Director of Software Engineering, Evolv Technology
$190-220k
+ Bonus and equity
Office located in Waltham, MA
Advanced weapons detection solutions
Job no longer available
Advanced weapons detection solutions
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$190-220k
+ Bonus and equity
Office located in Waltham, MA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform security to create a safer world to live, work, learn, and play.
Role
Who you are
- You're looking for a role that has meaning and purpose on a team that is crafting the future of security
- Previous training and education in Computer Science is required for this position
What the job involves
- Evolv’s R&D team is looking for an experienced and innovative software engineering director to provide technical leadership, improve software engineering practices, and be hands on with our team of developers with expertise in embedded, real-time, computer vision, web app/GUI, analytics, and cloud
- In Evolv's fast-paced development environment the R&D team is continuously innovating new features and integrating complementary technologies into our products
- Success in the Role: What are performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing?
- Get to know team members within the software team, including, understanding their current roles, handoffs, pain points, and highlighting areas for improvement
- Start to build relationships with key stakeholders and members of the R&D team
- Conduct cross-functional investigations of issues to triage the errors and allocate resources appropriately
- Become familiar with the project’s C++, C, and Python codebase and development toolchain
- Improve overall software engineering synergy/quality and functionality by developing effective cross functional systems
- Increase level of support for current team of engineers
- After 30 days, you will:
- Have a technical understanding of our systems including sensors, the data acquisition systems, cameras, and threat detection systems
- Identify low hanging software engineering practices improvements and lead discussions with software engineers to put new/improved practices in place
- After 3 months, you will:
- Provide support to the software roadmap releases by managing the software engineering work, hands-on validation of new functionality, initial triage of bugs, and resource allocation
- After one year, you will,
- Provide support to scheduled software updates by managing the software engineering work, hands-on validation of new functionality, initial triage of bugs, and resource allocation
- Provide leadership to the advanced development software releases with hands-on system integration validation, leading cross-functional tiger teams to address critical issues, resource management, triaging bugs, and allocation of resources
- The Work: What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis?
- Demonstrate technical depth and earn the respect of senior developers
- Mentor junior developers
- Review code and architecture during the first 30 days
- Submit PRs for small changes from day 60
- Pair with junior developers on a regular basis
- Chart improvements in junior developers' output (quality or quantity) every 30 days
- Imbue the team with a sense of purpose
- Understand individual team members and how they want to develop and grow
- By day 30, review PRs from colleagues and contribute your own improvements
- Engage the team through non-work related in-office activities e.g., Ice Cream Social, Craft Hall dinners, Haiku writing, baking contests and more
- Understand the process by Day 30
- Receive feedback from peers/boss by Day 60
- Give feedback to select colleagues by Day 90
- Develop plan for broader adoption by Day 120
- Encourage usage within team by Day 180
- Take on a coding or infrastructure challenge in an area that you wish to grow into
- By Day 60, identify the challenge and draw up a plan with 30-day deliverables
- Apply innovations from your repertoire that will improve the software engineering health of the team
- Solutions and improvements will be challenging, requiring innovative and analytical thinking
- By Day 60 identify foundational improvements to software engineering practices
- By Day 90 propose process and infrastructure changes with buy-in from all stakeholders
- Outline milestones for the program and provide monthly updates on progress
- You will be joining the Software Development Team. This role reports to the VP of Software Engineering and you will have a team of 5-7 developers reporting to them
- As a member of the Engineering leadership team we expect this individual to come into the office daily, but we understand that things come up—you can work remotely from time to time for one-off needs
Our take
Security screening systems are essential within venues such as concert halls, schools, and workplaces, but there are several problems with existing solutions. For example, lengthy queues and physically intimidating security checkpoints can taint visitor experiences, as well as cause congestion due to their inefficiencies.
Evolv Technology develops AI-driven screening systems, aiming to remove the tension, intimidation, and friction associated with security screening. It does this with a smart touchless screening sensor for weapon detection called Evolve Edge, in addition to an all-in-one venue security analytics platform called Evolv Express.
Whilst the company does face competition from similar security solutions at high-risk locations such as airports, its ability to serve a wide range of venues helps it stand out. With more than 1,200 customers worldwide and a platform combining proprietary hardware, visitor data, and AI-driven software delivered through long-term subscriptions, Evolv has built strong recurring revenue and durable customer relationships. Continued customer additions and expanded deployments helped drive a 40% increase in annual revenue in 2025, showing just how much the company is growing in the emerging market for AI-based weapons screening.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2020
$30m
SERIES C
Oct 2019
$24m
SERIES C
Total funding: $106.4m
Company benefits
- $150 Quarterly Perks Stipend: All employees receive a quarterly stipend to help cover the cost of the perks that are most meaningful to them.
- Unlimited PTO: Evolv encourages employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance with our unlimited paid time off policy.
- 401k Match: Secure your future with our generous 401k matching program.
- Equity: At Evolv, every employee is a shareholder and can share in our collective success.
- Calm Subscription: Access Calm’s premium wellness and meditation resources to support your mental health.
- Flexible Working: Enjoy the flexibility to work in a way that suits your lifestyle and commitments.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Pursue further education and professional development with our tuition reimbursement program.
Company HQ
Waltham, MA
Leadership
Anil Chitkara
(Co-Founder & CGO)Prior to co-founding Evolv Technology in 2013, Anil was an Executive-in-Residence at General Catalyst. He was also a Senior VP of Market Development at Oco and a VP at PTC.
John Kedzierski
(CEO, President & Director)Prior to joining Evolv Technology in 2024, John spent nearly 16 years at Motorola Solutions in various roles, including Senior VP of Global Enterprise Sales.
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