticipate future software needs across a multiple-year time horizon, create technical leverage, and drive strategic technology decisions that impact company-wide velocity and capability

Manage, coach, and empower a team of high-performing Engineering Directors. Ensure each director has the support needed to scale their team

Scale the Software Engineering organization through strategic hiring, organizational design, and capability development

Set organizational standards and drive performance excellence across all Software Engineering teams. Build a high-velocity engineering culture that iteratively delivers user outcomes with scalable, maintainable, production-ready systems

Build and champion a healthy on-call system to rapidly resolve customer-impacting issues

Partner with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to align Software Engineering strategy with company objectives. Collaborate with other engineering VPs, Directors, Product leadership, and business stakeholders to define platform architecture and technical roadmaps for enterprise-wide initiatives

Qualification

Cloud-based software developmentEngineering leadershipProduction-level softwareFull-stack software applicationsData orchestrationCloud infrastructure (AWS)Container orchestration (Kubernetes)CI/CDMonitoringBackend software JavaBackend software Spring BootBackend software PythonFrontend frameworks ReactFrontend frameworks AngularDatabases PostgreSQLDatabases SnowflakeObservabilityAIMachine learningData platform systemsHybrid-cloud environmentCommunication skills

Required

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related technical field

10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant focus on cloud-based software development and deploying production-level software

6+ years of experience leading engineering teams

Proven track record managing and developing engineering managers, principal-level engineers, and technical leaders

Demonstrated ability to scale engineering teams, navigate organizational dynamics, and make strategic technical decisions that create long-term competitive advantage

Experience contributing and collaborating on business strategy beyond functional area responsibilities

Experience leading teams building production-facing cloud software with modern development tooling: Full-stack software applications, data orchestration, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), container orchestration (kubernetes preferred), docker, CI/CD, observability and monitoring (Prometheus, opentelemetry, Grafana, Loki, etc)

Hands-on familiarity with backend software (java, spring boot, python, etc), frontend frameworks (react, angular, etc), databases and data warehouses (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, etc), and other industry-standard software development

Excellent communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts to business stakeholders