Director of Engineering

Energy Innovation Corp; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 146,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group in Dearborn, MI seeks a Director of Engineering to own outcomes on a distributed systems stack. You will drive time management, stress management, and decisive leadership while guiding a tight-knit tech team.

You will ship Express.js experiments, tune RabbitMQ, prototype ideas, strengthen test automation, and enhance CI/CD. You’ll report KPIs and maintain high code quality under demanding deadlines.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and make high-stakes decisions.
• Strong debugging skills and reliability under pressure.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and distributed systems.
• Experience with Express.js and RabbitMQ in production.
• Experience tracking KPIs and improving release confidence.

Responsibilities

• Ship Express.js experiments quickly and evaluate outcomes.
• Tune RabbitMQ queries to prevent timeouts and improve performance.
• Prototype rough RabbitMQ ideas and select those to adopt.
• Enhance test automation to increase release confidence.
• Ensure code quality via automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across MI engineering teams.
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.

Skills

Leadership

Time management

Stress management

Attention to detail

Calm under pressure

Client management

Decision making

Tools

Kubernetes

RabbitMQ

Express.js

CI/CD tooling

Linting/Testing frameworks

Job description

Ready to work on real distributed systems? CBRE Group is adding a Director of Engineering skilled in Time Management to the technology team. This is a contract opportunity built for someone who wants to own outcomes, sharpen Stress Management, and grow with a tight-knit team.

Key Responsibilities

• Ship Express.js experiments fast, kill the losers, and double down on what sticks
• Tune RabbitMQ queries until the MI database stops timing out under load
• Prototype rough RabbitMQ ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in CBRE Group's stack
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across MI engineering teams
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services

What You'll Bring

• The grit to debug at 4pm on a Friday without complaint
• Director-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• Fluency in Kubernetes earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• Demonstrated calm when a Dearborn, MI client changes scope mid-stream
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable
• Clear thinking under the kind of pressure Dearborn, MI deadlines bring

Run from a single floor in Dearborn, MI, CBRE Group is a supportive reminder that technology breakthroughs still start small. Accountability here is shared, so wins belong to the team and setbacks become lessons.

We start the conversation at $146,000 - $208,000 and end it with mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to grow without relocating from MI.

This req is fresh on our board and getting attention from the hiring team today.