Director of Software Engineering

Há 2 dias

Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Spotlite Tempo inteiro

Location
: Coimbra / Remote / Hybrid

We're hiring a Director of Software Engineering to lead Spotlite's software team. You'll be responsible for scaling our development efforts, improving execution, and bringing AI tools into our software workflows. This role is key to delivering our predictive infrastructure monitoring platform across powerlines, roads, rail, and renewables.

You'll manage a team of frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers, drive architectural decisions, and work closely with Product and Geospatial Engineering to ship features that matter.

What You'll Own

Team Leadership & Execution

  • Manage, grow, and mentor the software engineering team
  • Own engineering velocity and quality
  • Ensure reliable delivery of product roadmap milestones

Architecture & Technical Direction

  • Guide architectural decisions with performance, scalability, and maintainability in mind
  • Drive best practices in code quality, testing, and CI/CD
  • Coordinate with the Head of Data and Head of Product

AI-Driven Development

  • Champion AI tools across development workflows (e.g. GitHub Copilot, automated testing, code generation)
  • Partner with ML team to bring model outputs into customer-facing products

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Product to translate specs into delivery plans
  • Collaborate with ML, Geospatial, and Infrastructure teams
  • Improve internal processes (development, planning, documentation, feedback loops)

Hiring & Team Growth

  • Lead recruitment and onboarding for software roles
  • Set clear goals, expectations, and feedback cycles for the team

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves

  • Proven leadership in software engineering (Team Lead, Engineering Manager, or Director level)
  • Experience in fullstack web development and cloud infrastructure
  • Track record of managing engineers and shipping production software
  • Comfortable with product-driven development and fast iteration
  • Familiarity or hands-on use of AI tools in engineering workflows

Bonus

  • Experience with geospatial data, remote sensing, or satellite platforms
  • Worked in early-stage B2B SaaS startups
  • Exposure to ML Ops or deploying AI models into production

Why Join Spotlite

Spotlite is building next-generation infrastructure monitoring using satellite data and predictive analytics. Our clients manage thousands of kilometers of roads, railways, and powerlines. Our mission is to help them prevent critical failures and reduce operational costs. We're growing rapidly, backed by strong traction across Europe and the Americas.

You'll be joining a 20+ person team with deep expertise in Earth Observation, ML, product, and sales.

Want to help make infrastructure safer and more resilient? Let's talk.

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