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X, The Moonshot Factory · 5 hours ago

Head of Software Engineering, Early Stage Supply Chain Project, X

Mountain View, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$248K/yr - $330K/yr

12+ years exp

X, The Moonshot Factory is focused on revolutionizing the global supply chain using AI technology. The Head of Software Engineering will lead a team in designing, building, and deploying innovative AI systems to enhance supply chain efficiency and sustainability.

AerospaceAugmented RealityAutomotiveRobotics

Responsibilities

Build and lead a world-class engineering team to deliver high-quality, production-grade AI enterprise software across the entire stack during the development lifecycle, from ideation and architectural design to development, testing, deployment, and ongoing maintenance in complex enterprise environments

Manage resources and prioritize efforts to enable the development of new, innovative solutions while keeping our delivery commitments with our partners

Proactively identify opportunities for maximizing software development velocity by leveraging advanced AI capabilities

Partner closely with product management, customers, partners, and project leadership to develop experiences that inspire confidence, delight and trust, and that encourage end user trust and adoption

In conjunction with product management and project leadership, lead our technical roadmap, balancing short- and long-term technology investments

Help drive and execute key decisions on software architecture and features

Unlock roadblocks and cultivate collaboration with senior technologists across Google and Alphabet through leadership, creativity, intelligence, and presence

Actively develop and grow talent through effective mentoring, coaching, succession planning and retention strategies for key talent in a fast growth, highly competitive economic environment

Qualification

Software engineering leadershipFull-stack software engineeringAI integrationCloud platform deploymentAgile developmentCollaboration tools (GitHub)Production operationsERP integrationPeople managementStart-up experienceCommunicationOrganizational skillsStrategic thinking

Required

Bachelor of Science (Masters or PhD degree preferred) in computer science, engineering, applied math, or related field, or equivalent demonstrated software development experience

12+ years of demonstrated experience leading software teams designing, developing, maintaining, and releasing complex production-grade enterprise/business software

Ability to go deep into technical problems and work closely with engineers and technical leads, coupled with ability to see the big picture of technical tradeoffs and direction

Experience with leading collaborative software development workflows and platforms including GitHub, agile development/scrum, unit testing, CI/CD, and production operations

Experience in full-stack software engineering, including Python and user interface development

Experience using LLMs to optimize software development processes and workflows

Experience integrating ML and AI into enterprise software environments including LLMs and Foundation Models, with an understanding of agentic behaviors, tool use, and reasoning capabilities

Experience integrating software with complex enterprise legacy systems, including ERP integration (e.g., SAP, Oracle)

Experience with deploying and managing applications on major cloud platforms (e.g., Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, adept at explaining complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences in a clear and concise manner

Excellent organization and planning skills

Ability to think both strategically and tactically about driving complex initiatives to completion

Start-up experience or working in a fast-paced environment, able to thrive and execute quickly in an environment of change and uncertainty

Proven track record of fostering cross-functional collaboration and driving results through effective people management and influencing non-technical and technical stakeholders

Preferred

MS/PhD degree or equivalent practical experience in computer science, engineering or a related scientific or quantitative field

Experience with designing, developing, maintaining, and releasing supply chain-related enterprise software applications for procurement, sourcing, product lifecycle management, or supply chain management

Experience with Google's AI tools and platforms

Experience with Google Cloud and Workspace

Writing samples or public-facing documentation that demonstrate clarity and technical fluency