Director of Software Engineering (Systems Software)

Overview

As Director of Software Engineering at Arm, you will lead a globally distributed team of 60+ engineers spanning kernel, drivers, and userspace, shaping software for high-performance Arm-based platforms. You will set strategy, align priorities across domains, and collaborate with architecture, hardware, and product groups to deliver co-optimised solutions. You will grow leaders, drive performance improvements, and influence across the open-source ecosystem. This role offers broad impact across low-level software and large-scale delivery, with a hybrid Cambridge-based work setup.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working: Cambridge office two days per week
• clear progression path toward Senior Director level
• accommodations during recruitment process
• inclusive, respectful workplace
• opportunities to influence across billions of devices

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a globally distributed organisation of 60+ engineers
• Align priorities across kernel, drivers, and userspace teams
• Collaborate with architecture, hardware, and product groups to deliver co-optimised solutions
• Set roadmaps balancing near-term delivery with long-term strategy
• Build leadership capability and grow senior engineers
• Influence across the organisation to unify teams around shared goals

Key requirements

• Experience leading large, distributed software engineering teams (60+ engineers)
• Strong systems software background with Linux kernel development, device driver development, or power and performance engineering
• Ability to connect low-level implementation to system-level performance, efficiency, and scalability outcomes
• Track record of delivering measurable improvements in performance, power, or system behaviour in production environments
• Experience developing high-performing teams and growing senior technical leaders
• Credibility to engage deeply with engineers across the stack and influence technical direction

• leadership at scale
• cross-functional collaboration
• technical credibility
• Linux kernel development
• Device driver development (media, graphics, or similar)
• Power and performance engineering

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