Engineering Director

dunnhumby; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

dunnhumby in Cincinnati, OH is seeking an Engineering Director to lead sub-domain engineering, shaping scalable platforms with C# .Net Core and React front end. You will own roadmaps, collaborate with product, design, and client teams, and mentor multiple squads.

Expect hands-on coding 20–40%, drive Agile improvements, hire and onboard talent, manage budgets, and align with architecture goals across cloud, microservices, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject.
• Lead an engineering function of a sub-domain in a product area and cross‑cutting initiatives across engineering.
• Co‑own and drive the delivery of sub‑domain level OKRs with product and design counterparts.
• Manage multiple squads to ensure they deliver high quality and secure software in an Agile approach: architecture discussions, solution design, updates to senior stakeholders, and helping teams when needed.
• Assess the need, build a hiring strategy, hire and onboard new team members.
• Form strong relationships and work closely with product, commercial, UX and client team counterparts.
• Work closely with architecture team and principal engineers to help team find best technical solutions and engineering practice.
• Continuously look for opportunities and drive improvements in Agile process, new technology and best engineering practices across the domain.
• Continuously look for opportunities in technical excellence and cross‑team collaboration and standards setting.
• Continue to play a hands‑on role in code development (20–40%); for mature teams lower, for new teams higher.
• Manage engineering managers and lead engineers within squads; oversee performance and salary reviews.
• Identify, define and execute the engineering roadmap of your teams (cloud migration, shift‑left, etc.).
• Define team level OKRs with product counterparts and communicate progress to stakeholders.
• Own resourcing within budget; build hiring plans with senior leadership.
• Work with Product Management to define team purpose, remit, goals and roadmap.
• Build applications using C# .Net Core with React frontend
• Experience with microservices architecture and REST APIs
• Cloud technologies: Docker, Kubernetes; major cloud providers (GCP/AWS/Azure)
• CI/CD tools: Octopus, GitLab, Argo
• Drive development plans and coaching to grow teams

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering function of a sub-domain in a product area.
• Co‑own and drive sub-domain OKRs with product and design counterparts.
• Manage multiple squads to deliver high quality and secure software in an Agile approach.
• Oversee architecture discussions and solution design; provide updates to senior stakeholders.
• Hire and onboard new team members; define hiring strategy.
• Collaborate with product, commercial, UX, and client team counterparts.
• Work with architecture and principal engineers to find best technical solutions and practices.
• Drive continuous improvements in Agile processes and engineering practices.
• Maintain a hands-on role in code development (20–40% for mature teams, less for newer teams).
• Manage engineering managers and leads; oversee performance reviews.
• Define and execute the engineering roadmap for your teams (cloud, shift‑left, etc.).
• Set and communicate team OKRs quarterly with product partners.
• Manage budgeted resourcing and hiring plans.
• Partner with Product Management to align team purpose and roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Hiring strategy

Mentoring & coaching

Stakeholder communication

Cloud awareness

Hands-on coding leadership

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

React

.NET Core

REST APIs

CI/CD (Octopus, GitLab, Argo)

Job description

We're looking for an Engineering Director who expects more from their career. This role is a chance to work with new technologies, building business facing applications powered by our world class data science. It's an opportunity to join a dynamic and talented team, built around allowing you to best utilise your skills and showcase your abilities. Bring our leading customer data to life and make a real impact through engineering excellence.

What we expect from you

Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject.

• Lead an engineering function of a sub-domain in a product area and cross‑cutting initiatives across engineering
• Co‑own and drive the delivery of sub‑domain level OKRs with product and design counterparts
• Manage multiple squads to ensure they delivery high quality and secure software in an Agile approach:
  • Oversees the delivery activities, e.g. architecture discussion, solution design etc.
  • Bring updates/clarity to senior stakeholders
  • Step in and help teams when needed, e.g. project is delayed, or facing challenges
• Assess the need, build a hiring strategy, hire and onboard new team members
• Form strong relationships and work closely with product, commercial, UX and client team counterparts
• Work closely with architecture team and principal engineers to help team find best technical solutions and engineering practice
• Continuously look for opportunities and drive for improvements in terms of Agile process, new technology and best engineering practices across the entire engineering domain organisation
• Continually look for opportunities and drive for improvements in terms of technical excellence, best engineering practice, cross‑team collaboration and standards setting across the entire domain
• Continue to play a hands‑on role in code development. The extent will depend on the needs of the team. For a mature team, you are expected to stay hands‑on coding up to 40% while for a newly formed team it might be 20%
• Management of the engineering managers and/or lead engineers and engineers within the squads. Ensuring they understand expectations, help them build career development plan, continuously review the delivery plan spotting opportunities for them and carry out cyclical HR processes including performance and salary reviews
• Identify, define and execute the engineering roadmap of your teams, e.g. moving to cloud, shift‑left etc. You will be the owner of your engineering roadmap
• Define team level OKRs with product counterparts quarterly, review them and communicate to directors and stakeholders regularly
• Own the resourcing of the sub‑domain within your allocated budget/squad. This includes understand and review the budget plan with your G5 director, build a hiring plan using the allocated budget and own the hiring
• Work closely with Product Management to define and communicate the teams' purpose, remit, goals and roadmap.
• Build our applications using C# .Net Core with a React front end
• Experience with micro services architecture and REST APIs with an API First Mindset
• Work with containerisation and cloud technologies such as docker and kubernetes
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Experience with CI / CD tools (Octopus, Gitlab, Argo)
• Drive individual development, ensure everyone has a development plan and provide them with the proper coaching to grow.