Director of Engineering

Bain & Company; Owensboro (KY); On-site; USD 142,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Bain & Company in Owensboro, KY is seeking a Director of Engineering who treats latency budgets like personal grudges and Swift as a second language. The role offers a compensation range of $142,000 to $225,000 and a clear path to leadership within technology.

You will own the full lifecycle of technology systems, build Swift self-service tools, and wire Kafka feature flags to test safely on Owensboro traffic while migrating on-premise services to cloud-native architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Fluency with Docker or similar container tech is required.
• Comfort presenting to a Kentucky-wide audience without a script.

Responsibilities

• Build Swift self-service tools so Owensboro teams stop filing tickets for everything.
• Wire up Kafka feature flags so Bain & Company can test on Owensboro traffic risk-free.
• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture.
• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production.
• Build multitasking dashboards to reduce ad-hoc requests for numbers by the tech team.

Skills

Learning agility

Docker

Public speaking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Kafka

Swift

Job description

We're hiring a Director of Engineering who treats latency budgets like personal grudges and Swift like a second language. With ownership, a $142,000 - $225,000 salary, and 12 years of Empathy to draw on, you'll do your best work at Bain & Company.

Key Responsibilities

• Build Swift self-service tools so Owensboro teams stop filing tickets for everything


• Wire up Kafka feature flags so Bain & Company can test on Owensboro traffic risk-free


• Support migration of on-premise services to cloud-native architecture


• Own the full lifecycle of technology systems from prototype to production


• Build Multitasking dashboards so Bain & Company's technology team stops asking engineers for numbers

What You'll Bring

• A learner's pace that keeps up with shifting requirements


• Fluency in Docker earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial


• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience


• Comfort presenting to a KY-wide audience without a script

Bain & Company took a tired corner of the technology world and rebuilt it, brick by brick, from a small office in Owensboro, KY. We prize follow-through: when someone here commits to something, the team can count on it.

This position offers $142,000 - $225,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within technology.

This page reflects a live, current opening, refreshed just hours ago.