Vice President of Software Engineering at sauron.systems

San Francisco, California, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

10 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

10 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Machine Learning, Technical Leadership, Mentorship, Cloud Infrastructure, Firmware Development, Model Deployment, Collaboration, Recruiting, Team Building, Continuous Learning, Innovation, Product Development, High Performance Systems, Memory Management

Industry

Software Development

Description

Who We Are Sauron protects your family and home, bringing the innovations of autonomous robots and self-driving cars to residential security. Our team is led by veteran entrepreneurs and roboticists, alumni of Sonos, Tesla, Apple, and Google. Sauron has raised an $22M seed round led by A* and Atomic with participation from other leading venture capital firms and angel investors, including Abstract, 8VC, and Flock Safety CEO Garret Langley. The Role | Vice President Software Engineering We Value Impact: Taking ownership of the core technology and driving it from prototype to mass production. First Principles: Applying sound computer science fundamentals to solve novel problems in hardware, perception, and residential security. Building: Inspiring and developing a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation. You Will Contribute By Architecting, building, and scaling the entire software platform, including firmware for embedded devices, machine learning model deployment pipelines, and our cloud infrastructure. Providing technical leadership and mentorship to the software team, driving best practices in design, development, and testing. Leading the long-term functional engineering team development roadmap to ensure we have the skillsets, capabilities and workflows to enable successful execution of current and future programs. Collaborating with hardware, product, and operations teams to define requirements and deliver a unified, secure, and reliable end-to-end user experience. Recruiting, hiring, and onboarding top-tier engineering talent to grow the organization efficiently and effectively. Your Background Includes 10+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role (Director or VP) at a fast-growing, technically complex company. Direct, hands-on experience with the unique challenges of our core pipelines: either Embedded Systems development (e.g., real-time OS, low-latency communication, resource optimization) or Machine Learning implementation (e.g., model quantization, on-device inference, MLOps). Expertise in building systems that require high performance and careful memory management. Proven track record of shipping highly reliable, commercial products that combine hardware and software.

Responsibilities

The Vice President of Software Engineering will architect, build, and scale the entire software platform, including firmware for embedded devices and cloud infrastructure. They will also provide technical leadership and mentorship to the software team and collaborate with other teams to deliver a unified user experience.