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Fractal is a strategic AI partner to Fortune 500 companies, with a bold vision: to power every human decision in the enterprise. We believe the future belongs to organizations that combine human imagination with intelligent systems—and Fractalites are the ones building that future. As we scale our Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) practice in the United States, we are looking for a senior, client-facing Head of Engineering to shape and deliver world-class Data & AI platforms for leading Technology, Media & Telecom organizations.
This is not a back-office engineering role. This is a consulting-led, client-facing engineering leadership position for someone who is equally comfortable whiteboarding architecture with principal engineers, rolling up their sleeves with delivery teams, and advising CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs in the boardroom.
Learn more at Fractal | Intelligence for Imagination.
Note: This position is not eligible for Immigration Sponsorship at this time.
About the Role
This is a four-axis leadership role requiring technical depth, executive presence, team leadership, and embedded delivery. You'll work directly with top technical and functional leaders at some of the largest TMT companies in the world.
As Head of Engineering for Fractal's Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT) vertical, you will personally shape the architecture of mission-critical AIML platforms, often in first-party tech stack, and develop/drive the team of ICs who bring them to life.
Responsibilities
Some engagements will look like a traditional advisory model. Others will look a lot more like Forward Deployed Engineering: your team embedded inside a client's engineering org, working within their first-party tech stack, shipping production code alongside their engineers, and earning influence through technical credibility, not org chart position.
You will need to be in the room when the technology roadmap needs to change. When a business pivot, a new regulation, or a technology shift forces a rethink mid-execution, you are the person who picks up the marker, walks to the whiteboard, and redraws the architecture in real time, credibly, for the CTO, and Principal Engineering leaders simultaneously.
Technical Depth (Hands-On Architecture)
- Own AI/Data platform architecture decisions — from Lakehouse design and real-time streaming to MLOps, LLMOps, and AgentOps pipelines in production
- Serve as the technical authority for Fractal's TMT engineering practice — defining standards, reviewing design, and holding the bar on reliability, scalability, and security
- Translate ambiguous business problems into concrete, buildable platform architectures — and stay close enough to execution to know when something is not working
- Drive the industrialization of GenAI: moving clients from proof-of-concept to enterprise-grade, governed, and observable AI systems
Executive Presence & Live Architectural Thinking
- Command the room with senior client leadership — CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and their direct reports - as a peer, not a vendor
- Whiteboard new architectural directions on the spot: when a business pivot, acquisition, regulatory shift, or technology breakthrough forces a mid-execution rethink, you synthesize it into a credible, buildable path forward live, in the room, without needing a week to prepare a deck
- Translate between two worlds simultaneously: make the architecture legible to a CFO and rigorous enough to satisfy a principal engineer in the same session
- Shape client roadmaps at the strategic level; identifying where the current plan is under-ambitious, over-engineered, or misaligned with emerging AI capabilities, and steering accordingly
- Represent Fractal at the highest level of client relationship
Team Leadership (Building & Driving Senior ICs)
- Develop and lead a high-performing group of individual contributors. principally senior and staff engineers, ML engineers, and data platform engineers
- Create the engineering culture: rigorous delivery standards, architectural thinking, and a bias toward elegant, production-grade solutions over quick fixes
- Build leadership depth within the team, identifying principals who can own programs and grow into broader roles
- Partner across Fractal's global AI and engineering Capability functions to staff programs strategically and raise capability across the TMT practice
Forward-Deployed & Embedded Delivery
- Lead and run FDE-style engagements where your team operates inside the client's engineering environment
- Navigate and deliver within client-owned, first-party technology stacks: proprietary data platforms, internal ML infrastructure, custom orchestration systems, and bespoke toolchains that do not appear in any industry survey
- Adapt quickly to non-standard environments, understanding a client's internal platform deeply enough to extend it, integrate into it, and earn the trust of their engineering staff
- Balance the tension between what Fractal does best and what the client's stack demands, knowing when to bring pattern, when to adapt, and when to advocate for a better path
- Set the standards for how Fractal operates in deeply embedded engagements: how we onboard, document, transfer knowledge, and leave clients stronger than we found them
Candidate Profile
Technical Qualifications
TMT clients bring genuinely hard problems on both open and proprietary infrastructure. Expect to architect and oversee:
- GenAI systems: RAG architectures, LLM fine-tuning pipelines, agentic workflow orchestration, and LLMOps observability
- AI-powered products: personalization engines, churn prediction, content recommendation, and network fault detection
- Client-proprietary ML infrastructure: internal feature stores, custom model serving layers, bespoke experiment tracking systems, and first-party orchestration frameworks
- Cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP with enterprise-grade governance, security, and compliance baked in
- Real-time and event driven data pipelines (e.g. network telemetry)
- Modern Lakehouse platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Delta Lake, Iceberg) at petabyte scale and proprietary data platform equivalents at leading tech-forward TMT organizations
Non-technical Qualifications
We are particularly interested in leaders from environments where engineering rigor, client accountability, executive presence, and AI depth all coexist including Forward Deployed Engineering, elite data/ML platform teams, and senior hyperscaler architecture practices.
