Director of Applications & Connected Services

South San Francisco, CAFull-TimeDirectorOther

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What You’ll Own

  • Lead mobile & web experiences used by operators and internal teams to plan work, monitor progress, and resolve issues in the field.
  • Backend services, APIs, integrations, and data contracts that connect apps to deployed systems, designed for scale, reliability, and fast iteration.
  • Drive reliability, security, observability, and performance across the application layer (customer-facing & internal tools).
  • Scale autonomous machine interfaces that connect real-time telemetry, geospatial data and large fleets of autonomous robots.
  • Partner with other product & software teams to ensure telemetry and application data is modeled well and supports product features, reporting, and operational visibility.
  • Build and lead a multidisciplinary organization (backend, web, mobile; data-adjacent), set technical direction, and consistently ship.
  • Raise the bar on interaction design, information architecture, and UX polish treating the app experience as a core competitive advantage.

What You'll Do

  • Set a clear technical strategy and roadmap for applications & connected services, aligned with Product and Operations.
  • Establish durable architectures built to scale including service boundaries, API standards, data models, and workflows.
  • Deliver a consistent cross-platform experience (web, mobile, internal tools) with high UX polish for real operational workflows.
  • Build unique but familiar experiences for how work gets done in industrial automation.
  • Build strong interfaces between cloud services, apps, and edge/robotic systems, with clear ownership and escalation paths.
  • Hire, mentor, and grow leaders; create a culture of high standards, fast learning loops, and customer accountability.

What You'll Bring

  • 10+ years in software engineering; strong strength in distributed systems and/or high-quality web/mobile product engineering (ideally both).
  • 4+ years leading teams across backend + client apps.
  • Track record shipping customer-facing products (web and/or mobile) backed by modern APIs and data systems.
  • Strong product instincts: you translate messy real-world workflows into simple software.
  • Experience collaborating tightly with Product, Design, QA, and field/operations teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with Product/Design to deliver high-polish experiences; workflows, not just architectures.
  • Experience operating production systems at scale (SLOs, observability, incident response, performance).

What Makes You a Strong Fit

  • Built software for connected devices / robotics / IoT or other “software meets hardware” environments.
  • Experience with telemetry, event-driven systems, and analytics/reporting surfaces for operations.
  • Experience in consumer or prosumer product companies where UX and speed of iteration mattered.
  • Built platforms for connected devices / IoT / edge or other domains where reliability and data integrity are non-negotiable.

Job Summary

CompanyAgtonomy
LocationSouth San Francisco, CA
TypeFull-Time
LevelDirector
DomainOther