Engineering Director: Lead Global, AI-Driven Platform Teams

Algolia, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Algolia is seeking an Engineering Director to lead multiple teams and shape the technical direction of core real-time search and discovery platforms. You will collaborate with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to translate strategy into scalable, reliable solutions and to drive high-performance outcomes.

The role requires building autonomous teams, mentoring managers, and advancing engineering excellence across a global organization.

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years of engineering experience.
• 3–5+ years managing multiple teams or through managers.
• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong technical background with distributed systems, APIs, and scalable infrastructure.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through others and empower managers and senior engineers.
• Excellent communication skills to align stakeholders and drive clarity.
• Experience operating in distributed or global engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a group of engineering teams via Engineering Managers and Senior ICs, aligned with product and company priorities.
• Foster AI leadership and a culture of continuous improvement across the engineering function.
• Own delivery, execution, and operational excellence for a defined product or platform area.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape roadmaps and deliver customer value.
• Drive engineering best practices across system design, scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Contribute to the senior technology leadership team and organizational planning.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Program/project management

Distributed systems

APIs

Scalable infrastructure

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication excellence

Distributed/global teams

Job description

Algolia is seeking an Engineering Director to lead multiple teams and shape the technical direction of core real-time search and discovery platforms. You will collaborate with Product, Design, and other stakeholders to translate strategy into scalable, reliable solutions and to drive high-performance outcomes.

The role requires building autonomous teams, mentoring managers, and advancing engineering excellence across a global organization.