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Head of Software Engineering @ Iron Ox Full Time
About Us
Iron Ox is reimagining the modern farm, utilizing robotics and AI to grow fresh, consistent, and responsibly farmed produce for everyone. Our experienced team of growers, plant scientists, engineers, and innovators are passionate about deeply understanding and developing this new wave of technology to feed an ever-growing population.
Our mission at Iron Ox is dedicated to addressing some of the most significant issues in food security, now and in the future. We’re focused on sustainable, scalable food production for a changing climate and an ever-growing population.
As Head of Software, you will oversee and be responsible for our software organization, this includes the strategy, planning, resources, tools, and people. The software team is responsible for a large number of projects including code that runs on robots and coordinates the systems of our processing line. You will need to be willing to work cross-functionally with hardware, growing, and operations to develop solutions that allow Iron Ox to achieve its business goals.
What You’ll Do
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- Set strategy for the software organization – projects, budget, and technical strategy
- Understand the bottlenecks we will face as we scale, and push an agenda to achieve business goals
- Directly manage our growing software team
- Strategically build an organization that can handle scale
- Drive a development process that reliably delivers releases to systems deployed to our growing operation making actual food
- Coordinate and collaborate with other groups including hardware, growing, and operations
- Coordinate teams and projects and resources among your teams
- Research, recommend, and oversee the implementation of new tools, process, and procedures
- Develop, train, and mentor software engineering staff
- Help the team make decisions, keep moving forward, and propose changes and improvements to promote scalable, reliable, and maintainable technologies
What You’ll Bring
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- 10+ years of developing and shipping production software
- 5+ years of leading engineering teams including building product roadmaps, team member tasking, performance management, and career development
- Experience building cohesive teams; including sourcing, recruiting, interviewing and closing exceptional engineers
- Strong communication and analytical skills
- BS or MS in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent work experience
What We Offer
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- Iron Ox is a small startup with a big dream. You’ll be a part of a team founded on transparency, creativity, and impact on our mission to feed people
- Competitive compensation and meaningful equity package
- Medical, vision, and dental insurance
- 401K
We are a mission-driven and well-funded startup, backed by the likes of YCombinator, Pathbreaker Ventures, R7, and Crosslink Capital. We are headquartered in San Carlos, CA with our primary production greenhouse facility located in Gilroy, CA and Lockhart, TX.
Iron Ox is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Please note: Iron Ox does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, including recruitment agencies and/or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Iron Ox employees, or any other company location. Any submittals without a prior signed agreement will become property of Iron Ox.
U.S. E-Verify Notice: Iron Ox participates in E-Verify in the United States. Iron Ox will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.