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Explore and apply on Rex.zone.",[10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33],"software engineering director","engineering leadership jobs","AI engineering director","NLP engineering director","computer vision engineering manager","content safety engineering","LLM training pipelines","remote director software engineering","contract engineering director","freelance engineering leader","full-time engineering director","senior engineering leadership","entry-level engineering management","AI labs hiring","tech startup director roles","BPO engineering leadership","annotation vendor engineering","platform reliability director","DevOps and SRE leadership","cloud-native architecture director","program management for ML","RLHF workflows oversight","data labeling operations","QA and prompt evaluation",{"title":35,"desc":36,"content":37},"Director of Software Engineering — AI\u002FML Platforms","Explore director of software engineering jobs on Rex.zone: a leadership role that steers complex software delivery and AI\u002FML training pipelines across NLP, computer vision, and content safety domains. This job entity centers on building high-performing engineering teams, governing architecture, and aligning product roadmaps with RLHF, data labeling, QA evaluation, prompt evaluation, and large language model training workflows. Whether you seek remote, contract, freelance, or full-time paths, Rex.zone helps candidates and employers connect through verified listings and streamlined hiring workflows designed for modern AI labs, tech startups, BPOs, and annotation vendors.",[38,41,55,65,76,86,96,107,116,124],{"h2":39,"desc":40},"About the Role","A Director of Software Engineering leads multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver resilient, secure, and scalable platforms that support AI\u002FML training and production inference. This role coordinates SDLC best practices, architecture governance, staffing, and budget strategy while partnering with product, data science, MLOps, and operations. Directors drive the roadmap for cloud-native services, model-serving infrastructure, and data pipelines that underpin RLHF, data labeling, prompt evaluation, and named entity recognition workflows. You will set engineering OKRs, nurture a culture of clarity and technical excellence, reduce technical debt through measurable refactoring plans, and maintain the pace of delivery across microservices, APIs, data platforms, and developer experience tooling.",{"h2":42,"desc":43,"list":44},"Key Responsibilities","Directors are responsible for translating business outcomes into engineering execution and sustainable system architecture. You will define a unified engineering strategy that aligns with product-market goals, model performance improvement, compliance, and cost efficiency across AI training pipelines.",[45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54],"Own engineering strategy, architecture standards, and technical governance for cloud-native services (AWS\u002FGCP\u002FAzure, Kubernetes, Terraform) and model-serving platforms.","Lead cross-functional programs spanning RLHF, data labeling, QA evaluation, prompt evaluation, named entity recognition, computer vision annotation, and content safety labeling.","Drive SDLC quality: CI\u002FCD pipelines, release management, automated testing, observability, and SRE practices prioritizing platform reliability and service-level objectives (SLOs).","Build high-performing teams: workforce planning, hiring diverse senior and entry-level talent, mentorship, and performance management.","Partner with product and data science to deliver training data quality improvements and annotation guidelines compliance that lift model accuracy.","Implement secure-by-design principles and regulatory compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI) across services and data workflows.","Optimize infrastructure costs, capacity planning, and incident response; lead postmortems and resilient design initiatives.","Guide technical roadmaps for NLP, computer vision, and content safety products; steward API design, SDKs, and platform extensibility.","Champion developer productivity: internal platforms, golden paths, documentation standards, and straightforward onboarding.","Establish OKRs and metrics for engineering throughput, reliability, defect density, and customer-facing SLAs.",{"h2":56,"desc":57,"list":58},"AI\u002FML Training Workflows You Will Oversee","Director of software engineering jobs increasingly intersect with AI training pipelines. You will collaborate with MLEs and data operations to ensure automated and human-in-the-loop systems remain performant, transparent, and ethically grounded.",[59,60,61,62,63,64],"RLHF orchestration: integrate feedback loops, score aggregation, and reward modeling pipelines with governance and privacy controls.","Data labeling operations: vendor management, BPO workflows, annotation toolchain integration, inter-annotator agreement, and quality gates.","Prompt