Lead a squad of engineers to build core products, drive delivery of features, mentor team members, and foster innovation and collaboration.
About us
Encord is the universal data layer for AI that helps 300+ AI teams train and run models on the right data. Our platform indexes, curates, annotates, and evaluates data across the full AI lifecycle, from development through production. Trusted by Woven by Toyota, AXA, UiPath, Zipline, and more.
We're an ambitious team of 100+ working at the frontier of AI and have raised $60M in Series C funding from Wellington Management, CRV, Next47 and Y Combinator.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a squad of 4-5 engineers, building our core product
- Collaborate with the cofounders, product managers, and senior engineers to define the product roadmap and ensure it aligns with the company's mission and goals
- Drive speedy delivery of high quality features and guide your team towards engineering best practices, including in code reviews, testing, and writing useful documentation
- Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and ownership within the engineering team
- Recruit, interview, hire, and onboard world-class engineers
- Mentor and coach individual engineers to help them grow and develop their skills
About you
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years of experience leading a team of engineers
- Strong technical background in computer science or a related field
- Experience building and scaling complex software systems
- Experience leading a fast-moving, high-performing engineering team
- Proven ability to recruit and develop technically excellent engineers
- Passion for building products that are loved by their users
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Experience with machine learning, and in particular computer vision, robotics, and embodied AI is a plus
We encourage people from all backgrounds, cultures and skill levels to apply. It is okay to not meet all requirements listed as we are looking for individuals who are passionate, eager to learn.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary, commission and equity in a hyper growth business.
- Strong in-person culture: most of our team is in the office 3+ days a week.
- Room to grow into anything you choose to — a year ago we were 50 people, now we're at 100+. We'll be growing very quickly over the next 24 months and there will be a wide scope for you to grow into roles with greater responsibility.
- 25 days annual leave a year + public holidays.
Our work is at the intersection of cutting edge AI use cases, and the engineering challenges that come with handling massive scale. Encord offers a rare opportunity to be part of a startup with a clear mission and vision, and with exceptional product-market fit. You will get to explore and build enterprise AI use cases across many different industry verticals such as healthcare, robotics, agentic generative AI and many more.
Top Skills
AI
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Robotics
Software Engineering
Encord London, England Office
Eastcastle St, London, United Kingdom, W1W 8DE
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