- 15–20 years of experience spanning AI/data engineering and technical leadership with clear evidence of owning architecture at scale
- Deep hands-on experience deploying AI/ML/GenAI systems in production, in addition to advising on them
- Demonstrated executive presence: you have walked into a CTO or CDO review, redrawn the architecture based on new constraints, and left the room with alignment
- The ability to whiteboard fluently under pressure, synthesizing a team's in-flight work with a new business direction, making it rigorous enough for engineers and clear enough for executives, on the spot and without a rehearsal
- Experience operating within client-owned or non-standard technology stacks - you have learned a proprietary system, earned trust from skeptical internal engineers, and delivered production-grade results inside someone else's infrastructure
- A track record of leading senior engineers and building high-performance ML/engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, and developing principal-level ICs
- Direct executive engagement experience - you have influenced CIO/CTO/CDO decisions and can hold your own in a room with technical and non-technical stakeholders at once
- Strong cloud-native fluency across one or more hyperscalers, with genuine depth in data platform patterns (streaming, batch, Lakehouse, governance)
Strong Preferences
- Experience in TMT vertical — hi-tech, telco, media platforms, streaming infrastructure, ad tech, or content delivery at scale
- Prior work in FDE-style or embedded delivery models where your team shipped inside a client codebase and was evaluated by their engineering standards, not just deliverable milestones
- Comfort with the ambiguity of 1P stack environments: you have debugged undocumented internal tools, extended proprietary frameworks, and figured out how to make external expertise land inside a closed ecosystem
- A personal reputation for architectural clarity: the person colleagues call when a problem needs to be drawn, not just describe
- Contributions to the ML/AI community: open source, publications, conference talks, or influential architectural patterns
Who Thrives Here
The Fractalite mindset is curious, rigorous, and impact driven. You will thrive in this role if you:
- Enjoy being client-facing and accountable for outcomes.
- Are comfortable navigating ambiguity, scale, and complex stakeholder environments.
- Believe great platforms come from strong engineering culture plus disciplined execution.
- See AI not as a novelty, but as a core enterprise capability that must be engineered responsibly.
Fractal provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
At Two Bear Capital we believe in partnering with our portfolio companies to build the best teams possible. We look forward to working with you and Rainfall Health on their new Director of Software Engineering role.
Director of Software Engineering (AWS Amplify & Digital Health)
*please note that this role requires willingness to travel to the Bay area and/or relocating to the Bay area
*please note that this position requires US citizenship/does not provide sponsorship
About Rainfall Health
Rainfall Health is an AI-powered compliance and workflow platform helping health systems succeed under CMS’s TEAM Model and other value-based care programs. We partner with hospitals, surgeons, and care teams to improve episode performance, streamline operations, and maximize reimbursement — all while supporting better patient outcomes.
Our platform sits at the intersection of clinical workflows, financial performance, and intelligent automation.
The Role
We are looking for a Director of Software Engineering with deep experience in AWS Amplify and modern cloud-native architectures to help build and scale our digital health platform. You’ll play a key role in designing secure, reliable systems that integrate with healthcare data sources and surface actionable insights to clinical and operational teams.
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex data and workflow challenges in a regulated healthcare environment.