evaluation and QA: test harnesses, adversarial datasets, and regression suites for LLM evaluation and model performance improvement.","NLP pipelines: tokenization, embeddings, NER, sentiment analysis, and retrieval augmentation with auditability and lineage.","Computer vision annotation: bounding boxes, segmentation, and multi-modal data ingestion with scalable storage and pre-processing.","Content safety labeling: policy enforcement, classifier training, escalation paths, and triage tools tuned to platform risk and compliance.",{"h2":66,"desc":67,"list":68},"Required Skills and Experience","We look for seasoned leaders who combine architectural depth, people leadership, and operational rigor. Successful candidates can switch between vision-setting and hands-on guidance, ensuring complex systems ship on time and meet reliability targets.",[69,70,71,72,73,74,75],"10+ years in software engineering; 3–5+ years leading managers and multiple squads or platform teams.","Expertise in distributed systems, microservices, APIs, and event-driven design (Kafka\u002FPulsar).","Cloud-native and DevOps proficiency: Kubernetes, containers, IaC (Terraform\u002FCloudFormation), CI\u002FCD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Argo), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).","Programming depth in one or more: Python, Java, Go, TypeScript; architectural patterns; system design; performance optimization.","Data platforms: warehouses\u002Flakes (Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks), feature stores, and ML workflow orchestration (Airflow, Kubeflow).","Security and compliance: threat modeling, encryption, secrets management, identity (OIDC\u002FSAML), policy-as-code.","Exceptional communication: stakeholder alignment, executive reporting, product collaboration, and roadmap negotiation.",{"h2":77,"desc":78,"list":79},"Preferred Qualifications","While not mandatory, these qualifications strengthen your profile for director of software engineering jobs focused on AI\u002FML platforms and safety-critical applications.",[80,81,82,83,84,85],"Experience in AI labs, tech startups, annotation vendors, or BPOs managing complex data operations.","Track record leading teams within NLP, computer vision, content safety, or LLM training domains.","Proven success improving training data quality and annotation guidelines compliance at scale.","Background in SRE, platform engineering, or infra leadership with measurable uptime improvements.","Compliance ownership and audit experience across SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or GDPR.","Operating experience with RLHF, prompt evaluation frameworks, and large language model evaluation.",{"h2":87,"desc":88,"list":89},"Search Modifiers and Hiring Paths","Rex.zone aggregates director of software engineering jobs across remote, contract, freelance, and full-time posts. Roles may range from entry-level management to senior director leadership, with specializations in NLP, computer vision, content safety, and LLM training. Employers include AI labs, tech startups, BPOs, and annotation vendors, ensuring broad navigational coverage and visibility across geographies.",[90,91,92,93,94,95],"Remote: global-first teams with distributed collaboration and robust async tooling.","Contract: project-based leadership for platform hardening, migration, or delivery sprints.","Freelance: fractional director guidance, architecture assessments, and interim PMO.","Full-time: multi-year leadership with ownership of platform roadmaps and team building.","Entry-level management: engineering managers transitioning to director scope.","Senior: experienced directors overseeing multiple domains or orgs across NLP, computer vision, content safety, and LLM training.",{"h2":97,"desc":98,"list":99},"Tools, Platforms, and Compliance","Candidates should be fluent in modern engineering stacks and operational controls necessary for scaled AI systems and data-intensive applications. Directors enforce rigorous guardrails while enabling speed.",[100,101,102,103,104,105,106],"Cloud providers: AWS, GCP, Azure; cost governance and multi-region reliability.","Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, service mesh (Istio\u002FLinkerd).","Data and ML tooling: Databricks, Snowflake, BigQuery, Feature Stores, MLFlow.","Pipelines: Airflow, Argo, Dagster; ETL\u002FELT; streaming (Kafka).","Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK, incident response runbooks.","Security and privacy: Vault, KMS, IAM\u002FSSO, DLP, policy-as-code (OPA), audit logging.","Compliance: SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, PCI and secure SDLC gates.",{"h2":108,"desc":109,"list":110},"Impact, Outcomes, and Metrics","Directors are measured on business impact and platform resilience. You will align engineering outcomes with customer value, reliability, and ethical AI. This includes deploying repeatable processes for model performance improvement, training data quality, and scalable delivery across teams.",[111,112,113,114,115],"Engineering throughput: