Hadrian Automation

Director of Engineering, Builder Tools

Los Angeles, CA · Director · Full-time

Work authorization required$250k-$320kDetected 14 hours ago

Full-Stack DevelopmentGitAWSGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsPrometheusDatadogPlatform EngineeringLLMsRoboticsLeadership

About the role

Engineering velocity is a strategic advantage at Hadrian.
As we scale our software organization, the quality of our tools, workflows, and development practices directly determines how fast we can move.
Your users are Hadrian's engineers, and your mission is to make them faster and more effective.

Lead and grow a team of engineers focused on engineering productivity and internal developer tools
Define and execute a roadmap to improve end-to-end SDLC efficiency and reliability (plan, build, test, deploy, observe)
Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools across engineering, from code assistants to LLM-powered workflows
Identify bottlenecks in developer workflows and implement scalable, lasting solutions
Partner with infrastructure, security, and product teams to improve delivery pipelines
Hire, mentor, and develop engineers and tech leads
Hadrian is building autonomous factories that help aerospace and defense companies manufacture rockets, satellites, jets, and ships up to 10x faster and up to 2x cheaper.
Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.

8-12 years in software engineering, with 3-5+ years in engineering management
Experience leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams
Track record of delivering measurable improvements in engineering velocity or system reliability
Experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Buildkite, or similar), observability stacks (Datadog, Prometheus), and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP, Kubernetes)
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
Hands-on experience implementing AI-assisted development workflows
Familiarity with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, etc.)
Experience with CI/CD optimization at scale
Ability to treat internal tooling as a product: clear users, defined impact, feedback loops
Experience driving adoption of new tools and workflows across engineering organizations

For this role, the target salary range is $250,000 - $320,000 (actual range may vary based on experience).
This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.
We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future.
An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
Flexible vacation policy
When necessary, the Company also makes reasonable accommodations for disabled candidates and employees, including for candidates or employees who are disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.

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