Location:  Hyderabad, India

Travel:  15-20% domestic and international travel to the US

Manages Others: 3-5 Team Leads

Education:  Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering required, Masters Degree preferred

Experience:  Proven experience in Cross-Functional Global Leadership and establishing strategic partnerships to drive business and technical outcomes, expertise in AI/ML/Computer Vision, working with large-scale data, and building robust ML Ops pipelines.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As the VP of Software Engineering, you will lead a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of over 50 professionals, including Software Engineers, DevSecOps, ML/AIOps experts, and Architecture teams. Your leadership will drive the development of innovative, AI-first, and cloud-native solutions, ensuring scalability, efficiency, and high performance in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

1. Strategic Leadership

o Provide visionary leadership for a large, distributed team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement

o Cultivate a high-performing team by mentoring, coaching, and inspiring engineers and technical leaders

o Champion a culture of productivity, efficiency, and operational excellence.

2. Technical Execution

o Oversee the design, development, and maintenance of a scalable, AI-first, cloud-native Computer Vision platform

o Analyze complex technical and business problems, breaking them down into actionable, achievable solutions

o Lead the refactoring and migration of legacy systems to a microservices-based architecture.

o Continuously optimize platform performance, scalability, reliability, and availability.

3. Collaboration and Innovation

o Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Data Science, and Customer Success, to define and deliver impactful features

o Participate in code reviews, foster knowledge sharing, and promote technical excellence

o Stay ahead of emerging technologies and industry trends to ensure the platform remains cutting-edge.

4. Operational Excellence

o Build and scale DevSecOps practices to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient delivery pipelines

o Drive AIOps adoption to enhance monitoring, automation, and incident management

o Establish metrics to monitor team performance, platform health, and development velocity, and take corrective actions where needed.

5. Cultural Development

o Build an inclusive, engaging, and empowering environment that attracts and retains top engineering talent.

o Foster an innovation-first culture that embraces calculated risks and rewards creativity.

• Proven experience in Cross-Functional Global Leadership and establishing strategic partnerships to drive business and technical outcomes
• Expertise in AI/ML/Computer Vision, working with large-scale data, and building robust ML Ops pipelines
• Strong background in designing and managing cloud-native platforms to deliver reliable, secure, compliant, and cost-effective services at scale
• Proficiency in database/API modeling and design for building low/no-code solutions and configurable rule engines
• Demonstrated experience in microservices architecture, containerization, and orchestration to enable modular, maintainable, and scalable systems
• A track record of leading successful transformations and driving agile, quality-first changes across engineering teams
• Exceptional skills in research, insightful analysis, communication, and presentation, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Familiarity with hardware design/engineering to complement software leadership expertise an asset.

WHO WE ARE

BusPatrol is a technology company with a public safety mission. Through relentless innovation and discovery, we are strengthening trust, safety, and transparency across the student transportation space and making the trip to and from school safer for students.  As a leader in smart transportation, BusPatrol brings cutting-edge AI, machine learning and IoT safety tech solutions to school buses across North America. BusPatrol’s technology has been deployed onto more buses and has been used to issue more school bus stop arm citations than any other company in the world.

WHAT WE OFFER

BusPatrol employees get:

• A competitive salary and benefits package 
• Comprehensive personal time off, including volunteering and birthday days off
• An opportunity to help build a company dedicated to children’s safety 
• The chance to join an innovative and dedicated team, focused on leading edge technology 
• The occasion to participate in BusPatrol’s culture of safety, learning, and teamwork 

BusPatrol’s school bus safety programs are violator-funded, meaning that those who break the law pay for the technology that protects children. We build solid partnerships in the communities in which we operate which, coupled with our innovative business model, leads to sustainable efforts to change driver behaviors.

HOW WE WORK

On our mission to make the journey to and from school safer for children, the way we work together and with our partners is built on foundational cultural pillars.

• SAFETY
  Safety is our focus, for the children we protect and for each other. We follow the letter and spirit of occupational safety law, relentlessly employ safety best practices, and foster learning and development on our worksites. We are safe to be ourselves and to make mistakes, and we create safe environments for our teams.
• CONNECTION
  We build strong relationships and teams in support of our mission. We promote and provide opportunities for employees to grow together.
• EXCELLENCE
  We commit to innovation and quality work in support of our mission and each other. The children we safeguard are at the forefront of our decisions and actions and we excel on their behalf.
• IMPACT
  We measure success by fulfilling our mission and keeping the company strong. We invest our time and energy in the actions that deliver results for students and for their communities.

We are looking for a valued member of the BusPatrol team to assist us in our quest to improve children’s safety. This is an important role for us and a great opportunity for the right candidate. Our environment is inclusive, diverse, ignited, built on integrity, and deeply committed.