Engineering Director

dunnhumby; Kentucky; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

dunnhumby is seeking an Engineering Director to lead sub-domain teams and drive engineering excellence. You will shape the technical roadmap, collaborate with product and design, and ensure delivery of high-quality software in an agile environment.

Responsibilities include coaching managers, hiring, budgeting, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, secure solutions using C# .NET Core, React, and cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant subject.
• Experience leading engineering teams and delivering complex software.
• Strong collaboration with product, design and commercial teams.
• Proven track record in building scalable, secure systems and driving OKRs.

Responsibilities

• Lead an engineering function across a product sub-domain and drive cross-cutting initiatives.
• Co-own and deliver sub-domain OKRs with product and design partners.
• Manage multiple squads to ensure high quality, secure software in Agile settings.
• Oversee architecture discussions, solution design and stakeholder updates.
• Define and execute the engineering roadmap, including cloud migration and shift-left practices.
• Own budgeting, hiring plans and team development, including performance reviews.
• Hands-on coding up to 20–40% depending on team maturity.
• Partner with product, commercial, UX and client teams to align priorities.
• Collaborate with architecture and principal engineers to drive best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering management

Agile methodologies

Hiring & onboarding

Cross-functional collaboration

Cloud architecture

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

C# .NET Core

React

REST APIs

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD (Octopus, GitLab, Argo)

Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)

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.