What You’ll Do
Platform & Application Development
- Design, build, and maintain scalable web applications using AWS Amplify, serverless services, and modern frontend frameworks
- Develop robust APIs and backend services using AWS-native tools (e.g., AppSync, Lambda, DynamoDB, RDS)
- Ensure performance, reliability, and security across distributed cloud systems
Healthcare Data & Integrations
- Build and maintain integrations with Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and other healthcare systems
- Work with healthcare interoperability standards such as FHIR, HL7, and APIs from major EHR vendors
- Design data ingestion pipelines that normalize, validate, and securely store clinical and operational data
Data Visualization & Insights
- Develop interactive dashboards and data visualization tools for clinical and operational users
- Translate complex healthcare data into intuitive, actionable insights
- Collaborate with product and design teams to create user experiences tailored to care teams and administrators
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and clinical stakeholders to deliver features aligned with real-world workflows
- Contribute to architectural decisions and technical roadmap planning
- Mentor other engineers and promote best practices in code quality, testing, and security
Security & Compliance
- Implement best practices for HIPAA-compliant infrastructure and data handling
- Ensure systems meet high standards for privacy, auditability, and reliability in a healthcare environment
What We’re Looking For
Required:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building production-grade applications
- Hands-on experience with AWS Amplify and serverless AWS architectures
- Strong experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (e.g., React, Next.js, Vue)
- Experience building and consuming RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
- Solid understanding of cloud security and best practices for handling sensitive data
Preferred:
- Experience in digital health, healthcare IT, or healthtech startups
- Experience integrating with EHR systems (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, etc.)
- Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, CCD, or other healthcare data standards
- Experience building data visualization tools (e.g., D3, Chart.js, Recharts, or BI tools)
- Knowledge of healthcare compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2)
Nice to Have
- Experience with real-time data pipelines or event-driven architectures
- Background in analytics, population health, or value-based care technology
- DevOps experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code
What Success Looks Like
- Seamless, secure integrations with healthcare systems
- Intuitive dashboards that drive decision-making for clinical and operational teams
- A scalable, maintainable architecture that supports rapid product growth
- Strong engineering culture centered on reliability, security, and user impact
Job Description:
Mandatory to have working experience as SRE manager especially in Retail domain application support ( NOT CLOUD /DevOps)
Must have working knowledge on SRE principles such as Logs, metrics, availability metrics, uptime, ticket tracking, e-com services, ITIL framework specifically on Alerts, Incident, change management, CAB, Production deployments, Risk and mitigation plan, SLA, SLI, SLO
Hands on experience in Monitoring, Logging, Alerting, Dashboarding, and report generation in any observability tools Prefer DataDog or other tools such as Splunk/Dynatrace/ELK/Grafana). This engagement is a customer using Dynatrace,Splunk, PagerDuty hence it is good to have this expertise
Mandatory to have work experience in leading Level 2/Level 3 application support team based out of IND who provide 24x7 coverage.
Should know how to gather & communicate SRE requirement from customers and define SRE roadmap.
Working experience on how to gather requirements on health of applications, services to monitor, setting service levels.
Must have good knowledge on eCommerce platforms in microservice architecture, Sterling OMS , Retail Applications like XStore.
Should be able to lead P1 calls, brief about the P1 to customer, proactive in gathering leads/ customers into the P1 calls till RCA, PIR etc.
Should have knowledge on building process , framework by following ITSM principles, SOP, runbooks, handling any ITSM platforms (JIRA/ServiceNow/BMC Remedy)
Must know how to work with the Dev team, cross functional teams.
Should be able to generate WSR/MSR by extracting the tickets from ITSM platforms, present to customers and client leaders.
Manage overall SRE delivery, customer focus mindset , closely work with customer leaderships.
Preferred:
Be a client face at customer site collaborating with client leadership.
Ability to clearly communicate and understand a technical idea/concept.
Ability to work in a professional environment while interacting with peers and stakeholders, collaborating with offshore teams.
Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
Motivated, goal driven, influential, innovative, curious, and open minded, fun to work with, collaborator.
Capability to work with people in different time zones.
Ability to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment and appropriately prioritize tasks, and keep abreast of the latest technology.
Collaborate with cloud architecture, infrastructure team, project management team, and technology services, management team.
