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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Director, Technology - **Company:** Embark Veterinary - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $212,000.0 - $250,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Information Engineering, Machine Learning, Software Architecture, Recommender Systems, Release Management, Scientific Computating, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Technical Debt, Data Management, Marketplace - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=8245909743302485 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Technology management?, * 8-10+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience. * Experience leading senior engineering leaders across multiple teams. * Experience owning engineering strategy and execution for consumer-facing digital products. * Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and software development lifecycle practices. * Experience driving cross-functional initiatives spanning product, engineering, data, and business teams. * Strong understanding of data platforms, analytics ecosystems, and AI/ML applications. * Experience establishing engineering operating models, organizational design, and scalable development processes. Preferred * Experience in high-growth technology companies such as consumer subscription, SaaS, marketplace, health technology, or direct-to-consumer businesses. * Experience building products that leverage personalization, recommendation systems, machine learning, or generative AI capabilities. * Experience leading platform modernization or large-scale technical transformations. ## Description To support this evolution, we are bringing Product and Technology together under a unified Product organization, reporting to our Chief Product Officer, and are seeking a Senior Director of Technology to lead our engineering team through this next chapter. This leader will be responsible for building a high-performing engineering organization that can scale product innovation, accelerate delivery, leverage AI as a force multiplier, and create seamless collaboration across product, engineering, data, and customer-facing teams. The opportunity extends beyond traditional engineering leadership. We are looking for a technology leader who can help define how AI transforms the way we build products, make decisions, and operate as a company. This leader will also help shape and scale Embark's uniquely complex engineering and data environment built on 3M+ genomes, longitudinal pet health data, scientific computing, and a proprietary data moat. The role inherits both the opportunity and challenge of unlocking this asset into a unified, AI-enabled intelligence platform that powers personalization, discovery, and next-generation product experiences for millions of pet parents. The successful candidate will inherit a talented team and play a pivotal role in: * Building an AI-enabled engineering organization * Defining a modern data and platform strategy * Scaling engineering effectiveness and execution * Strengthening technical architecture and product quality * Creating tighter alignment across product, engineering, science, data, and customer experience * Developing future engineering leaders and organizational capability This role is ideal for a leader who is energized by transformation, thrives in high-growth environments, and wants to help shape how a category-defining company leverages technology and AI to create meaningful customer impact. Role & Responsibilities Engineering Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness * Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering organization across software engineering, platform engineering, data engineering, and scientific/genomic science pipelines. * Build a high-accountability, high-performance culture grounded in ownership, execution excellence, continuous learning, and customer impact. * Recruit, coach, and develop engineering leaders and high-potential talent. * Establish clear operating mechanisms, engineering standards, and scalable ways of working across teams. * Drive organizational health, engagement, and retention within the technology organization. Technology Strategy & Architecture * Define and execute the company's technology strategy in partnership with the Chief Product Officer. * Ensure architecture decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and long-term business objectives. * Balance technical debt reduction with product innovation and business priorities. * Establish engineering roadmaps that align with company strategy and product goals. AI, Data & Intelligent Systems * Lead Embark's engineering strategy for AI-enabled product development, internal workflows, and software development practices. * Partner with Product, Science, and Data teams to identify opportunities where AI and machine learning can create differentiated customer experiences and operational efficiencies. * Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering workflows. * Establish frameworks for responsible AI implementation, experimentation, governance, and measurement. * Build and execute a cohesive data platform strategy that improves accessibility, reliability, and utilization of data across the organization. Product & Engineering Partnership * Serve as a strategic partner to Product leadership in translating vision into scalable technical execution. * Create strong alignment across squads to ensure customer experiences feel integrated rather than fragmented. * Improve planning, prioritization, estimation, and execution practices across teams. * Drive clarity around technical tradeoffs, dependencies, and resource allocation. * Foster a culture where product, design, data, and engineering operate as a unified team. Delivery Excellence * Improve engineering velocity, predictability, quality, and operational performance. * Define and track key engineering metrics, including delivery effectiveness, reliability, quality, and developer productivity. * Establish best practices around testing, observability, release management, and incident response. * Ensure teams consistently deliver high-quality customer experiences while maintaining platform stability. Leadership * Serve as a key member of the Product & Technology leadership. * Contribute to broader company strategy, planning, and organizational decision-making. * Communicate technology strategy and progress effectively to cross-functional stakeholders. * Help shape Embark's long-term vision for how technology and AI create competitive advantage. ## Related Videos - [Launching a marketplace on-time: A lesson in taking shortcuts using spreadsheets!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/477-launching-a-marketplace-on-time-a-lesson-in-taking-shortcuts-using-spreadsheets) - [Blueprints for Success: Steering a Global Data & AI Architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1577-blueprints-for-success-steering-a-global-data-ai-architecture) - [Resolving technical debts in software architecture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1680-resolving-technical-debts-in-software-architecture) - [Green Cloud Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/592-green-cloud-computing) - [Single Server, Global Reach: Running a Worldwide Marketplace on Bare Metal in a Cloud-Dominated World](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1206-single-server-global-reach-running-a-worldwide-marketplace-on-bare-metal-in-a-cloud-dominated-world) - [Hiring Technical Leaders: Promote from Within or Go External?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100167-hiring-technical-leaders-promote-from-within-or-go-external) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer)