Director, System Software
HybridOxford, England, United Kingdom
EXPIREDOxford, England, United KingdomHybridFull TimeSenior LevelSmall
Full TimeSenior LevelSmall
Job Summary
Lead the software team and define long-term roadmaps for quantum computing projects, capturing feature requests and managing conflicting priorities to deliver according to company needs. Own the backlog, drive detailed software solutions, and establish devops, release, and third-line support processes while collaborating on cross-team interfaces. Ensure team effectiveness and efficiency, conduct performance reviews, and support career development for approximately twenty engineers. Provide clear progress updates to stakeholders and act as the primary point of contact for understanding the software stack architecture.
Required Qualifications
- proven experience managing a software organisation containing tens of engineers and subject matter experts in their respective fields
- track record in setting priorities, giving clear expectations and ensuring results are suitable for the internal and external customers
- clear understanding of critical versus urgent items
Desired Qualifications
- Proven ability to delegate at the appropriate level while maintaining good quality output at the pace needed in a high-tech startup
- Detailed technical background in more than one of the following areas: real time embedded software, compiler development, assembler development, graph algorithmic representations, system monitoring, data centre deployments
- Clear understanding of standard software development processes and a pragmatic approach to their use in a growing organisation
- Excellent technical and organisational communication skills, both across the organisation and to external stakeholders
- an understanding of branching and release practices and when to use them and/or how to organise internal triage and support as our external customer base grows
- experience in tracking team delivery of new features, including scoping, estimation, release planning and tracking
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