Head of Engineering (Software & AI)

About Treeswift:

Treeswift is revolutionizing decision-making for critical energy infrastructure in the face of rising threats like severe storms and wildfires.

In the U.S. alone, hundreds of thousands of miles of transmission lines and millions of miles of distribution lines need to be carefully monitored and maintained to reduce hazards. The largest of these hazards is interaction with vegetation that can cause outages or fires. With the rapid growth of renewable energy this infrastructure footprint is expected to more than double in the coming years creating more assets to defend than ever before.

Treeswift’s mission is to deliver scalable technology to manage large-scale distributed infrastructure, starting with managing the risks posed by vegetation to power lines and extending to asset management, construction planning, and disaster recovery. We deliver transformative impact to our customers by innovating across the technical stack. LiDAR and imagery data is collected by sensor packs mounted on backpacks and vehicles that seamlessly integrate into customer operations. We then deploy AI to transform raw data into actionable analytics delivered to decision-makers in our software platform. After just a year and a half since our first utility pilot we are working with three of the five largest utilities in the United States and rapidly expanding our footprint across new customers and use cases.

To tackle this challenge we are bringing together a team of mission-driven experts from with deep industry experience in robotics and enterprise software development. We hope you’ll join us on this journey to revolutionize the energy sector.

About the role

As Head of Engineering you will play a crucial role at a pivotal point for Treeswift. Your work will drive our evolution from an early stage software product with incredible customer demand (built on a robust robotics backbone) to becoming the de-factor software platform that powers field work in utilities and beyond. In this role you will –

• Lead and grow an outstanding team of mission-driven engineers. At the heart of this role is supporting and building a team of rock-star, mission-driven engineers. You will enable them to do the best work of their life Treeswift. On the hiring front, you will take the lead on hiring and growing this team in partnership with company leadership.

• Scale our platform from early usage at <10 utilities to supporting operational roll-out across 30+ utilities and other customers over the next few years. You will bring your experience to enable us to mature our platform to meet the unique needs of increasing scale, while retaining velocity and creativity needed for greenfield work.

• Foster a culture of high ownership and relentless curiosity. At Treeswift, curiosity drives how we approach problems and high ownership drives how we approach execution. We are looking for someone who leads by example in this regard, and creates an organization within which these values continue to thrive as we grow significantly. We are hoping to find someone who is excited to be hands on with technology in early days to build credibility and familiarity.

• Collaborate closely with hardware, product, customer and sales teams. Our product spans hardware deployed outdoors, to a user on their cellphone, to a manager in the office. Execution on that vision requires almost every conversation to be interdisciplinary and product-oriented. Today all of engineering and product plans and executes sprints together and the entire company reviews the sales pipeline on a weekly basis. As we scale some of this may no longer work, but the spirit of avoiding functional siloes will remain.

The 60-day objectives for this role are

• You deeply understand our tech stack from data upload to customer web application

• You have formed opinions on major technical risks/opportunities and you have a game plan to tackle the most important ones

• Your are deeply plugged into sprint planning and supporting engineering execution as needed

• You have formed an opinion on priority hiring needs and launched those searches.

Experience / Skills

• 8+ years software engineering experience, with at least 3 of those in a leadership position. At minimum, you have managed a team of five engineers, ideally 20+.

• Experience delivering production software to enterprise customers at mature scale (10+ customers, 1000s of users).

• You have worked at both early stage and growth stage companies and are interested in going on that journey with Treeswift.

• Experience with a machine learning/AI heavy technical stack is a big plus.

• Nice-to-haves include experience with sensor data, robotics, mobile applications, and geospatial data.

What We Value

• Mission first. We value team members who are focused on working towards the best outcomes for the customer and the business.

• Curiosity. We are constantly learning – from each other and from our customers.. We aren’t afraid to learn we were wrong in the process and adapt our approach accordingly.

• Owners mindset. If you see an opportunity for improvement, run with it. We believe that good ideas can come from anywhere, no matter your role.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance

• Life insurance package and disability coverage

• Stock options

• Paid leave for new parents

• Unlimited PTO

• 401K

Salary

The estimated salary range for this position is $230,000 - $280,000. Total compensation for this position is determined by skills, qualifications, relevant work experience, location, and other factors. This salary estimate excludes the value of any potential bonuses; the value of any benefits offered; and the potential future value of any long-term incentives. This information is provided per the New York City Human Rights Law. Please note that the range provided is applicable only to New York City-based applicants. Base compensation may vary if the work location is outside of New York City.

Treeswift  is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, whether it be alternate forms of material, accessible meeting rooms, etc., please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.