Director of Engineering, See & Scout

Department:
See & Spray

Location:

Remote-US

We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to create intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for our customers. We empower our customers – farmers, construction crews, and foresters to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor. We believe that focusing on the small stuff, pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task, leads to big gains.

Blue River Technology aligns with John Deere’s vision to “innovate on behalf of humanity” by quickly identifying and solving high-value, high-uncertainty challenges in AI, machine learning, computer vision, and robotics. BRT acts as a research and development flywheel, building not only new products but also new platforms that reliably create value for both Deere and its customers. From fully autonomous machines to highly precise farming equipment, BRT and Deere are partnering to deliver technical breakthroughs across industries such as agriculture and construction.

Our people are at the heart of what we do. Through cross-disciplinary collaboration, this mission-driven team is eager to define the new frontier of robotics. We are always asking hard questions, rapidly iterating, and getting our boots in the field to figure it out. We won’t give up until we’ve made a tangible and positive impact on the planet!

Blue River Technology is based in Santa Clara, CA.

Within the See & Scout team, we turn machine vision into a production system intelligence capability. As Director of Engineering, you will be the primary architect of the systems and culture that help customers make better decisions across every acre they farm. You will lead the charge in bridging the gap between muddy boots in the field and high-performance distributed systems in the cloud.

This is a high-impact leadership position reporting directly to See & Spray’s VP of Engineering. You will own the technical roadmap and the professional growth of a multidisciplinary team of data, ML, and robotics engineers. You aren’t just managing people; you are building the engine that scales our ambitious long-term vision.

• Employment Type
  :
  Full-Time
• Work Location
  :
  Remote in the United States. Expect to be onsite in Santa Clara, CA, 1-2x per quarter.
• Visa sponsorship
  :
  Open to visa sponsorship.

The main job responsibilities include:

• Lead and Grow the Organization: Recruit, mentor, develop, and retain a high‑performing multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning software, data, machine learning, and robotics. Foster a culture of accountability, technical excellence, rapid iteration, and continuous learning.
• Own Technical Strategy & Architecture: Define the technical vision, architecture, and multi‑year roadmap for the See & Scout platform. Lead architectural decisions across large‑scale data platforms, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and machine learning capabilities.
• Build Scalable Data & ML Platforms: Design and oversee the complete data and machine learning lifecycle, including telemetry and imagery ingestion, storage, processing, feature engineering, model training, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Drive Platform & Product Delivery: Own the end‑to‑end software development lifecycle, ensuring scalable infrastructure, reliable deployments, operational excellence, and rapid delivery of customer‑facing capabilities.
• Partner Across the Organization: Collaborate closely with Product Management, Agronomy, Operations, Systems Engineering, Robotics, Machine Learning, and Program Management teams to define strategy, prioritize investments, and deliver customer value.
• Scale for the Future: Build platforms capable of supporting Blue River’s…