predictable velocity, on-time releases, and defect reduction.","Reliability: SLO adherence, incident MTTR, change failure rate, and postmortem quality.","Security and compliance: control coverage, audit success, and zero-severity SLA breaches.","Model and data outcomes: measurable gains from prompt evaluation, RLHF, and annotation quality.","Developer experience: onboarding time, CI lead time, test coverage, and internal platform adoption.",{"h2":117,"desc":118,"list":119},"Compensation and Benefits","Compensation varies by location, employer type, and scope of responsibility. Rex.zone listings include transparent ranges and benefits to help you compare director of software engineering jobs across markets and employment types.",[120,121,122,123],"Typical base compensation bands from USD $180k–$280k with bonus and equity for full-time roles.","Contract and freelance rates vary by duration, deliverables, and regional market conditions.","Benefits often include comprehensive health coverage, remote stipends, learning budgets, and wellness allowances.","Equity grants are common in tech startups and AI labs; performance incentives tied to platform milestones.",{"h2":125,"desc":126},"How to Apply on Rex.zone","Rex.zone centralizes vetted director of software engineering jobs and streamlines applications. Create a profile highlighting architecture leadership, SDLC craftsmanship, and AI\u002FML workflow experience. Attach case studies: platform migrations, reliability transformations, compliance programs, and delivery accelerations. Enable job modifiers (remote, contract, freelance, full-time) and domain tags (NLP, computer vision, content safety, LLM training) to discover relevant listings. Use navigational filters to compare employer types: AI labs, tech startups, BPOs, and annotation vendors. Set alerts for senior and entry-level management roles and follow hiring teams to accelerate response times and interview scheduling.",[128,129,130,131,132,133,134,135,136,137],"Director of Software Engineering","Engineering Director","VP-track Engineering Leader","Platform Engineering Director","AI\u002FML Engineering Director","NLP Director","Computer Vision Director","Content Safety Engineering Director","LLM Training Director","Head of Software Engineering",[139,140,141,142,143,144],"remote","contract","freelance","full-time","entry-level","senior",[146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153],"NLP","computer vision","content safety","LLM training","data labeling","RLHF","prompt evaluation","named entity recognition",[155,156,157,158,159,160,161],"AI labs","tech startups","BPOs","annotation vendors","enterprise platforms","cloud providers","consultancies",[163,164,165,166,167,168,169,170],"Remote (Global)","United States","Canada","United Kingdom","European Union","India","Singapore","Australia",{"apply_url":172,"button_text":173},"https:\u002F\u002Frex.zone\u002Fjobs\u002Fdirector-of-software-engineering","Explore Roles on Rex.zone",{"title":175,"content":176},"Frequently Asked Questions",[177,180,183,186,189,192],{"Q":178,"A":179},"What do director of software engineering jobs involve?","These roles lead multi-team software delivery, architecture governance, and operational reliability. Directors partner with product, data science, and operations to build cloud-native platforms, AI\u002FML pipelines, and developer tooling while meeting business outcomes and compliance requirements.",{"Q":181,"A":182},"How do these roles connect to AI\u002FML training workflows?","Directors oversee RLHF pipelines, data labeling operations, prompt evaluation, and named entity recognition. They ensure training data quality, annotation guidelines compliance, and model performance improvement, bridging engineering execution with data and ML objectives.",{"Q":184,"A":185},"Are remote or contract paths available?","Yes. Rex.zone lists remote, contract, freelance, and full-time director roles across geographies. Hiring paths include interim leadership, fractional advisory, and permanent multi-domain ownership in NLP, computer vision, content safety, and LLM training.",{"Q":187,"A":188},"Which employers hire directors on Rex.zone?","AI labs, tech startups, BPOs, annotation vendors, enterprises, and consultancies. Employer types vary by domain focus, compliance requirements, and platform maturity, enabling candidates to match context and growth trajectory.",{"Q":190,"A":191},"What skills stand out to recruiters?","Distributed systems expertise, microservices and API design, cloud-native operations, CI\u002FCD and observability, security and compliance, and leadership that elevates teams. Experience with RLHF, prompt evaluation, and large language model evaluation is valued for AI-centric roles.",{"Q":193,"A":194},"How do I navigate listings on Rex.zone?","Use navigational filters for modifiers (remote, contract, freelance, full-time) and domains (NLP, computer vision, content safety, LLM training). Follow companies, set alerts, and apply via your Rex.zone profile for faster screening and interview scheduling."]