Create and maintain detailed documentation.
Founding SDR role with a clear path to Account Executive
You'll be the first dedicated outbound hire and will work directly with the founding team.
About ZeroPath
ZeroPath is helping everyone from startups to the Fortune 500 and open-source projects like curl, sudo, Linux, FFmpeg, and OpenSSL find vulnerabilities that years of community scrutiny and traditional scanners missed.
ZeroPath maps and understands code in depth, analyzing code, dependencies, and infrastructure to understand how systems actually behave before tracing full attack paths and verifying exploitability. That deep understanding lets ZeroPath detect real issues including business logic flaws, authentication bypasses, and multi-step attack paths, while lowering noise dramatically compared to traditional tooling.
For our customers, we deliver better detection, massive noise reduction, and high-quality automated patches that shrink backlogs and improve developers' lives.
Stage:
- YC-backed, $12.5M seed. RSAC Innovation Sandbox Top 10 Finalist.
- Engineering teams actively replacing all traditional scanners with ZeroPath
- Team of 10 doing the work of 100; you'll be joining early
Why this role exists
Security engineers and engineering leads already convert once they see what ZeroPath catches. The constraint is getting in front of the right people at the right companies. You'll fix that.
This is a high-signal, research-driven outbound role. You're not working off a purchased list and blasting templates. You're identifying companies with real attack surface, understanding their stack, and writing messages that demonstrate you know their world.
Target: 20+ qualified held meetings per month on the founders' calendars.
What you'll do:
- Research targets deeply. Understand a company's tech stack, open-source dependencies, recent funding, and security posture before you write a single word.
- Write technical outbound that earns replies from CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and security leads — people who delete 50 generic emails a day.
- Work warm and inbound leads from product-led signups, content, and conferences. Follow up fast and with context.
- Run multi-channel sequences across email, LinkedIn, phone, and creative touchpoints. If sending a security audit of their public GitHub repos gets the meeting, do that.
- Attend and work security and developer conferences: Staff the booth, set meetings on the floor, and run same-day follow-up.
- Keep Attio, Pylon tight. call notes, deal stages, next steps, no stale records.
What we're looking for
- 1+ years of outbound SDR experience, ideally selling a technical product to engineering or security buyers
- You can talk shop. You don't need to be a security researcher, but you should be able to hold a conversation about SAST vs. DAST, what a CVE is, why false positives kill adoption, and how CI/CD pipelines work. If you can't today, you're the type who'll learn it in a week.
- Your writing is sharp. You can write a 3-sentence cold email that a VP of Engineering actually reads. No fluff, no "I hope this finds you well."
- You're resourceful and relentless. You find the right person, figure out what they care about, and get creative about reaching them.
- You're organized under volume. You can run 200+ active contacts without dropping balls.
- You want to close. This role has a clear ramp to AE — you're here because you want to earn that seat.
- Tools: Be proficient in using clay, lemlist, and any other form of outbound tool. If needed, you should be able to create pipelines via APIs/Webhooks, though that would be rare. You should be able to connect the dots in terms of signals: a hot lead in LinkedIn Ads, the same pattern in website visitors, a competitor we can replace very easily, and more.
Background doesn't look typical? Apply anyway. We care about signal over pedigree.
Comp & Benefits
- $90–150k OTE (base + variable), with quota ramped for the first 60 days
- Equity in an early-stage, YC-backed company
- Health, dental, vision
- Work directly with the founding team on GTM strategy
Project Manager - (No Sponsorship Available at this time)
Location: Bay Area, California (Relocation Assistance Available)
Up to 15% travel
A growing advanced engineering and automation firm is seeking a Project Manager to oversee large-scale, high-value projects. This individual will lead the planning and execution of complex programs from proposal through final customer acceptance, ensuring excellence in cost, schedule, and customer satisfaction. Ideal candidate will experience managing projects involving complete automation systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead cross-functional teams in the delivery of automation projects
- Serve as the main point of contact for the customer, maintaining regular updates and strong client relationships
- Develop and manage comprehensive project plans and schedules using both traditional and agile methodologies
- Coordinate internal engineering teams (mechanical, electrical, controls, and software) to meet project milestones
- Oversee scope, cost, risk, resource allocation, and change management throughout the project lifecycle
- Drive issue resolution, continuous improvement, and successful project close-out
- Mentor junior project managers and contribute to resource planning and project portfolio oversight
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field (Master’s preferred)
- 5+ years of experience managing complex capital equipment or automation projects
- Deep understanding of PMP or Agile
- Strong leadership, communication, and customer-facing skills in fast-paced, technical environments
- Familiarity with mechanical design principles, system integration, and manufacturing best practices
- Experience with SolidWorks, PDM, or similar tools is a plus
Our client, a Fortune 500 retail organization with a nationwide distribution network, is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager to support large-scale construction and facilities engineering procurement initiatives across their supply chain network.
