Director of Software Engineering

About the role

As Director - Software Engineering at Inception42, you will lead multidisciplinary engineering teams responsible for building and operating production AI products and platforms. You will set technical direction, strengthen engineering execution, and ensure that software, data, and machine learning systems are reliable, secure, and scalable.

Key responsibilities

• Set engineering direction and execution priorities aligned with product, technology, and business objectives.
• Lead, develop, and support engineering managers and senior technical leaders across multidisciplinary teams.
• Drive planning and delivery of complex engineering initiatives, balancing scope, time, cost, and quality.
• Guide architecture and technical decisions for software platforms, data infrastructure, ML pipelines, and model deployment.
• Improve scalability, reliability, performance, and operability of production data and ML systems.
• Embed security and compliance through practical DevSecOps controls and automation.

Required profile

• Strong engineering fundamentals with a proven track record of leading diverse engineering teams through complex delivery.
• Experience shipping and operating production software, data, or machine‑learning systems at meaningful scale.
• Deep understanding of data infrastructure, MLOps, quality engineering, DevSecOps, and the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to translate company objectives into technical strategy, operating plans, architecture priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• Sound systems thinking across reliability, security, performance, cost, and delivery speed.
• Excellent communication skills to align technical teams and explain decisions to senior stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, resolving competing priorities, and taking accountability for execution.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.

Required skills

• Data infrastructure
• MLOps
• Quality engineering
• DevSecOps
• Machine learning pipelines
• Model deployment systems
• Software development lifecycle

What we offer

• Open, diverse and inclusive culture encouraging personal growth and groundbreaking innovation.
• Outstanding learning, development and growth opportunities through structured training and high‑tech projects.
• Competitive remuneration package with perks including healthcare, education support, leave benefits and more.