Director of Engineering Excellence & Practices

Elsevier Limited Company; City Of London; Remote; GBP 92,000 - 153,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Country-specific benefits

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Engineering Practices to transform architecture standards and engineering practices across the software lifecycle. You will partner with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to drive consistency, quality and efficiency.

The role involves translating standards into actionable tools and workflows, building tooling to surface risks early, and staying hands-on with AI-assisted development and code reviews.

Qualifications

• Experience applying architectural design and governance in software products.
• Ability to translate technical findings into actionable guidance for leadership.
• Experience delivering complex projects in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical implementation of engineering practices and guardrails across the SDLC.
• Translate architecture standards into tools, plugins, and workflows.
• Surface architectural and quality risks and drive early mitigations.
• Stay hands-on with AI coding capabilities and code reviews.

Skills

Architectural knowledge

Engineering leadership

AI-assisted development

SDLC optimization

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a Director of Engineering Practices to transform architecture standards and engineering practices across the software lifecycle. You will partner with engineering leadership, architects, and product teams to drive consistency, quality and efficiency.

The role involves translating standards into actionable tools and workflows, building tooling to surface risks early, and staying hands-on with AI-assisted development and code reviews.