Director Engineering Platform - Diversity

Position: Director Engineering || Platform - Diversity Hiring
About the Role

We are hiring a Director, Engineering – Platform for a global, product-led technology organization.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for owning and evolving a core enterprise platform built on cloud-native, API-first, microservices architecture.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the modernization and evolution of a Java-based microservices platform
- Define and execute engineering strategy aligned with product and business goals
- Develop technology roadmaps in partnership with Product leadership
- Drive API-first, cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- Lead and mentor globally distributed engineering teams (including managers and pod leads)
- Foster a culture of engineering excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
- Embed GenAI adoption across the SDLC to improve productivity and time-to-market
- Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and performance of the platform
- Guide ERP and enterprise system integrations to enable robust data flows and business alignment
- Oversee B2B API platform capabilities, enabling secure partner and customer integrations
- Manage engineering capacity, budgets, and resource optimization
- Lead the transition from regional engineering silos to unified global teams
- Collaborate closely with Product, Design, QA, Sales, and other stakeholders

Required Experience

- 15+ years of experience in software engineering
- 6+ years in engineering leadership roles (Senior Manager / Director level)
- Proven experience building and scaling large distributed systems
- Strong background in Java-based microservices architecture

- Experience with cloud-native platforms (AWS preferred)
- Hands-on exposure to API design, integration frameworks, and Dev Ops practices
- Experience leading teams through platform modernization and technical debt reduction
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Solid understanding of software and infrastructure cost dynamics
- Experience working in Agile / Dev Ops environments

Technology Environment (Indicative)

- Backend:
Java, Microservices
- Cloud & Platform: AWS, Red Hat Open Shift
- APIs & Integration: REST, B2B APIs, ERP integrations
- Dev Ops & Tooling: CI/CD, Git Hub, Jira
- AI Enablement: AI code companions (e.g., Git Hub Copilot)