Director - Data engineering

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Job Description: The Director of Software Engineering is responsible for leading multiple engineering teams, driving technology strategy, ensuring successful product delivery, and building a high-performance engineering organization. This role combines technical leadership, people management, delivery governance, architecture oversight, and stakeholder management to deliver scalable and secure software solutions. **Responsibilities: Key Responsibilities** **Engineering Leadership** - Define and execute the technology roadmap aligned with business objectives. - Lead engineering managers, architects, and software development teams. - Establish engineering best practices, standards, and governance processes. - Drive innovation, modernization, and continuous improvement initiatives. **Product & Delivery Management** - Oversee end-to-end software development lifecycle (SDLC). - Ensure predictable and high-quality delivery across multiple programs. - Partner with Product Management, Architecture, and Business teams to prioritize initiatives. - Track delivery metrics, engineering productivity, and operational excellence. **Technical Strategy & Architecture** - Guide architectural decisions for scalable cloud-native platforms. - Promote microservices, API-first, event-driven, and modern engineering practices. - Ensure security, reliability, scalability, and maintainability of systems. - Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/CD, automation, and engineering excellence frameworks. **People Leadership** - Build, mentor, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers. - Conduct workforce planning, hiring, succession planning, and talent development. - Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation, and accountability. - Lead performance management and career growth initiatives. **Stakeholder Management** - Collaborate with executive leadership on strategic technology investments. - Communicate engineering progress, risks, dependencies, and business impacts. Manage vendor relationships and technology partnerships when required. **Qualifications: Required Skills & Qualifications** **Leadership** - Proven experience leading large engineering organizations (50+ engineers preferred). - Strong experience managing Engineering Managers and Technical Leads. - Excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills. **Technical Expertise** - Strong understanding of modern software engineering practices. - Experience with cloud platforms such as **Azure, AWS, or GCP** . - Expertise in API architecture, distributed systems, and enterprise application development. - Experience implementing DevOps, Git-based development, and CI/CD pipelines. - Strong knowledge of SQL and NoSQL technologies. **Business & Delivery** - Experience managing multimillion-dollar technology programs. - Expertise in Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or scaled delivery frameworks. - Strong risk, budget, and vendor management capabilities. **Preferred Qualifications** - Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. - Experience in AI/ML platforms, Data Engineering, and Cloud Transformation initiatives. - Exposure to Kubernetes, Containers, Serverless Architectures, and Enterprise Platforms. **Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)** - On-time delivery of strategic initiatives. - Platform availability and reliability. - Engineering productivity and cycle time. - Employee engagement and retention. - Technology modernization and automation adoption. - Customer satisfaction and business impact. **Typical Reporting Structure** **Director of Software Engineering** Engineering Managers - Technical Leads / Architects - Senior Software Engineers - Software Engineers / QA Engineers / DevOps Engineers