This role is based at the Company’s headquarters in Redwood Shores, CA and requires you to be onsite 3x/week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday). We will only consider candidates already based in the Bay Area. This is a senior leadership role at the core of how Zūm scales its platform. You will lead a team of 10–15 experienced engineers, set the technical direction for Zūm's Connected Mobility Experience (CMX), and partner closely with Product, Design, and Leadership teams to deliver a platform that moves millions of students safely every day. You report to the CTO. Who You Are: You've led engineering teams and stayed close enough to the code to have real opinions about how things get built. A builder and a leader — you set the technical direction, and work alongside the team to deliver it. Calm in ambiguity, decisive under pressure. You’re low ego, high curiosity, and care about the mission: safer, smarter rides to school for every kid. What You'll Do: Own the product architecture of C