Compensation

$240,000–$300,000 per year

Responsibilities:

Own engineering execution across all product and platform teams, ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality software

Translate the technical vision into executable plans with clear milestones, deadlines, and delivery expectations, reporting progress and risks back to leadership

Establish and evolve engineering processes — sprint cadences, code review standards, CI/CD pipelines, incident response — that keep the team sharp and efficient

Drive a culture of ownership, accountability, and pragmatic quality

Organize the team around workflows that maximize leverage from AI development tools (code generation, automated review, AI-driven testing)

Evaluate, adopt, and set standards for emerging AI tooling across the engineering org

Recruit, hire, and retain strong engineers across all levels and disciplines

Build and mentor engineering managers and tech leads

Own performance management, career development, and compensation planning

Collaborate with Product, Design, Customer Success, and Sales Engineering to align priorities with business goals

Represent engineering in customer conversations, especially enterprise pilots and technical due diligence

Champion reliability, security, and observability across our hybrid cloud and edge infrastructure

Drive AI/ML investment — computer vision, LLM-powered workflows — that differentiates Cobalt’s platform

Qualifications:

10+ years in software engineering, 5+ in senior leadership (Director/VP)

Track record leading engineering teams at high-growth startups

Experience building and scaling engineering organizations at high-growth startups

Technical fluency across cloud infrastructure, backend/frontend, and data/ML pipelines

Experience shipping AI/ML-powered products in production

Strong point of view on using AI tooling to increase team velocity

Understanding of security and compliance (SOC 2, GDPR)

Ability to attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent

Why Work for Us?: 

Competitive salary, equity, and full benefits (medical, vision, dental). Flexible work arrangements. A proven platform, an expanding customer base, and the opportunity to shape the engineering org at an inflection point.

Salary Range: $240k - $300k (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law)