About the role You’ll build and lead a team responsible for a significant uplift of our tools and infrastructure for data capture, ingest, storage, annotation, and service. This will mean a combination of in-house tool development and integration with off-the-shelf solutions. The position will report to the Engineering Manager, Algorithms, in the Sensors & Effectors group. Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations Build and lead a team of Data and Software Engineers to develop tooling for data capture, ingest, storage, annotation, and service Anticipate and respond to the needs of your customers, and drive solutions until they are successful Develop technical and execution strategy to ensure that tools are built in a robust and scalable way within a cohesive end-to-end data tooling architecture Ensure software stacks are well instrumented and routinely tested to enable continual assessment and improvement against key metrics Create and deliver comprehensive training materials and workshops to teams across the business Spot opportunities where off-the-shelf products exist to solve our problems Collaborate with other teams to drive procurement and allocation of storage and compute resources Automate away the operational tasks of your and other teams to help the business scale Qualifications, Experience and Skills Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics or similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience Experience leading a team of Engineers (3 years) Experience with Python, and one or more compiled languages (Go or C++ preferred) Experience with large scale data operations and associated infrastructure/platforms (e.g. Kubernetes, Snowflake, Spark, Databricks) Experience with AI/ML based systems (5 years) Ability to translate business requirements and objectives between the engineering and executive team Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team, communicating effectively with engineers from non-software / data science backgrounds Track record for delivering commercial solutions through the entire life cycle Electronic Warfare (EW) experience is highly valued Who you are You thrive leading teams of people You enjoy mentoring others to adopt industry standard practices You are a lifelong learner who keeps up with current best practices in your areas of expertise You have an abundance of ambition and motivation to grow the business You want to beat the big players in the industry Note for recruitment agencies: We do not accept unsolicited candidates from external recruiters unless specifically instructed.
