Top Director of Engineering Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Lead and grow a consumer engineering organization (8–12+ engineers), set multi-year technical and product direction, stay hands-on in architecture and coding, partner with product/design/clinical teams, own reliability and scalability, and build an AI-powered health companion while scaling processes and hiring.

Lead and scale a multi-functional platform engineering organization (SRE, Operations, Data & AI Platform, Database Engineering). Own the cloud platform and infrastructure-as-product, drive multi-quarter initiatives to improve developer velocity and reliability, solve scalability and system reliability problems, partner with product and engineering leaders, manage vendors and cost governance, and raise engineering quality and operational excellence.

The Director of Engineering will lead platform engineering strategy and teams, enhancing developer experience, driving AI integration, and establishing governance for development practices.

Leads Ripple’s infrastructure engineering organization, overseeing multi-cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, developer experience, and reliability engineering. Responsibilities include setting technical strategy and roadmaps, driving multi-region resilience, operational excellence, security and compliance, cloud cost efficiency, observability, and infrastructure automation. The role manages multiple teams and managers, provides hands-on architectural leadership, partners with executives and security teams, and scales the organization through hiring, mentoring, and leadership development.

Lead the Developer Experience team to enhance integration processes, advocate for developers, and ensure a superior experience with Adyen's platform.

The Engineering Director for Developer Platform leads the Developer Experience domain to enhance API and integration processes, ensuring high-quality and simplicity for developers globally.

Leads engineering teams responsible for secure, scalable enterprise Linux platforms and services. Sets technical direction for OS image development, lifecycle management, automation, CI/CD, security hardening, software supply chain integrity, and operational resilience. Owns roadmaps and modernization initiatives, partners with cybersecurity and technology stakeholders, establishes governance and reliability metrics, and mentors engineering talent in a globally distributed, regulated environment.

Leads the multidisciplinary Integrated Sensor engineering organization across hardware, embedded and edge software, cloud platforms, and distributed systems. Sets technical strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and product delivery processes while scaling reliable systems for nationwide field deployment. Responsibilities include recruiting and developing engineering leaders, coordinating hardware and software development, improving testing and operational resilience, resolving field issues, and partnering with Product, Deployment, Data Science, and company leadership.

Leads capital engineering projects across manufacturing and supply chain facilities, from concept through commissioning and startup. Directs industrial automation, PLC/HMI/SCADA modernization, manufacturing systems integration, digital manufacturing, reliability improvements, and OT cybersecurity implementation. Partners with plant, IT, cybersecurity, maintenance, suppliers, and integrators to deliver secure, scalable solutions, improve operational performance, and maintain engineering standards across multiple locations.

Lead the Developer Experience team at Adyen, focusing on improving integration processes for developers, maintaining high standards, and advocating for developer needs. Oversee a large engineering team while driving adoption of best practices and tools for enhanced usability and efficiency.

The Director of Platform & Reliability Engineering will lead teams in platform engineering, cloud operations, and site reliability to build secure, scalable, and reliable products, requiring strategic vision and technical expertise.

Lead and grow the Client Experience engineering organization, partnering with product and business leaders to set technical direction, drive delivery of complex initiatives, enforce engineering best practices (testing, security, reliability), coach managers and ICs, improve processes, and contribute to technology strategy to scale teams and systems.

Lead Statara’s Data Products & Engineering function, owning Snowflake-based data infrastructure reliability and evolution, solution architecture for client engagements, pre-sales technical support, cross-functional alignment, and team leadership to deliver scalable data and analytics solutions.

Lead engineering for the Spend domain in the US, owning technical strategy and roadmap for corporate cards, expense management, and spend workflows. Partner with Product, Design, and Commercial to translate business strategy into technical execution, scale and mentor San Francisco engineering teams, drive operational excellence and OKRs, and evolve platform architecture across data engineering, AI, and analytics.

Lead the 0-to-1 architecture, development, testing, and launch of Riverside Insights’ Reach platform and next-generation CogAT assessment. Build and manage a 6–10 engineer team, make build-versus-buy decisions, oversee AWS infrastructure and regulated-data compliance, lead customer migration, and translate product roadmaps into technical execution. The role is hands-on, requiring active coding, full-stack fluency, AI-native development, cross-functional partnership, and senior leadership communication.

Leads the Insurance Product Configuration and Enrollment Platform Core, managing engineering managers and 20–30 engineers. Owns technical vision, distributed systems architecture, delivery commitments, operational excellence, testing strategy, partner implementations, and cross-team interfaces. Develops engineering leaders, manages hiring and vendors, and drives adoption of AI-augmented development tools and practices. Ensures scalable, secure, reliable platform services while balancing contractual delivery dates with long-term platform maintainability.

Leads the engineering organization responsible for deploying and integrating TwelveLabs technology across cloud, private cloud, on-premise, and customer-controlled environments. Owns deployment automation, enterprise architecture, CI/CD, observability, security, and operational standards while converting bespoke customer requirements into scalable platform capabilities. Partners with customers, Product, Engineering, Sales, and Security, and builds a globally distributed Deployment and Integrations Engineering team.

Lead and build Vercel’s Forward Deployed Engineering and Professional Services function. Hire and develop the team, define engagement and commercial models, ensure delivery excellence from discovery to production, provide hands-on architecture support, create repeatable playbooks, and synthesize customer feedback into product and executive insights.

Lead Boulevard’s infrastructure transformation by defining cloud, DevOps, security, and reliability strategy. Manage and grow infrastructure and reliability engineering teams while architecting scalable AWS platforms, EKS containerization, Terraform and GitOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, observability, disaster recovery, database scaling, and compliance practices. Partner with Product, Services, Data Engineering, and Platform teams to provide secure, highly available, self-service infrastructure that supports business growth.

Leads and grows the engineering organization, sets technical strategy and roadmap, oversees execution across multiple teams, and provides technical direction on architecture, scalability, reliability, security, and quality. Partners with Product, Design, Operations, Risk, and the CTO to deliver customer-focused financial products. Responsibilities include recruiting and developing engineering leaders, improving processes, removing organizational bottlenecks, and balancing product delivery with long-term platform and infrastructure investments.

Lead and execute the Payments Platform vision: own strategy, architecture, and roadmap for payment processing, routing, settlement, reconciliation and partner integrations. Build and grow engineering managers and senior engineers, drive platform reliability, observability, security, and scalability, set OKRs, manage cross-functional delivery, and align technology with business, product, risk and compliance outcomes.

The Director of Engineering oversees software engineering teams, directs project delivery, establishes methodologies, and drives application enhancements aligned with strategic goals.

Lead engineering execution and organizational capability for a cloud-based PMS. Drive predictable delivery, platform reliability, modernization, AI-enabled developer productivity, standardized practices, and cross-business platform strategy while growing and developing engineering teams.

Lead the engineering team at Beast Industries to develop an AI-first membership ecosystem, driving product development and organization building from scratch.

Lead the Data Products engineering pillar owning technical strategy, clinical data ingestion, canonical modeling, and scalability. Manage ingestion pipelines, customer onboarding, data hygiene, observability, and enterprise reporting. Drive AI-augmented SDLC adoption, ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2), hire and mentor engineering leaders, and partner with product and data science to deliver a stable, scalable clinical data platform that supports multi-customer growth and clinical insight generation.