Director of Engineering

Energy Innovation Corp; Brooklyn Park (MN); Presencial; USD 177.000 - 265.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Mentorship

Clear ladder

Real benefits

Flexible freelance days

Descripción de la vacante

VMware is seeking a Director of Engineering in Brooklyn Park, MN to own and drive critical initiatives. The role centers on scaling services, migrating CI/CD, and enabling rapid feature delivery from concept to production while maintaining a safety-first, customer-focused approach.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, mentor engineers, and shape the technical roadmap. The position offers mentorship, a clear ladder, and flexible freelance days within a dynamic, maker-minded environment.

Formación

• Strong working knowledge of Kafka and Kotlin.
• Hands-on experience with modern Swift workflows and tooling.
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities.
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a director capacity.
• Real curiosity about why VMware customers do what they do.

Responsabilidades

• Scale VMware's MySQL services from Brooklyn Park pilot to MN-wide rollout.
• Lead the CI/CD migration that retires the legacy stack.
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Swift.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Brooklyn Park, MN production.
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Kafka libraries.

Conocimientos

Kafka

Kotlin

Swift

Ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Descripción del empleo

This Director of Engineering opening is for someone who treats Accountability documentation as a first draft they intend to improve. The technology charter, the $177,000 - $265,000, the 10-year ask — all of it points to a VMware role built for owners, not order-takers.

Key Responsibilities

• Scale VMware's MySQL services from Brooklyn Park pilot to MN-wide rollout
• Lead the CI/CD migration that finally retires VMware's craft-obsessed legacy stack
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Swift
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Brooklyn Park, MN production without dropping the baton
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Kafka libraries

What You'll Bring

• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Real curiosity about why VMware customers do what they do
• Strong working knowledge of Kafka and Kotlin
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a safety-first freelance team
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a director capacity
• Hands-on experience with modern Swift workflows and tooling

Since day one, VMware has been on a maker-minded mission to reshape technology from its base in Brooklyn Park, MN. We trust the director folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

The $177,000 - $265,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible freelance days you can plan around.

We hire for hunger as much as resumes, so if that's you, the Director of Engineering role is open.