Position: Director of Engineering
Location: Nebraska
Type: Permanent
Compensation: Competitive
Industry: Consumer
Contact: [email protected]
Overview:
We are supporting a well established, privately held consumer focused business with a long operating history and significant growth ambitions. The organisation is entering a major transformation phase, focused on modernising its technology estate, scaling its engineering capability, and introducing data and AI driven approaches across core business functions. This position is suited to a senior engineering leader who enjoys operating in complex environments, driving modernisation initiatives, and working closely with business stakeholders to solve meaningful problems through technology.
Job Description – Director of Engineering
- Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role within complex or legacy environments.
- Strong background in software engineering, ideally with full stack exposure.
- Experience working with cloud based platforms and modern integration approaches.
- Exposure to modern front end frameworks and contemporary commerce or transactional platforms.
- Experience contributing to or leading legacy modernisation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery and team based execution models.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous environments and driving change.
- Industry experience is not essential.
Key Responsibilities – Director of Engineering
- Experience with modern front-end frameworks like React, Vue, Angular.
- Lead and develop a software engineering function, supporting team growth and capability building over time.
- Drive the modernisation of legacy technology platforms and contribute to future state architecture decisions.
- Establish effective engineering practices, delivery frameworks, and operating rhythms.
- Partner with senior business stakeholders to align technology initiatives with commercial priorities.
- Support the adoption of data driven and automation led approaches to improve core business processes.
- Play a key role in shaping and executing long term technology and transformation roadmaps.
