VP of Software Engineering

About this role:

Pickle is seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the development, and implementation of new products. The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with deep expertise and passion for robotics. They will actively collaborate across teams, partnering with key stakeholders in product, deployment, hardware, and sales to create customer-focused solutions.

Reporting directly to Pickle’s founding CTO, the Vice President of Software Engineering will oversee multiple engineering teams focused on developing cutting-edge solutions in autonomy, robot performance, and human-machine interfaces.

You Will:

• Lead, mentor, and manage multiple software engineering teams, including individual contributors and engineering managers.
• Negotiate the distribution of features across releases for all software teams, empowering engineers with the freedom and responsibility to own their work.
• Own the overall software process, diving in and out of the trenches to create processes that enable high levels of execution.
• Collaborate with the CTO and other executive leaders to shape the long-term vision and direction of the company's software development efforts.
• Partner with program management to track progress toward each release as well as any changes in deadlines or deliverables.
• Identify gaps within the software team, whether structural or skill-based, and collaborate with People Operations to fill, upskill, or outsource as needed.
• Oversee the software engineering budget, making data-driven decisions about investments in tools, technology, and personnel.
• Manage relationships with external vendors and service providers as necessary.

You Are:

• An engineer with 10+ years of experience in a software engineering role, with progressively increasing responsibility over time.
• A strategic people leader with 7+ years in a management role within software engineering.
• Experienced with a variety of modern programming languages. Can include: C/C++, Python, Javascript/Typescript, Rust. 
• Proven expertise in applying SOLID principles to create robust, maintainable, and adaptable software architectures within agile development environments.
• A talented roboticist with several years of experience in developing products, ideally in the warehouse automation and/or supply chain space.
• Skilled in applying best practices for integrating modern machine learning and AI technologies.
• Deeply knowledgeable in the robotics field, both from a mechanical and software automation perspective.
• Experienced with leading teams in an agile development environment.
• A world-class coach, mentor and leader; You are able to help engineers thrive and can inspire teams to achieve impossible things. 
• Able to manage staff from diverse backgrounds and career paths, from experienced, expert-level engineers to early-career startup developers. 
• Willing and able to work from our Cambridge, MA office at least 3x per week. Pickle values time spent collaborating face-to-face, both with our human colleagues and our robots.

About Pickle Robot

Do you want to get in on the ground floor of a fast growing, VC backed, robotic solutions company serving the warehouse and logistics industries? Then join Pickle Robot! We build robotic systems that companies and the people who work for them love.

Pickle robots unload trucks. Everyday millions of trucks and ocean freight containers are loaded and unloaded around the world. Many of those vehicles are floor-loaded, which means people need to manually handle every package - work that is difficult, dirty, sometimes dangerous, and increasingly hard to staff. Pickle Robot is laser focused on automating trailer and container unloading using AI, machine learning, computer vision, advanced sensors, and industrial robotics to deliver engineered products customers rely on. Pickle Robot Unload Systems work with people on loading docks to make the work safer, faster, and more efficient.