Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Seattle, WA

Senior engineering leader responsible for architecture, delivery, operations, reliability, and scalability of the enterprise Data Lakehouse. Leads cross-functional teams, defines platform SLAs, cost and quality targets, drives platform adoption and best practices, manages vendor/cloud relationships, ensures regulatory and data security compliance, and enables self-service analytics and AI/ML platform enablement.

Lead a global manufacturing engineering organization to standardize processes, drive lean continuous improvement, deploy automation and Industry 4.0 solutions (cobots, ML), and ensure safety, traceability, and zero-defect customer quality across international sites.

Lead Engineering strategy, architecture, and execution for a B2B SaaS aviation maintenance product. Build and mentor a high-performing team, manage cloud deployments, ensure scalability and security, and serve as technical representative on the Information Security Team and ISMS implementation.

Lead and grow the product engineering team, strengthen engineering processes and culture, operationalize AI across the SDLC, own governance for agentic systems, set architectural direction, partner cross-functionally, and drive hiring and team development.

Lead engineering for Partner Experience across Partner Acquisition & Delivery and Partner Reporting & Insights. Own team health, technical strategy, delivery velocity, and AI-native engineering adoption. Partner with product leadership on roadmap, coach engineering managers, drive architecture and resourcing decisions, and measure AI-augmented velocity while delivering partner onboarding, quoting, lead delivery, and reporting systems.

The role involves leading the engineering team to build and scale institutional trading capabilities across various asset classes while ensuring a robust architecture and technical standards.

Lead and grow manufacturing engineering across sites to optimize processes, tooling, and production readiness for complex aerospace products. Drive continuous improvement, NPI readiness, process validation, PFMEAs, and cross-functional alignment with operations, quality, programs, and supply chain. Evaluate automation and capital investments, report KPIs, and support audits and customer requirements.

Lead systems engineering and architecture for safety-critical autonomous drone systems. Define traceability and verification strategies, ensure regulatory compliance (DO-178C/DO-254/ARP4754A), lead safety assessments, select requirements/MBSE tools, mentor the team, and coordinate cross-functional integration through certification.

Lead and own the Internal Developer Platform strategy, team, and execution. Build cloud-native, self-service tooling that improves developer experience while balancing security, compliance, and reliability. Serve as platform product owner, define architecture, prioritize features, collaborate with engineering/product leaders, and communicate outcomes to executives.

Lead and grow ROOST's engineering team, set technical direction, drive high-quality open-source development and release practices, engage the external community as stakeholders, and contribute hands-on to code, architecture, and operational excellence.

Lead the engineering of a platform for digital assets, focusing on scalability, security, and team growth. Directly manage the development of critical systems supporting millions of users.

Lead Booking engineering (five teams) to deliver high-scale scheduling, booking, communications, telehealth, and marketplace systems. Hire and grow engineering leaders, shape technical and AI strategy (agentic workflows, evals), drive high-velocity delivery with quality, partner with Product and Design, and scale the org through new product lines and rising customer demand.

Lead a team of 10 engineers to architect and develop Node.js and Salesforce solutions, improving delivery schedules and performance metrics.

Lead and grow engineering teams for Mews' Front of House products, partnering with Product, Design, and Data to deliver guest recognition, personalization, automation, and connected guest journeys. Set technical direction, improve engineering excellence and operational health, drive cross-tribe collaboration, coach leaders, and translate strategy into measurable business outcomes like increased guest engagement and reduced time-to-serve.

The Principal Software Engineer will architect and oversee the development of distributed systems, mentor engineers, and drive architectural initiatives for large platforms.

Lead platform engineering teams to design, build, operate, and run OCI-native services for IoT and Connected Devices. Own service reliability, architecture, releases, incident response, KPIs, talent development, and cross-functional delivery of scalable, production-grade cloud services.

Lead and scale a ~50-engineer organization for Transitions of Care. Define engineering strategy and architecture, partner with product and stakeholders, coach managers, drive hiring and operational excellence, and support AI-driven, cloud-based platform delivery.

Lead engineering for CHEMCAD, Flow Simulation, and GoldSim product lines. Drive modernization, CI/CD, automated testing, AI adoption in engineering and product features, improve delivery metrics, manage and mentor engineering leaders, define long-term architecture, reduce technical debt, and build repeatable onboarding and integration playbooks for acquisitions.

The Sr. Director of Applications Engineering will lead a team in developing photonics solutions, engage with clients, mentor engineers, and ensure effective technical communication.

Lead high-complexity privacy engineering initiatives across DuckDuckGo products. Own privacy reviews, audits, and technical programs from definition to delivery; build automation and privacy-preserving infrastructure; evolve triage and review processes; drive cross-functional projects; and hire and mentor privacy engineering talent while shaping company-wide privacy strategy.

Lead and scale a multi-team engineering organization owning Billing, TMS, WMS, and LMS. Manage five engineering managers and a Principal Engineer, drive billing automation, deliver a standalone TMS/Parcel system, improve network LMS efficiency, and ensure WMS reliability and international scalability. Build cross-functional partnerships with Finance and Parcel, make organizational design decisions, coach managers, and prioritize technical investments to deliver measurable cost and revenue outcomes.

Lead and streamline engineering management to free the CTO for strategy. Oversee engineering pods, triage technical issues, guide solutions architecture, advocate for technical debt/backlog, and ensure teams ship products quickly while aligning architecture with business goals.

Lead the national Data Center delivery practice, owning end-to-end delivery of compute, storage, data protection, hybrid cloud, and GPU/AI infrastructure. Build and scale a high-performing delivery organization, ensure on-time/on-budget executions, define repeatable delivery frameworks, and collaborate with sales, solutions architecture, and technology partners to support large-scale, multi-site deployments.

Lead and grow the engineering organization, drive architecture and roadmap with the CTO, recruit and develop engineers, ship production software, establish processes for speed and quality, and collaborate with clinical stakeholders to translate needs into product.

Lead and scale Integrations, Workflows/Orchestration, and Data Management engineering teams (~40 engineers) to deliver connectors, orchestration, and data quality at scale. Set roadmap, architecture, and SLAs; drive platform modernization, observability, compliance (GDPR/CCPA), vendor strategy, and cross-functional enablement to ensure reliable data delivery into customer systems.