Director of Engineering
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Job overview
Explore Tech is scaling AI drill-targeting software into an enterprise platform for global mineral discovery. The Director of Engineering will set technical direction, own architecture across web, mobile, data, and compute, and lead the team as the product grows. The role includes building high-performance computing and agentic AI systems, improving enterprise readiness, and working with scientists, geologists, and customers on field problems.
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Full job description
We’re accelerating the pace of mineral discovery. Our AI drill targeting software has gone 8 for 8 hitting mineralized targets, a significant improvement over industry standards. We are now making the product bullet-proof for enterprise deployment so we can scale up mineral discovery at a global scale. In this role, you’ll set the technical direction for the engineering team and lead the transition from an early product with traction into the platform the world’s biggest mining companies use to discover new minerals. This is not a CRUD app – you’ll architect software for rugged and remote parts of the world, from APIs that orchestrate massive cluster computing systems to interfaces that work in an arctic snowstorm in January. You’ll make the calls that decide whether the system holds up at 10x scale. The best part - you’ll help build and lead a world-class team of scientists, engineers, and explorers that live and breathe this work every day. What You’ll Do
- Own the architecture of the platform across web, mobile, data, and compute
- Set the technical direction for the engineering team, and mentor and grow it as we scale
- Design high-performance computing architectures to orchestrate hundreds of thousands of parallelized physics simulations
- Lead development of agentic AI systems that automate mineral exploration workflows
- Build the systems that connect 3D AI geological models to the people who use them
- Make the product enterprise-ready: security, reliability, observability, deployment
- Work directly with scientists, geologists, and customers to turn field problems into roadmap
About You
- Bachelor’s in computer science or equivalent experience
- 8+ years professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineers or owning the architecture of a system at scale
- Fluent in Python, Go, and Javascript (or similar languages)
- Proven track record taking a product from early traction to enterprise-grade
- Deep experience with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
- Able to travel to remote parts of the US and world
Bonus Points For
- Experience with high-performance computing or agentic AI systems
- Experience with scientific, geospatial, or mining software
How this job compares
Set against the 1,755 open Engineering Leadership jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$214–309K/yr231 salary ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 271 open Engineering Leadership jobs in California and 1,755 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — less than three in four Engineering Leadership postings that state a minimum ask for (median 10 years, across 1,471 postings).
- Education
- 622 of the 1,755 open Engineering Leadership jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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