Above all, you'll be expected to surface opportunities we haven't asked for yet: new tools, techniques or architectural approaches from your own experience that could shape how we work here.
What You’ll Do
Partner directly with the head of engineering as a technical thought partner across multiple concurrent initiatives, not tied to a single team's backlog
Provide hands-on technical guidance to engineering managers, tech leads and senior engineers across teams, especially on architecture decisions with cross-team consequences
Bring effective AI-assisted engineering practices into the teams you work with, using AI where it genuinely speeds things up and keeping human judgment as the check
Lead a community of practice for senior engineers and tech leads, creating space for shared standards and technical growth outside the reporting line
Hunt down emerging tools, techniques and architectural patterns before anyone asks you to, and bring concrete, evaluated recommendations back to engineering leadership
Shape what gets built next and how we'll know it worked, championing data and instrumentation as the basis for those calls
Step into critical initiatives as a hands-on contributor when the problem calls for it, from early design through to production
Translate high-level technical strategy (platform consolidation, identity and access modernization, AI tooling adoption) into concrete guidance teams can act on
What Makes You Stand Out
Cross-team technical influence: You've built strong credibility across teams, and people consistently seek out your judgment on complex technical decisions because of your expertise and proven track record.
AI-fluent, not AI-dazzled: You have hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools and can speak concretely to where they help, where they don't, and how to build a team's judgment rather than just its tool list.
Comfortable without formal authority: You can align multiple teams and drive a technical direction through credibility and clarity, not org-chart position.
A finder, not just a builder: You proactively surface technology and process opportunities before anyone asks, and you bring them forward with enough evaluation to be actionable.
Strong day-to-day partnerships: You communicate clearly and often, work well in ambiguity, and are someone a head of engineering can think out loud with.
Mentorship instinct: You develop the senior engineers and tech leads around you, and you're energized by growing other people's technical judgment, not just your own.
Energized by scope, not just depth: You'd rather have real influence across a whole org's technical direction than deep ownership of one corner of it.
What You Need
Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience, required
At least eight years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated impact at a staff or equivalent cross-team scope, required
Track record of influencing technical direction and aligning multiple teams without direct management authority required
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in real production work, with the judgment to know where to trust them and where not to, required
Experience mentoring senior engineers and technical leads and building shared technical standards across a group required
Strong system design and architecture fundamentals, with comfort moving across different parts of a stack as initiatives demand required
Experience partnering closely with an engineering leader (head of engineering, director, or vice president) in an advisory, thought-partner capacity preferred
Experience with identity and access platforms (such as Auth0 or Okta), survey or assessment-driven products, or large-scale platform migrations preferred
A commitment to working on-site at Gallup’s San Francisco office at least three days per week required
About Gallup
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Gallup offers a robust benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life and other insurance options; a fully vested 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching; an employee stock ownership program; mass transit reimbursement; family-building benefits; an employee assistance program; and various reimbursements and activities that enhance our associates’ wellbeing. We also offer an estimated annual salary range of $240,000-$300,000 for this role. Salaries are based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s education, experience and skills.
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