This role plays a key part in sourcing industrial construction materials, equipment, and services for new facility builds, expansions, and ongoing engineering initiatives. The individual will partner closely with engineering, property development, legal, finance, and operations teams to design sourcing strategies that deliver cost efficiency, risk mitigation, and supplier performance improvements.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in construction procurement, contract negotiation, and cost modeling, with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive complex sourcing projects from concept through execution.
Projects You’ll Work On
- Leading end-to-end strategic sourcing initiatives for industrial construction and facilities engineering categories.
- Developing sourcing strategies for categories such as steel structures, concrete, MEP systems, material handling equipment, racking systems, conveyors, and site services.
- Managing the full sourcing lifecycle including market research, supplier identification, RFP development, bid management, negotiations, and contract execution.
- Conducting construction cost analysis, clean-sheet modeling, and should-cost modeling to identify optimal pricing and savings opportunities.
- Partnering with engineering and development teams to support distribution center construction, expansions, and infrastructure upgrades.
- Managing supplier relationships and performance through KPIs, quarterly business reviews (QBRs), and executive-level supplier meetings.
- Performing spend analysis and market intelligence research to anticipate supply risks and pricing fluctuations.
- Driving cost optimization through value engineering, competitive bidding, and strategic negotiations.
- Supporting facilities engineering teams with sourcing for material handling equipment repair, refurbishment, and replacement.
- Developing presentations and recommendations for executive leadership to support strategic sourcing decisions.
What Experience You Should Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Construction Management, Engineering, Finance, Economics, or Business (MBA or advanced degree preferred).
- 5+ years of strategic sourcing or category management experience focused on industrial construction or facilities engineering procurement.
- Experience managing large-scale sourcing projects for construction materials, contractors, or engineering services.
- Strong understanding of construction cost estimation, budgeting, and material cost drivers.
- Experience leading RFP/RFQ processes, supplier negotiations, and contract development.
- Ability to analyze supplier bids using TCO modeling, cost analysis, and financial modeling.
- Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, legal, finance, and project management teams.
What Will Help You Stand Out
- Familiarity with distribution center construction, logistics infrastructure, or retail supply chain environments.
- Experience working with construction management software (e.g., Procore) and sourcing platforms (e.g., Coupa).
- Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as OSHA, LEED, and construction compliance standards.
- Professional certifications such as CPSM, CCM, or CCPS.
- Strong financial acumen including experience analyzing budgets, cash flow, and cost structures.
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, data modeling) and strong presentation capabilities.
Work Environment
- Hybrid role with regular in-office collaboration and occasional travel to facilities and project sites.
- Ability to manage multiple sourcing projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Compensation & Benefits
The base salary range for this position is up to $200,000.00, depending on experience and qualifications.
The total rewards package may include performance incentives, health benefits, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Glazing Engineer is responsible for the completion of high quality façade, curtain wall and glazing system projects on time, within budget and within scope. This role will oversee all aspects of a project from start to finish by coordinating efforts involving the internal team, subcontractors, vendors, and owners/developers. The ideal candidate will have outstanding interpersonal skills, adjusting to changing priorities from various directives, and communicate effectively.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Oversees the design development and coordination of custom curtain wall and glazing systems, translating architectural intent into engineered, buildable, and fully coordinated façade solutions. Capable of leading multiple projects and supervising engineers.
- Know and comply with all federal, state, local building codes, ordinances and regulations, maintaining the highest standards for safety and quality.
