Director of Engineering

Energy Innovation Corp; Milwaukee (WI); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Remote work option

Job summary

Oliver Wyman in Milwaukee, WI is seeking a Director of Engineering to build Java infrastructure from a clean slate, owning the technology outcome with a deep focus on Kafka and AWS. The role blends hands-on delivery with strategic architecture, backed by 12+ years of experience presenting complex tech plans.

You will drive code quality through linting, tests, and static analysis, ensure data integrity across Kafka stores, and guide a hybrid, Milwaukee-based team.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Detail-oriented with strong attention to spellings and accuracy.
• Comfort with a hybrid Milwaukee-based operation.
• Empathy that makes hard feedback land softly.
• Around 10+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through.
• Willingness to relocate to Milwaukee, WI, or to make remote work.

Responsibilities

• Cut Kafka cold-start times to improve wake times for WI users.
• Keep AWS services humming during Milwaukee's traffic surge.
• Ensure code quality with automated linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Own data integrity across Kafka stores for accurate Milwaukee numbers.
• Read Kafka stack traces and trace bugs to root cause.
• Trace a technology metric through Kafka services until it adds up.

Skills

Java

Kafka

AWS

Leadership

Communication

Quality mindset

Hybrid work

10+ years exp

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Job description

Our Director of Engineering role in Milwaukee, WI is a chance to build Java infrastructure from a clean slate, which at Oliver Wyman happens rarely and matters enormously. At Oliver Wyman the $160,000 - $247,000 matters, sure, but so does owning the technology outcome with 12 years of Presentation Skills behind it.

Key Responsibilities

• Cut Kafka cold-start times so Oliver Wyman functions wake before WI users notice
• Keep the technology AWS service humming through Milwaukee's holiday traffic surge
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Own data integrity across Oliver Wyman's Kafka stores so Milwaukee numbers never lie
• Read the Kafka stack traces others skim past, and trace bugs to their root
• Trace a technology number back through Kafka services until it finally adds up

What You'll Bring

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• Comfort with the hybrid cadence of a Milwaukee-based operation
• The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly
• Around 10+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• Reliable, accountable, and committed to following through
• Willingness to relocate to Milwaukee, WI, or to make remote work

Oliver Wyman began as a side project in Milwaukee and grew into the data-honest platform thousands of technology users now rely on. At Oliver Wyman you can challenge your skip-level's plan and still get a thank-you for it.

The compensation here starts at $160,000 - $247,000, paired with unlimited PTO and a manager committed to your professional growth.