Alternative Careers for Software Engineers

Run end-to-end technical evaluations of Light's financial platform for enterprise partners (Big 4 consulting firms, tech vendors), translating their test scenarios into proof-of-value environments and leading technical readouts to stakeholders.

Lead end-to-end execution of Applied AI projects for enterprise clients, managing timelines, budgets, and delivery across multilingual AI training data and evaluation programs. Oversee people, operations, and systems to ensure projects ship on time and meet customer outcomes.

Lead a team of thermal engineers who act as technical advisors to enterprise customers, demonstrating and helping them adopt Vinci's physics simulation AI platform. Your day-to-day involves customer engagements, technical problem-solving around thermal design challenges, and team mentorship rather than coding.

Lead ERP and MES system transformation across manufacturing facilities, managing key users, coordinating cross-functional teams between factories and IT leadership, and overseeing production management system implementation with focus on process adaptation and change management.

This is a UX/product design thesis project focused on integrating machine data from multiple systems into a unified resource planning interface. You'll conduct user research, analyze workflows, design wireframes and prototypes, and translate business needs into requirements—with minimal coding involved.

Own internal operations software products used by warehouse staff, translating complex logistics workflows into intuitive tools while working closely with data, stakeholders, and engineering teams to improve fulfillment processes.

Fast-track sales development program for career-changers with consulting or strategy backgrounds, focusing on selling enterprise AI/process intelligence solutions to large organizations. Combines client engagement, solution design, and strategic account management.

Lead the deployment and implementation of Celonis AI platform solutions for enterprise customers, focusing on understanding business problems, designing solutions, and quantifying business value rather than writing production code.

Work with enterprise customers to design and implement AI-driven process intelligence solutions, focusing on business outcomes and customer success rather than core product development. Combines technical platform expertise with consulting and architectural problem-solving.

Analyze marketplace health metrics, user behavior patterns, and platform sustainability for an AI data infrastructure company. Focus on data-driven insights to optimize participant experience and marketplace operations rather than building systems.

Lead product strategy and roadmap for robotic retrieval systems in automated warehouses, working across hardware, firmware, and software teams to optimize bot fleet performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

Lead technical program management for quantum systems software, coordinating cross-functional engineering teams, managing complex technical roadmaps, and ensuring delivery of quantum computing platform capabilities. Requires deep technical understanding but focuses on planning, coordination, and stakeholder management rather than hands-on coding.

Work with sales teams to understand customer technical requirements, design solutions using Contentful's platform, create demos, and validate that the product fits prospects' needs. Bridge technical and business perspectives to close deals.

Work with sales teams to understand customer technical requirements, design solutions using Contentful's platform, create demos, and validate how the product fits into prospects' existing tech stacks. Involves significant travel (50%) and collaboration across sales, product, and customer success teams.

Lead end-to-end delivery of complex software programmes for enterprise clients, managing multiple workstreams, budgets, and stakeholder priorities rather than writing code. Focus on strategic oversight, business value realisation, and account growth through effective programme execution.

Lead end-to-end product strategy and execution for Airwallex's payments infrastructure, working across technical architecture, merchant experiences, and developer platforms. Day-to-day involves roadmap prioritization, cross-functional collaboration with engineering and design, stakeholder management, and strategic decision-making on payment features.

Work as the senior technical lead for government customers, translating their mission-critical needs into AI strategies and deployment plans. Day-to-day involves customer discovery, technical solution design, adoption roadmaps, and ensuring successful real-world implementation—more strategy and client partnership than hands-on coding.

Lead and manage two software engineering teams focused on a new product vertical, handling team performance, delivery of features, and alignment with business strategy while fostering technical excellence and team development.

Define and execute test strategies across product teams, write acceptance criteria in Gherkin, perform exploratory testing to find edge cases, and build/review Playwright E2E automation tests to shift testing left in the release cycle.

Own the social and follower features for a travel app with 20M+ users, focusing on engagement mechanics and viral growth loops. Work cross-functionally with product, growth, and marketing teams to design shareable experiences and optimize the social sharing funnel.