- Manage relationships with all internal and external parties in order to determine specifications of the project, resolve conflict, and support success.
- Establish project schedule and delegate project tasks based on staff strengths, skills, and experience.
- Secure and allocate all resources needed for the completion of the project including building permits, licenses, materials, equipment.
- Negotiate, manage and communicate changes to contract scope, schedule and costs.
- Plan and execute inspections, assess design compliance and quality, minimize risk.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
- Regularly confer with supervisors to monitor and report on compliance, quality and productivity.
- Be a strong team leader, build synergy within and across the team, and develop individuals.
REQUIREMENTS
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture or related field.
- Minimum of 3+ years of experience in façade, curtain wall, or glazing system engineering within a design-build or design-assist environment
- Strong understanding of building envelope design, structural behavior, waterproofing, and thermal performance
- Proficient in AutoCAD, Revit, and 3D modeling tools; familiarity with façade testing standards (ASTM, AAMA, NFRC)
- Experience coordinating with architects, structural engineers, and fabricators through design, procurement, and installation
- Skilled in technical documentation, submittal review, and field problem-solving
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary project teams
- A valid driver’s license.
This position description is a summary and not a complete representation of the position; the essential functions of the position may change as duties are assigned.
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The Senior Estimator responsible for preparing budgets, estimates and pre- bid packages for construction projects to be built for clients under the CM at Risk guaranteed maximum pricing structure.
Responsibilities also include working with the project management team in establishing a bidders list, soliciting and evaluating subcontractor proposals and scopes of work, preparing quantity surveys and reviewing project plans and specifications for constructability and value engineering in all CSI (Construction Specification Institute) categories of work.
The Senior Estimator will supervise a team of estimators and cost engineers who support departmental and organizational goals through their efforts.
Responsibilities includes (but may not be limited to):
- Performs accurate, thorough and timely quantity takeoffs using company format, detail and coding for all MasterFormat (CSI), Uniformat and bid packages for all levels of project documents (schematic, design development and construction documents) that can be clearly understood by internal and external team members.
- Assist in developing estimates by evaluating drawings, building plans, specifications, & related documents.
- Assists in providing quantity comparison between estimate revisions.
- Prepares detailed estimate.
- Actively participates in the internal estimate review process.
- Develops accurate and concise clarifications and assumptions with the project management team’s assistance.
- Assists with final assembly of estimate for presentation to owner.
- Summarize estimate data into reports for review by executive team, clients, and design teams.
- Prepares and presents budget presentations to owners and architects.
- Leads the buyout process.
- Prepare detailed instructions to bidders, trade specific scope of work and comprehensive bid packages.
- Directs, coordinates and provides information and documents to subcontractors.
- Assist with pre-bid site walks and document existing conditions.
- Assist with subcontractor bid review and ensure scope of work is comprehensive.
- Prepare bid tallies for project team and owner review.
- Leads in the technical review of plans and specifications during the schematic design, design development and construction document phases of pre-construction.
- Assist with reviews of milestone documents to identify and communicate the development of changes to the team.
- Obtains clarification on plans and specifications from architects and engineers when necessary.
- Conducts reviews of milestone documents to identify and communicate the development of changes to the team.
- Communicates with architects and consultants to clarify scope of work, materials, and schedule requirements, and documents these clarifications.
- Demonstrate strong communication skills internally with project management team, and externally with owner, architect, engineer, and subcontractors.
- Manage individual workload to accomplish tasks within given timeframes.
- Manage other team members’ workloads to accomplish tasks within given timeframes.
- Ability to perform duties across multiple projects concurrently.
- Considers and understands problems and identifies appropriate solutions.
- Builds and maintains effective relationships with customers, design team, subcontractors, suppliers and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets customer’s expectations.
- Attends project site pre-bid meetings, site tours and post-bid interviews as required.
- Assist and participate with pursuit interview prep and presentations.
- Develops unit costs accurately and analyzes value management analysis options.
- Develops Cost Management / Value Engineering log process and manages during the preconstruction process.
- Develops Variance Reports at milestone issuances that clearly define deltas between estimates for internal and external use.
- Develop Cost Studies in clear and concise platform for project team review and decision making.
- Develop Benchmark studies for project estimate comparison for internal review and analysis.
