Software Development Leader

Job Title

Software Development Leader

Role Summary

Lead software development for an AI-driven silicon design platform, owning architecture, platform operations, and customer-facing deliverables. Manage engineering managers and senior engineers to deliver NLP, vector databases, knowledge graphs, ML pipelines, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and multi-modal AI solutions for production environments.

Collaborate with design, verification, performance, security, and customer stakeholders to prioritize the roadmap and ensure scalable, secure deployments.

Experience Level

Senior - minimum 15 years in software engineering with at least 5 years in engineering leadership (managing managers or multi-team organizations).

Responsibilities

Lead strategy, execution, and operations for the AI platform and engineering organization.

• Define multi-year product and technology roadmap across NLP, embeddings, knowledge graphs, RAG, ML pipelines, and multi-modal systems.
• Build, lead, and scale engineering managers and senior engineers; recruit and develop technical leadership.
• Drive platform architecture, scalability, security, and performance across GPU, cloud, and containerized environments.
• Establish MLOps, model lifecycle management, and AI monitoring standards.
• Prioritize the roadmap based on customer feedback, business impact, and technical feasibility.
• Own the platform security posture in partnership with security and compliance teams.
• Evaluate vendors and partners; make build-vs-buy decisions for core platform components.
• Own budget, headcount planning, and resource allocation for the organization.
• Champion documentation standards and high-quality reference implementations for customer integration and evaluation.

Other responsibilities:

• Perform work safely and support Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements and programs.

Requirements

Key must-have and nice-to-have qualifications.

Must-have:

• 15+ years in software engineering with at least 5 years in engineering leadership managing managers or multi-team organizations.
• Proven track record building and scaling AI/ML-driven platforms in production.
• Technical fluency with Python and modern ML frameworks to guide architectural decisions.
• Deep understanding of transformers, embeddings, fine-tuning, model deployment, and enterprise AI platform concepts.
• Experience owning inference pipelines or training workflows across cloud and containerized platforms at organizational scale.
• Experience setting engineering standards for Git workflows, containerization, ML pipelines, and automation.
• Familiarity with vector databases, RAG systems, knowledge graphs, and prompt engineering sufficient to direct technical strategy.
• Proven experience partnering with platform architecture teams and communicating technical strategy to executive stakeholders.
• Executive-level communication skills, including presenting technical strategy and business impact to senior leadership and customers.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with multi-modal LLM strategies and evaluating AI-native platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face).
• Experience establishing MLOps practices and model automation standards across multiple teams.
• Experience directing RAG strategies and tools (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex) or custom architectures.
• Background in semiconductor, EDA, or related deep‑tech industries.
• Strong stakeholder management, organizational design, change-management, and business acumen.

Education Requirements

Preferred: Master's or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Alternatively, the posting accepts equivalent experience - explicitly: 18+ years in software engineering/related field with progressive leadership scope as an alternative to an advanced degree.

About the Company

Company: GlobalFoundries

Headquarters: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

GlobalFoundries is a leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry, with facilities in multiple countries, including the USA. The company develops a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies and employs around 13,000 people worldwide. GlobalFoundries focuses on enhancing competitiveness in specialized application solutions and fostering innovation in mobile communications, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.