Director, Software Engineering (Product)

Director, Software Engineering (Product)

Ambient.ai is a unified, AI‑powered physical security platform helping the world’s leading enterprises reduce risk, improve operational efficiency, and gain critical insights. Seven of the top 10 U.S. technology companies, along with multiple Fortune 500 organizations, rely on Ambient.ai to modernize their physical security infrastructure.

Our platform uses advanced AI and computer vision to seamlessly integrate with existing camera and sensor systems, enabling real‑time monitoring and proactive threat detection. By reducing false alarms by over 95%, Ambient.ai allows security teams to focus on real threats and prevent incidents they occur.

Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is a Series B company on a mission to make every security incident preventable.

About The Role

Reporting to Kiran Palan, you will lead a team of passionate, talented engineers building products that are reshaping the physical security industry. As an Engineering Leader, you’ll develop new product concepts while supporting current product growth, define our growth strategy, and work closely with product managers to align strategy, process, and delivery against the product roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Lead the current product engineering team, which includes front‑end, mobile, and backend developers.
• Design, guide, and vet system design within the broader scope of product development.
• Scale the current team, hire and onboard new team members, and develop a high‑performing team of software engineers.
• Be highly technical, a hands‑on coder, and an effective people coach.
• Ensure high technical standards by instituting processes (architecture reviews, testing) and culture (engineering excellence).
• Give your team the tools, context, confidence, and motivation to make decisions effectively and independently.
• People management : set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role, and meet regularly to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching.

Qualifications

Why Join Us

Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E‑Verify participant.

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