Director of Software Engineering — Marketplace

Job overview

The Director of Software Engineering — Marketplace role is onsite in San Francisco, CA, with a starting cash range of $250,000–$300,000 per year. The director leads Zipline’s Marketplace engineering organization, which builds software connecting customers and merchants to its drone delivery network. Zipline’s mission is to expand access to food, medicine, and essential goods through autonomous delivery. The director sets technical and product direction, grows engineering teams, and builds reliable marketplace products and systems. The role aligns architecture, platform investments, and execution to support consumer experiences, partner integrations, customer support, pricing, and fulfillment.

What you'll do

• Lead and grow software engineers and managers
• establish technical and product strategy
• build reliable, scalable marketplace products
• guide architecture, platform investments, and technical debt decisions
• partner with product teams
• establish operating rhythms that provide predictability and visibility.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of software engineering

marketplace

engineering leadership

software engineering

product strategy

marketplace products

drone delivery

san francisco ca

zipline

$250k–$300k starting cash

team scaling

architecture

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• The total compensation package may include equity, overtime pay, discretionary bonuses, sales incentives, medical, dental, and vision insurance, and paid time off.

Why this role

Leadership opportunity across a broad marketplace product scope and technical stack at a global autonomous delivery service.

About the employer

Zipline is hiring for this role. Industry: Local Messengers and Local Delivery. Sector: 49.