Director of Software Engineering

What We Offer

• An immediate opportunity to make an impact fighting climate change with a mission-driven team.
• An in-person, collaborative culture. In our midtown Manhattan  office, we not only have a stocked pantry but we also dedicate time to connect with each other during weekly happy hours, Falafel Fridays, and quarterly off-sites.
• National subsidized healthcare plans for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Additional benefits include a 401(k) program, 12 weeks paid parental leave, and paid time off
• Free, anonymous mental health and coaching appointments through Lyra.
• Thalo Labs believes everyone should be compensated fairly. At our ground-floor stage, our compensation structure places a strong emphasis on the value of high equity, with an annual base salary ranging from $160,000-$200,000.

What You'll Do

• Maintain a hands-on engineering and leadership approach by writing code, providing technical guidance, reviews, and mentorship to the team.
• Architect, build, and ship an AI enabled monitoring and analytics platform that delivers tens of thousands of automated insights to end customers daily and monthly to transform how HVAC companies, building owners, and industry experts operate and service buildings, save money, and lower emissions.
• Own and execute Thalo’s software strategy and product goals in partnership with the hardware and GTM teams.
• Continuously maintain and improve software infrastructure for large-scale data ingestion, storage, transformation, and analysis.
• Lead new feature ideation and scoping with hardware and software teams.
• Operate with a strong product sense and comfort working across disciplines (hardware, GTM, field ops).
• Ensure that technology decisions enable the long term goals of our products and company.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing team while maintaining strong engineering practices.

What You Have

• 7+ years of experience working as a software engineer and 2+ years experience leading engineering teams, preferably in an early stage startup environment
• A.I. Tools At least 1 year of experience researching and using modern AI tools to improve product output and development speed.  
• Web and Data Applications Experience developing, deploying, and managing customer facing, full-stack, large-scale web and data-intensive applications
• Tech Stack Comfort with our tech stack (React, Typescript, Python, Pandas, Django, Terraform, AWS)
• Cloud Infrastructure Experience with provisioning, scaling, monitoring, and deploying to production cloud infrastructure
• Leadership: Prior experience and a passion for leading incredible teams and fostering a best-in-class work culture.
• Even if you don’t meet all the requirements listed above, we still encourage you to apply. We’re interested in meeting with a broad array of candidates and every application is reviewed by an actual person, we promise!

Bonus Points

• A passion for tackling climate change and promoting sustainability
• BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related field 
• Experience developing for complex hardware/software systems or IoT devices
• Background with containerized microservices and distributed systems