- Self-reliant in researching, understanding, and developing knowledge of building designs, systems, construction materials, and methods through available resources.
- Ability to teach, educate, and guide both internal and external team members.
- Provides internal database input based on current market feedback for incorporation into database.
- Leads in the training and development of cost engineers.
- Leads in the training and development of estimators.
- Provide feedback to estimate team members on work process / work product on a regular basis.
- Works closely with new hires and/or new project teams to educate them on the way of doing business based on standard forms, programs and operational standards.
- Oversees the preconstruction process with the owner’s team.
- Provides support as needed to the project management teams as needed.
- Creates projected budgets early in the design phase of a project.
- Coordinates preconstruction planning with design team, contractors and clients.
- As necessary, works with Executive Group on special initiatives, company goals and associate related training and/or programs.
- Provides input on future projects via lessons learned and continuous improvement.
- Attends project meetings with clients, the city and design team.
- Works with development or owner to coordinate the design and specifications on issues.
- Leads the pre-construction team to ensure initial budgeting represents current market pricing and quality reporting.
- Communicates with project management team, ownership, clients, subcontractors, vendors, etc. to provide quality results while mitigating project risks.
- Collaborates with VP’s towards a common goal; streamline the project delivery process, review progress of buy- out, submittals, construction schedule and performance on all projects.
- Keeps current with latest estimating technology and techniques.
- Manages project budgets for preconstruction services.
- Manage time and utilize electronic timecard software in a timely manner.
- Other duties upon request.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years of experience as Estimator / Sr. Estimator in commercial construction industry
- Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Construction Science, or Civil Engineering preferred but not required
- General Construction Knowledge
- Knowledgeable in civil/site construction, foundation and structural systems, interior finishes, exterior wall systems, mechanical and electrical systems and the costs of these systems
- Ability to read and interpret drawings and specifications
- General knowledge of negotiated bids, hard bids, and GMP processes
- Proficient in all estimating software programs used in preconstruction: On-Screen Takeoff (OST), Destini, Timberline, Building Connected, Assemble, Bluebeam, Power BI, BIM360, Excel, Word, MS Project
- Must possess strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong math and analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Organized, efficient, able to multi-task effectively, hardworking, and dedicated
- Able to thrive in a deadline-oriented, fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated analytical, problem solving, and both oral and written communication skills
- Enjoys being part of a collaborative team and a fun work environment
- Possess the ability to estimate all aspects of a commercial construction project, assemble into one budget and present to owners
- Must be able to operate as a “stand alone” estimator able to handle complete projects if required
- Ability to manage personnel, subcontractors, preconstruction schedules and preconstruction budgets
- Ability to mentor and coach personnel
Working Conditions:
- Duties required physical abilities such as repetitive hand and finger motion, sitting, standing, walking, as well as extending hands and arms in work areas.
- The individual is required to occasionally move around the office and constantly operate a computer and other office machinery, etc.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Heavy Civil Estimator
When joining GSW Construction, Inc., you will be a part of a fast-paced construction team that strives for excellence. We are actively seeking an experienced Heavy Civil Estimator. The purpose of this role is to contribute to the success and profitability of projects by providing accurate, timely, and complete estimates. The Estimator will be responsible for calculating the cost of a broad range of projects. The goal is to provide accurate information to help in operations and strategic planning, perform quantity takeoff s, produce proposals, and prepare cost estimates.
Job Details: Full-time position
● Benefits: o Salary Employee (Schedule: Full-time with some required travel and weekend availability.) o 401(k) o OE3 Health & Dental Insurance o Paid Vacation o Salary DOE Essential Duties & Responsibilities
● Perform quantity take off s/reach out to potential subcontractors
● Analyze and compile estimate data that impact the cost of labor, materials, equipment requirements, location, and other factors to ensure a high-quality and timely estimate.
● Accurately prepares estimates. Review proposal specifications and drawings to determine scope. Determines the required contents of estimates and evaluates historical data to project man-hour data.
• Produce budgets from conceptual and schematic design phases that align with the organization's goals and strategy • Review drawings, specifications, and proposed project site conditions; record findings and solicit input from field operations to include in the final project estimate.
