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# Director of Software Engineering - Marketplace

- **Company:** Zipline
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $250,000.0 - $300,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software Construction, Software Engineering, Technical Debt, Marketplace
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_e8a2e1d41

## About the Role

* A track record of leading and scaling product engineering teams that ship operationally-complex software.
 * Strong technical judgment and the ability to guide architecture and execution to enable a lean team to get a lot done.
 * Demonstrated experience building organizations, developing leaders, and attracting exceptional technical talent.
 * Excellent product sense, prioritization skills, and cross-functional partnership.
 * Comfort operating in ambiguity, leading the organization to find clarity amongst the chaos.

Nice to Have

 * Experience with marketplace, e-commerce, pricing, or two-sided-platform products.
 * Thought leadership on this new AI-driven way of building software.

## Description

This is a rare chance to shape the software, organization, and operating model behind a delivery network built to give people more time. You will set direction across a broad product scope and tall technical stack, lead a fast-growing team, and ultimately turn an ambitious vision into a world-changing service.
What You'll Do

 * Lead and grow an A-team of software engineers and managers.
 * Establish a clear technical and product strategy that balances near-term delivery with long-term velocity.
 * Build reliable, scalable marketplace products and make sound decisions about architecture, platform investments, and technical debt.
 * Partner closely with a small-but-might product team to build an uncompromising experience for consumers.
 * Create strong operating rhythms to provide predictability and visibility for the rest of Zipline.


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