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Saildrone · 12 hours ago

Vice President, Software

Alameda, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$275K/yr - $350K/yr

15+ years exp

Saildrone is a leader in autonomous maritime technology, providing real-time intelligence through unmanned surface vehicles. The Vice President of Software will lead the software organization, driving the strategy and execution of software solutions that support the company's mission and business objectives.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Big DataDronesManufacturingMarine Technology

No H1B

Responsibilities

Partner directly with the CEO to co-create Saildrone’s long-term software vision, strategy, and priorities

Provide clear, candid input on tradeoffs between speed, capability, reliability, risk, and scalability

Ensure software strategy remains tightly aligned with company objectives, customer needs, the in-house electro-mechanical implementation and operational realities

Lead and scale a multidisciplinary software organization spanning autonomy, embedded systems, ML/AI, cloud, data infrastructure, and applications

Build and mentor a strong leadership bench across directors, managers, and senior technical leaders

Establish a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and engineering excellence

Recruit, retain, and develop world-class software talent in a highly competitive market

Own the end-to-end software lifecycle from system architecture through development, deployment, and sustained operations

Ensure on-time delivery of secure, reliable, high-performance software software products, critical for operations of defense-grade weaponized platforms

Drive adoption of modern engineering practices including automated testing, observability, and security-by-design

Oversee and help guide architectural decisions across the stack, including onboard autonomy, edge computing, and large-scale data platforms, on and off our platforms

Partner closely with Hardware, Product, TPM, Security, and Operations leaders to deliver tightly integrated solutions

Support go-to-market and customer engagements by translating software capabilities into differentiated mission outcomes

Qualification

Software Engineering LeadershipAutonomous SystemsMachine Learning/AIData InfrastructureEmbedded SystemsCloud ComputingSystem ArchitectureInfluencing StakeholdersCross-Functional LeadershipMentorshipCollaboration