Director of Software Development

Summary

Join SafelyYou, a rapidly scaling AI company focused on improving care for those with Alzheimer's and dementia, as their Fleet Development Director. You will lead the team responsible for the software managing the lifecycle of our field equipment, building roadmaps, and driving improvements to system scalability and reliability. This senior role includes site leadership in Quebec, R&D hiring, and community engagement. You will mentor junior team members and ensure adherence to best practices. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software development experience, particularly with IoT, mobile, and cloud technologies, and a proven track record of managing complex systems. SafelyYou offers a competitive compensation package and a mission-driven culture.

Requirements

• Experience across a broad range of technologies, including IoT, mobile, and cloud
• Experience with building common APIs
• Experience managing distributed teams
• 10+ years of professional software development experience or equivalent in developing products on Linux operating system
• A customer-focused mindset and good product sense
• Proven track record of automatically managing and instrumenting complex systems in production
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate multi-functionally

Responsibilities

• Build roadmaps for our Fleet solution, working closely with our operation team and product management
• Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing team
• Drive improvements to the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of SafelyYou core embedded products with scale and reproducibility in mind: “cattle only, and no pets”
• Mentor your team and provide support in architectural decisions, investigations, troubleshooting issues, and designing solutions
• Ensure adherence to best practices in coding, testing, and deployment, while maintaining high standards of software quality
• Promote the adoption of agile best practices while being an ambassador of our company values
• Communicate passionately about the team, our mission, and technology

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with team using Go as a software development language
• Experience with test-driven API and systems development in Go
• Passionate about our mission and our technology

Benefits

• A mission-driven company culture
• Fully remote
• Competitive salary & benefits, including fully paid employee premiums for Medical, Dental, and Vision
• 401k Program
• Monthly Education, Well-being & WFH stipends
• Unlimited PTO
• Growth Potential
• Company Retreats
• Medical & Family/Parental Leave