Senior Director Engineering, Home Software Applications
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Santa Monica, CA - USA
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Job Summary
For more than 65 years weve turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes strengthen businesses and build a more resilient efficient sustainable energy future.
Ready to Power a Smarter World with us
The Senior Director Engineering Home Software Applications is a senior engineering and product strategy leader responsible for defining building and scaling the software foundation that powers Generacs connected home energy ecosystem. This role carries dual responsibility: leading dealerfacing software applications while owning the platform teams that support consumerfacing experiences. The scope spans feature teams across PWRcell Battery Storage PWRmicro Solar Microinverter Home Standby (HSB) Generator Load Management and the Home Energy Management System (HEMS) working in close partnership with the broader platform organization. Feature teams for Smart Thermostat and Security remain embedded within their respective business units requiring strong collaboration and alignment across the enterprise.
This leader is both a builder and a transformer. Generacs Home Software organization is in the midst of a significant evolution reshaping how software is designed developed and delivered in an increasingly AInative world. The Senior Director will accelerate this transformation by embedding AIassisted development practices across teams evolving team topologies to maximize scale and leverage and delivering intelligent datadriven features across every customer touchpoint. Success in this role requires handson experience deploying large language models in productionspecifically Claude Codepaired with the ability to partner closely with Platform Product Management Software Platform leadership business unit leaders engineering design hardware and gotomarket teams to define and execute platform strategy at scale.
This role is on-site preferably in Oakland CA or Toronto.
Responsibilities
Own and drive the technical and product strategy for the Home Software Applications across its full scope:
Ownership of dealer-facing software platforms (portals commissioning tools remote diagnostics field service applications)
Platform team ownership for consumer-facing mobile and cloud applications; direct feature team ownership for PWRcell PWRmicro HSB Generator Load Management and HEMS
Accelerate the ongoing AI transformation of the software engineering organization embed AI-assisted development practices retool workflows evolve team topologies and build a culture of continuous learning; leverage hands-on experience with Claude via Amazon Bedrock to lead credibly and drive product innovation
Lead grow and develop a high-performing engineering organization of 2550 engineers across multiple squads and disciplines; establish clear career paths talent development programs and a strong engineering culture
Partner with the CTO Home to define multi-year platform architecture and technology strategy; ensure alignment with Generacs broader corporate strategy and Home business objectives
Drive platform reliability scalability and security across all software components; establish engineering standards best practices and quality frameworks appropriate for connected home energy systems
Collaborate with Platform Product Management to define and evolve the platform roadmap ensuring shared infrastructure capabilities enable and accelerate all business unit feature teams
Partner closely with Business Unit leaders and Business Unit Engineering leaders to align platform capabilities with product line needs clarify ownership boundaries and resolve cross-team dependencies efficiently
Collaborate with the UI/UX Design and Research team to ensure customer and dealer-facing experiences are informed by deep user insight and meet Generacs quality standards for usability and accessibility
Lead the engineering strategy for intelligent home energy features including predictive load management AI-driven energy optimization demand response and personalized energy insights
Manage platform-level technology partnerships and third-party integrations including consumer ecosystem platforms utility APIs grid operators and OEM technology providers
Establish and track KPIs for platform health engineering productivity and product quality; present progress and strategic updates to CTO and executive leadership
Drive substantial business growth as a direct result of platform capabilities enabling new business models unlocking new market segments and accelerating time-to-market for new products
Collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing Sales and Service to ensure platform capabilities are well-understood commercially and support the full customer and dealer lifecycle
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline
15 years of progressive software engineering experience with at least 5 years in a senior engineering leadership role (Director or above) managing large multi-disciplinary software teams
Demonstrated experience delivering software products across mobile (iOS/Android) and cloud/backend services
Hands-on practitioner-level experience building or deploying AI/LLM-powered applications using Claude Code or equivalent LLM
Proven experience leading or actively participating in an AI-driven engineering transformation including adopting AI-assisted development tooling restructuring team workflows and evolving engineering culture
Preferred Qualifications
Masters or PhD in Computer Science Software Engineering or a related discipline
Experience scaling software engineering organizations in the 2550 engineer range including organizational design hiring strategy and talent development
Deep familiarity with AI/ML product development including cloud-based ML pipelines predictive energy algorithms retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and LLM-powered user experiences
Experience deploying AI-native developer tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude internal LLM toolchains) at scale to measurably accelerate engineering velocity
Background in IoT or connected home energy products; strong understanding of device-to-cloud architecture embedded gateway firmware OTA update strategies and edge/cloud data flows
Experience with Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) demand response grid services or utility API integrations
Experience leading full-stack development of dealer or field-technician-facing software platforms including web portals commissioning tools and remote diagnostics
Strong product strategy instincts ability to synthesize market trends customer insights and technical feasibility into a compelling prioritized platform roadmap
Demonstrated experience collaborating deeply with UI/UX Design and User Research teams to translate user insights into high-quality software experiences
Track record of successfully shipping high-quality consumer-facing and dealer-facing software products with measurable business impact
Exceptional communication skills able to translate complex technical strategy into clear narratives for executive audiences business unit leaders and external partners
Generac is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range for this role based in (California) is $239000 $323000. This compensation will ultimately be in line with the location in which the position is filled. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidates relevant work experience skills certifications and geographic location. This role is eligible for variable compensation including short term and long-term incentives.
US This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical dental and vision plans; life long-term disability flexible spending and health savings accounts accrued paid time off 8 paid Holidays and 401(k) retirement benefits.
Canada This position includes a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical dental and vision plans; life long-term disability flexible spending and health savings accounts accrued paid time off paid Holidays (10 for Ontario 11 for British Columbia) and RRSP retirement benefits.
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation national origin disability status protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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About Company
Since 1959, Generac Power Systems has been committed to building the most reliable, durable, efficient, and environmentally-friendly generators and power equipment.
