Zipline
Director of Software Engineering – Marketplace
$250K–$300K
South San Francisco, California, USA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Location
- South San Francisco, California, USA
South San Francisco, California, United States
About the job
Leads Zipline’s Marketplace engineering organization to build and scale consumer, merchant, fulfillment, support, and operational software for its drone delivery network.
What you'll do
- Lead and grow software engineers and managers; develop leaders and attract technical talent.
- Set product and technical strategy, guide architecture and platform investments, and build reliable, scalable marketplace products.
- Partner with product and cross-functional teams, and establish operating rhythms that improve predictability and visibility.
What they ask for
- Track record leading and scaling product engineering teams shipping operationally complex software.
- Strong technical judgment to guide architecture and execution for a lean team.
- Experience building organizations, developing leaders, and attracting exceptional technical talent.
- Excellent product sense, prioritization, and cross-functional partnership; comfort operating in ambiguity.
Nice to have
- Experience with marketplace, e-commerce, pricing, or two-sided-platform products.
- Thought leadership on AI-driven software development.
Pay
$250,000-$300,000 USD starting cash range (base salary)
AI focus
AI is mentioned as an optional area of thought leadership on AI-driven software development; no specific AI implementation work is described.
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