Director of Engineering – Planning & Forecasting Products

Legion is seeking an accomplished engineering leader to head the Planning & Forecasting product engineering organization. This leader will own the development team for Legion’s labor planning suite, demand forecasting engine, labor optimization product, and next-generation predictive AI capabilities. The role requires a deep technical background in large-scale distributed systems, modern machine learning, and enterprise SaaS, combining strong architectural intuition, hands-on technical depth, and proven success leading high-performing engineering teams. This position is critical to Legion’s mission and product strategy, driving the evolution of core predictive services that power labor efficiency for our global customers.

Must Have

• 10+ years of professional engineering experience
• 5+ years leading engineering teams in enterprise SaaS environments
• Deep experience building large-scale, distributed, highly available systems with strong architectural instincts
• Strong background in applied machine learning, deep learning, predictive modeling, and modern AI frameworks
• Proven experience operationalizing ML systems in production (MLOps, model serving, feature pipelines, experimentation frameworks)
• Familiarity with optimization engines, mathematical modeling, or constrained optimization (e.g., Gurobi, OR-Tools)
• Experience with generative AI technologies (LLMs, prompt engineering, agent frameworks) and integrating them into enterprise workflows
• Strong execution leadership and the ability to ship complex platform components reliably
• Demonstrated success hiring and developing high-performing engineering teams

Good to Have

• Experience building large-scale forecasting systems (time-series, causal ML, demand forecasting engines)
• Experience with labor planning, workforce management, supply chain planning, or similar domains
• Prior ownership of mission-critical enterprise products with strict SLAs and high throughput
• Experience with modern cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, event-driven systems)
• Strong understanding of data modeling, large dataset processing, and performance optimization at scale

Perks & Benefits

• Health Benefits
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Equity
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement
• Monthly Lunch on Legion

Director of Engineering – Planning & Forecasting Products

Hybrid, Bangalore, India

JOB OVERVIEW

Legion is seeking an accomplished engineering leader to head the Planning & Forecasting product engineering organization. This leader will own the development team for Legion’s labor planning suite, demand forecasting engine, labor optimization product, and next-generation predictive AI capabilities. The role requires a deep technical background in large-scale distributed systems, modern machine learning, and enterprise SaaS. The ideal candidate combines strong architectural intuition, hands-on technical depth, and proven success leading high-performing engineering teams.

This position is critical to Legion’s mission and product strategy, driving the evolution of core predictive services that power labor efficiency for our global customers.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Own the architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance of all Planning & Forecasting systems, including Legion’s forecasting engine, labor planning algorithms, and optimization services.
• Lead development of next-generation forecasting platforms that integrate ML, deep learning, classical time-series modeling, and (as necessary for this problem statement) generative AI.
• Drive technical decisions on system design, data pipelines, model serving infrastructure, container orchestration, observability, and high-availability patterns.
• Lead the data science teams to operationalize advanced models and ensure robust MLOps, versioning, experimentation, and continuous improvement frameworks.

Product & Strategy

• Collaborate closely with Product Management to define roadmaps, align on outcomes, and translate customer and market needs into actionable engineering plans.
• Deeply understand customer use cases across forecasting, labor planning, budgeting, and cost optimization.
• Drive innovation in enterprise-grade planning systems, including multi-scenario plan generation, optimization formulations, and real-time intelligence.

Team Leadership & Execution

• Lead, mentor, and scale a world-class engineering team across platform engineering, ML engineering, backend engineering, and optimization.
• Foster a culture of high performance, ownership, accountability, and technical excellence.
• Establish strong engineering practices, including code quality, design reviews, architecture governance, incident management, and operational rigor.
• Hire exceptional engineers and develop future technical leaders within the organization.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of professional engineering experience, with 5+ years leading engineering teams in enterprise SaaS environments.
• Deep experience building large-scale, distributed, highly available systems with strong architectural instincts.
• Strong background in applied machine learning, deep learning, predictive modeling, and modern AI frameworks.
• Proven experience operationalizing ML systems in production (MLOps, model serving, feature pipelines, experimentation frameworks).
• Familiarity with optimization engines, mathematical modeling, or constrained optimization (e.g., Gurobi, OR-Tools) strongly preferred.
• Experience with generative AI technologies (LLMs, prompt engineering, agent frameworks) and integrating them into enterprise workflows.
• Strong execution leadership and the ability to ship complex platform components reliably.
• Clear, structured communicator able to simplify complex technical concepts for executive and customer-facing discussions.
• Demonstrated success hiring and developing high-performing engineering teams.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS

• Experience building large-scale forecasting systems (time-series, causal ML, demand forecasting engines).
• Experience with labor planning, workforce management, supply chain planning, or similar domains.
• Prior ownership of mission-critical enterprise products with strict SLAs and high throughput.
• Experience with modern cloud-native architectures (Kubernetes, microservices, event-driven systems).
• Strong understanding of data modeling, large dataset processing, and performance optimization at scale.

ABOUT LEGION

Join Legion's mission to turn hourly jobs into good jobs. We're a global, mission-driven team seeking exceptional talent to propel this vision. Embrace a culture that's collaborative, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial. With us, you'll grow your skills, work closely with experienced executives, and contribute significantly to our mission. Our award-winning AI-native workforce management platform is intelligent, automated, and employee-centric and proven to deliver 13x ROI. We help labor-intensive organizations maximize labor efficiency and employee engagement simultaneously.

Legion has earned recognition for its innovation, including spots on the Inc. 5000 list, Forbes’ Next Billion Dollar Startups, and awards for our AI technology. Backed by leading investors such as Norwest Venture Partners, Stripes, First Round Capital, XYZ Ventures, Webb Investment Network, Workday Ventures, and NTT DOCOMO Ventures, we're making real change.

If you're ready to make an impact and grow your career, Legion is where you belong. Join us in making hourly work rewarding and fulfilling.

BACKGROUND AND OPPORTUNITY

There are almost 75 million hourly workers in the United States, representing more than half of the entire workforce. Historically, managing hourly employees has been difficult due to high attrition (average of 60%) and high replacement costs (average of $3,200 per employee in retail). The ongoing labor shortage and competition from the gig economy, make it more difficult to attract and retain hourly employees. The top reasons hourly employees leave their jobs are a lack of schedule empowerment, poor communication with employers, and an inability to get paid early. Gen Z and the millennial workforce demand gig-like flexibility, modern technology, and compelling work options. Legion’s mission is to turn hourly jobs into good jobs, serving the hourly workers who make up the majority of the US workforce. We believe in empowering employees and helping employers be efficient and innovative by enabling intelligent automation powered by Legion’s Workforce Management platform to optimize labor efficiency and enhance the employee experience simultaneously.

Legion WFM was built for the cloud with AI at the core and is designed to handle the complexity of modern businesses and meet the needs of today’s hourly employees. Our team is composed of dedicated individuals from all backgrounds and experiences, globally distributed across all time zones.

For more information, visit https://legion.co

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

At Legion, we offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to all employees. As a global employer, pay for positions is determined using local, national, and industry-specific survey data.

We strive to make competitive offers allowing employees room for future growth. Salaries will be based on the applicant’s location, level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position.

Benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Health Benefits
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Equity
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement
• Monthly Lunch on Legion