Director, Software Engineering

Feanix

. Lead and support engineering managers, providing context, support, expectations, cross-team unblocking, and accountability .

Posted 10/28/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $230,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in scaling engineering organizations, leading teams through growth phases, and establishing effective hiring and onboarding processes. Proficient in AI-native engineering practices and fostering strong partnerships across product, hardware, and science teams.

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10+ Years In Software Engineering5+ Years Managing EngineersExperience Scaling Startup Engineering OrganizationsDeep Fluency With AI-Native EngineeringStrong Partnership Experience With Product Leaders

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Hard Skills

Software DevelopmentEngineering ManagementTeam SplittingHiring ProcessesPerformance Review SystemsIncident ResponseArchitecture-Oriented Team BoundariesSpec-First DevelopmentQuality VerificationDelivery Across Multiple Products

Soft Skills

Clear Written CommunicationJudgment To Report StatusRisk AssessmentTradeoff Analysis

Tools & Technologies

AI ToolsCI ToolsIncident Management Systems

Industry Keywords

AgricultureBiologyGenomicsPhysical IndustriesRemote-First Engineering

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and support engineering managers, providing context, support, expectations, cross-team unblocking, and accountability
Hire additional engineering managers as the organization grows
Design and scale the engineering organization with the CTO and fellow directors
Decide when and how teams split and define architecture-oriented team boundaries
Build and refine engineering hiring and onboarding processes
Make product delivery predictable and report progress based on outcomes reaching farms
Protect platform and infrastructure investment alongside customer-facing work
Set standards for AI-native engineering, including specifications, evaluations, testing, CI, and security
Decide where coding agents should be used and improve specifications or harnesses when agent output fails
Establish escalation paths, incident response, release discipline, and ownership clarity
Shape technical leveling, planning cycles, and performance review systems
Partner with Product, Hardware, Farm Success, Farm Ops, and science teams
Join farm visits and stay close to customers
Lead software development while reporting to the CTO

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years managing engineers and at least 2 years managing managers
Reached a senior engineering level as an individual contributor first
Track record of scaling a startup engineering organization through a growth phase, ideally from around 10 to 30+ engineers
Experience splitting teams and adding a management layer during organizational growth
Hired or promoted managers and developed them into strong leaders
Experience building engineering hiring processes, calibrating interviewers, and closing senior candidates
Experience leading delivery across several products or teams simultaneously
Experience balancing customer-facing roadmap work with platform and infrastructure investment
Deep fluency with AI-native engineering, including spec-first and agentic development, specs, evals, verification, and quality
Uses AI daily in leadership work
Strong partnership experience with product leaders
Experience partnering with hardware or science leaders to deliver products spanning physical devices, data, and software
Clear written communication and judgment to report status, risk, and tradeoffs to the CTO, CEO, and board
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States
Must be able to work west coast hours ideally
Preferred: experience leading ML, data-intensive, or decision-support products; platform re-architecture; software/hardware, sensors, or edge compute; remote-first engineering organizations; agriculture, biology, genomics, or physical industries

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity options
Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
401(k)
Flexible PTO
Paid parental leave, including up to twelve weeks of paid leave and/or supplemental pay coordination with applicable state benefits
Pet insurance
Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
Reasonable accommodations throughout the application and interview process