Senior Director of Digital Engineering — Commerce & Growth

Apex Systems; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Systems seeks a Sr. Director of Digital Engineering to own strategy and delivery for revenue-critical digital experiences, including cart, checkout, and account management across brands.

You will modernize the commerce stack, establish API-first foundations, and drive reliability, performance, and scalable multi-brand capabilities. You will lead and mentor global engineering teams, embed modern practices such as AI, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and SRE, and collaborate with product, UX, and data teams

Qualifications

• Experience leading global engineering teams across digital platforms.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale commerce or digital experiences.
• Experience shaping API-first, composable architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute roadmaps for lower-funnel digital experiences.
• Modernize commerce components into composable, API-first architectures.
• Scale high-performance engineering teams and coach leaders.
• Embed AI, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and SRE best practices.
• Translate strategic goals into scalable technical capabilities and ensure platform reliability.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Engineering leadership

Roadmap planning

API-first architecture

CI/CD

DevSecOps

SRE practices

DORA metrics

Mentoring/coaching

Architecture decisions

Job description

Apex Systems seeks a Sr. Director of Digital Engineering to own strategy and delivery for revenue-critical digital experiences, including cart, checkout, and account management across brands.

You will modernize the commerce stack, establish API-first foundations, and drive reliability, performance, and scalable multi-brand capabilities. You will lead and mentor global engineering teams, embed modern practices such as AI, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and SRE, and collaborate with product, UX, and data teams