● Analyze alternative solutions and construction methods to increase the competitiveness of the bid.
● Apply mathematical calculations requiring advanced analytical processes to ensure logically estimated costs are accurate.
● Present estimate content in bid reviews with senior management to ensure accuracy and completeness. ● Communicate with owners, subcontractors, and public and private entities to ensure competitiveness.
● Develop and maintain business relationships to increase bid opportunities in the regional market.
● Participate in and lead discussions, catalyzing creative thinking and innovative ideas, and distinguishing a successful estimate.
Qualifications & Requirements
● Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent experience.
● 5+ years’ experience in heavy civil construction, emphasizing underground utilities, sewer/stormwater pump stations, WWTP/WTP work, heavy highway, bridges/concrete structures, and commercial/residential site work arena.
● Proficient in HCSS Heavy Bid
● Negotiated project experience preferred, including technical writing skills.
● Proficiency with all MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
● Advanced knowledge of civil engineering principles ● Advanced knowledge of construction principles and equipment capabilities
● Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Specific Job Requirements:
● Knowledge of project management software and estimating software.
● Working knowledge of construction equipment, materials, techniques, and required standards applicable to the discipline.
● Successful completion of a pre-employment drug, alcohol, and background investigation.
● Valid Driver’s License.
● Current on all company-required safety training.
● Competence to maintain confidential information and avoid conflicts of interest.
● Adherence to the GSW Employee Handbook.
Notice to All Potential Job Candidates GSW Construction, Inc. is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. Individuals seeking employment at our company are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, race, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.
Technical Lead / Platform Engineer
GenAI Healthcare SaaS Platform
Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)
About the Role
We’re building a next-generation generative AI platform purpose-built for healthcare — and we’re looking for a hands-on Technical Lead to help architect and scale it from the ground up.
This is not a “manage from a distance” role. You’ll be deeply involved in system design, writing production code, guiding engineering direction, and making foundational technical decisions that shape the future of the platform. You’ll work closely with leadership and product to turn complex healthcare AI requirements into scalable, reliable infrastructure.
If you’ve led engineering efforts for production-grade AI systems and enjoy building high-performance teams and platforms, we’d love to talk.
What You’ll Own
- Architect and evolve the core infrastructure for a scalable AI-powered SaaS platform
- Lead development of backend services and ensure clean integration across systems
- Write high-quality, maintainable code with long-term scalability in mind
- Establish engineering best practices across architecture, CI/CD, monitoring, and DevOps
- Guide and mentor engineers while maintaining a strong individual contributor presence
- Define infrastructure automation strategies (IaC, provisioning, deployment workflows)
- Drive performance, reliability, and observability standards
- Partner with product and leadership to translate vision into executable technical milestones
What We’re Looking For
Core Experience
- 8+ years building and shipping production software
- Prior experience leading engineering initiatives or managing technical direction
- Proven track record scaling a generative AI system or AI-enabled platform in production
- Strong backend engineering background in Python
- Additional proficiency in TypeScript or Java
- Experience with a modern compiled language such as Go or Rust
- Deep knowledge of microservices architecture and RESTful API design
- Hands-on expertise with one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
- Advanced DevOps knowledge: CI/CD, automated deployments, monitoring, alerting
- Experience containerizing and orchestrating services with Docker and Kubernetes
Leadership & Execution
- Comfortable setting technical direction while staying hands-on
- Strong communicator who can explain complex systems clearly
- Experience mentoring engineers and elevating engineering standards
- Ability to operate in a fast-moving, startup environment
Nice to Have
- Experience building or deploying ML/AI systems (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.)
- Strong GCP background (bonus if you’ve worked across AWS/Azure as well)
- Familiarity with frontend frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue
- Experience working in healthcare, health tech, or regulated industries
Work Environment
This role is based in Palo Alto with a hybrid schedule (3 days per week onsite). We provide daily meals and foster a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base salary range: $220,000 – $280,000, depending on experience and location
- Meaningful equity package
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible hours
- Hybrid work environment
- Opportunity to help shape the future of AI in healthcare
If you're excited about building a production-grade AI platform that directly impacts patient outcomes — and want to help define the technical foundation of a category-defining company — let’s talk.