Director of Engineering - AI, Cloud & Platform

KOS International Holdings; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

South China Morning Post seeks a visionary Director of Engineering to lead Product & Technology across Development, Mobile App, CMS, DevOps and QA. You will drive end-to-end technical execution, balancing rapid delivery with system resilience and AI-enabled innovation.

You will recruit and mentor engineering leaders, foster a high-accountability culture, and partner with executives to align technical output with business growth in a dynamic, global media environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years in technology with 5+ years managing multi-functional engineering teams.
• Practical experience architecting agentic systems and AI integrations.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native management, Kubernetes, IaC, and CI/CD automation.
• Strong knowledge of DevSecOps, IAM, secure coding, threat modeling, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the unified technology vision and delivery roadmap across product engineering, infrastructure, AI innovation, and quality assurance.
• Lead cross-functional product development teams in building scalable, secure microservices and enterprise apps.
• Drive integration of Agentic AI solutions, LLM orchestration, vector DBs, and autonomous workflows.
• Direct modern DevOps, GitOps, and SRE practices for multi-cloud environments and automated CD/CI pipelines.
• Establish end-to-end QA governance with automated testing in complex distributed environments.
• Embed security best practices across the SDLC, promoting zero-trust and secure coding standards.
• Recruit, mentor, and scale engineering managers and leads across four core disciplines.
• Collaborate with executives to translate roadmaps into execution plans and predictable delivery schedules.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Product development

Agentic AI

DevOps

QA / Reliability

DevSecOps

People leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

AutoGen

CrewAI

Kubernetes

Terraform

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

ClickHouse

GraphQL

Job description

South China Morning Post seeks a visionary Director of Engineering to lead Product & Technology across Development, Mobile App, CMS, DevOps and QA. You will drive end-to-end technical execution, balancing rapid delivery with system resilience and AI-enabled innovation.

You will recruit and mentor engineering leaders, foster a high-accountability culture, and partner with executives to align technical output with business growth in a dynamic, global media environment.