About the job
84.51° Overview:
84.51° is a pioneering retail data science, insights, and media company dedicated to enhancing the shopping experience. We collaborate with The Kroger Co., consumer packaged goods firms, agencies, publishers, and affiliates to craft personalized and impactful shopping journeys.
Our innovative approach leverages first-party retail data from over 62 million U. S. households, gathered through the Kroger Plus loyalty card program, to drive a consumer-centric experience using 84.51° Insights, 84.51° Loyalty Marketing, and Kroger Precision Marketing.
We follow a 5-day in-office work schedule to foster collaboration, alignment, and team connection.
Join us at 84.51°!
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Director of Software Engineering – Agentic Foundations (P4474)
LOCATION: Cincinnati / Chicago
SUMMARY:
The AI Enablement team at 84.51° is on the lookout for a Director of Software Engineering for its Agentic Foundations team. This team plays a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining the agentic backbone of the Kroger enterprise, which encompasses platforms, patterns, and tools essential for the optimal development of AI agents.
The Director will possess a unique combination of software engineering and AI expertise, necessary to spearhead the technical design of platforms, patterns, and tools that underpin the enterprise agentic ecosystem. This role emphasizes providing the technical leadership required for engineering and data science teams to implement solutions such as agent/MCP/scorer/prompt registries, agent-related tools for developing and monitoring best practice agents, and managing low-code and no-code agent platforms that integrate with agentic support.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate with the Director of Product Management for Agentic Foundations to jointly lead initiatives within the Kroger enterprise.
- Oversee and manage a team of engineers, providing guidance in the design and development of their product/platform areas, while also managing their own reports.
- Lead hiring efforts for engineers on the Agentic Foundations team, including organizing interview panels, crafting interview guides, and assisting with coding assessments.

