Delivery Engineering Lead

Detroit, United States | Posted on 05/18/2026

• Date Opened 05/18/2026
• Country United States

KODE Labs is building the operating system for the built world. We're transforming how buildings operate, making them more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable ce 2017, we've partnered with some of the world's largest real estate portfolios to deliver measurable energy savings and operational excellence. But we're just getting started.

The smart buildings industry needs bold thinking and better solutions. We're here to set the standard: moving fast, building fearlessly, and proving what's possible when technology meets infrastructure. At KODE, results speak louder than titles, and every person drives meaningful impact.

KODE is growing quickly, and our ability to deliver projects fast, accurately, and with strong technical quality is critical to our next stage of growth.

We’re looking for a Delivery Engineering Lead to become the technical backbone of our Delivery organization. This person will support our cohort Engineering Team Leads, serve as the first point of escalation for engineering blockers, review project engineering plans before they become risks, and help ensure projects are delivered with the right technical approach from the beginning. This person will not simply be another engineer who gets pulled into hard problems.

They will be responsible for creating more structure, consistency, and technical confidence across the engineering organization.

This is the right role for someone who is highly technical, deeply operational, and energized by solving hard problems while also turning those learnings into scalable systems for the whole team.

Serve as the first point of engineering escalation — Support our Engineering Team Leads when they are blocked, unsure of the right technical path, or need help resolving complex engineering issues.

Unblock engineering work quickly — Jump into technical blockers, diagnose the issue, determine the right path forward, and either solve the issue directly or route it to the right SME to minimize any project timeline slippage

Create a clear escalation process — Ensure engineering escalations are raised, documented, routed, and resolved in a consistent way.

Build scalable engineering systems — Create processes that allow engineers and Engineering Team Leads to handle more work with less confusion and fewer mistakes.

Improve documentation and playbooks — Maintain practical engineering documentation that helps the team execute consistently across project types, verticals, modules, and technical scenarios.

Turn hard problems into repeatable solutions — When unusual or difficult issues arise, capture the lessons learned and convert them into standards, reusable approaches, or automation.

Train and develop engineers — Build training programs, coaching moments, and recurring learning loops to improve the technical strength of the engineering organization.

Own planning and resource readiness — Work with Engineering Team Leads to ensure project scopes are technically sound, required information has been collected, integration paths are understood, and major risks have been identified early.

Promote accountability — Ensure engineering work is accurate, complete, and aligned with KODE standards before it reaches the client or Client Success team.

Grow Engineering Team Leads — Manage and develop Engineering Team Leads so they become stronger technically, more consistent operationally, and more effective at managing their groups of engineers.

Make engineering delivery faster — Identify manual, repetitive, or error-prone parts of engineering execution and create better workflows, templates, and tools to improve performance.

Drive integration automation — Work on data ingestion automation and similar workflow improvements that allow KODE OS to connect to building infrastructure faster and more efficiently.

What We're Looking For

7+ years of experience in technical implementation, building systems engineering, smart buildings,…