Top Director of Engineering Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Leads multiple engineering teams and managers responsible for a scalable payments platform. Owns technical strategy, architecture, performance, resilience, operational excellence, reliability, AI-enabled productivity, and engineering quality. Partners with Product, Cloud Engineering, Security, and payment gateway providers while recruiting, developing, and retaining engineering talent. Preferred experience includes payment gateways, processors, authorization, settlement, reconciliation, payment risk, transaction correctness, idempotency, payment security, and PCI compliance.

Provides technical leadership for a platform initiative by defining architecture, scalability, and long-term engineering strategy. Designs APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and distributed services; leads complex initiatives; manages dependencies and cross-functional execution; improves reliability, observability, and operational efficiency; evaluates technical risks and emerging technologies; and influences product roadmaps and technical direction across teams.

Leads engineering standards, architecture governance, platform strategy, technical quality, security and compliance engineering, and production AI governance across CSL Plasma’s digital products. Manages cross-domain technical teams, sets cloud and integration direction, owns shared engineering platforms and data architecture, and ensures reliable, scalable, regulated software delivery. The role also drives AI-assisted development, production AI operations, engineering metrics, talent development, and alignment with enterprise architecture and cybersecurity.

Lead engineering teams responsible for Life360’s critical platforms, including location and messaging, cloud infrastructure, identity, and partner ecosystems. Set technical direction, modernize legacy systems, improve reliability and scalability, establish engineering metrics, and develop engineering managers and technical leaders. Partner with Product, Security, Data, and Engineering leadership to align technical investments with business outcomes while supporting secure, high-performing systems serving millions of users.

Leads the Enterprise Platform and Integrations engineering team, including people management, API strategy, partner integrations, technical roadmaps, and operational excellence. Establishes scalable API standards, reusable integration patterns, security and observability practices, and reliable delivery processes. Partners with Product, Operations, Security, Sales, and external partners to deliver complex integrations, improve platform reliability, and support AI-agent access to business capabilities.

Leads a globally distributed engineering organization supporting BlackRock’s ETF systems platform. Owns technical vision, architecture, resiliency, delivery, operational excellence, regulatory controls, AI adoption, and talent strategy. Partners with product, business, risk, compliance, and platform teams to scale mission-critical financial systems, improve engineering practices, manage production stability, and develop senior engineering leaders.

Leads data engineering teams while designing and optimizing scalable batch and real-time data pipelines on cloud platforms. Responsibilities include developing PySpark and Spark workflows, orchestrating Airflow DAGs, managing cloud infrastructure, implementing CI/CD, improving data quality and performance, and mentoring engineers. The role collaborates with clients, product, architecture, and program management teams, while applying generative AI and DevOps practices to improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency.

Leads the Data Products engineering pillar, owning clinical data ingestion, canonical modeling, pipeline scalability, observability, and enterprise reporting foundations. Manages engineering teams and cross-functional delivery while advancing AI-assisted software development practices. The role requires building reliable, scalable data platforms for regulated healthcare environments, improving data quality and readiness, and translating technical strategy into business outcomes.

Leads the manufacturing engineering organization and establishes DfMA standards for modular data center construction. Oversees multidisciplinary electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams; governs module interfaces, BOMs, BIM-to-fabrication workflows, digital twins, and virtual build validation. Determines factory-tested versus field-built assemblies, drives quality and performance metrics, and partners with project management, fabrication, construction, and commissioning teams to improve scalable, cost-effective delivery.

Leads enterprise software engineering, solution architecture, data and reporting strategy for business applications supporting Human Capital, Finance, Supply Chain, and workforce management. Establishes roadmaps, engineering standards, governance, architecture, quality practices, and secure reporting capabilities. Directs cross-functional delivery, prioritization, lifecycle improvements, stakeholder alignment, and organizational development while hiring and managing engineering leaders and teams.

Leads network engineering and digital technology strategy, major project and program portfolios, cybersecurity incident response, budgeting, quality processes, and technology operations. Develops digital capabilities, improves products and services, manages organizational performance, and builds talent through coaching and workforce development. Partners across the organization to execute strategic roadmaps, maintain legacy systems, improve customer-focused solutions, and deliver secure, scalable technology outcomes.

Leads Sila’s Battery Engineering organization across customer application engineering and cell scaling. Oversees cell design transfer, prototyping, OEM qualification, manufacturing integration, contract manufacturer execution, and customer adoption. Partners with Commercial, Business Development, Product, R&D, and Operations to support commercial milestones. Builds organizational structure, workflows, career pathways, and team development while identifying scaling risks and resolving technical bottlenecks.

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.

Leads the software and firmware engineering organization for Form Energy’s energy storage products. Oversees embedded systems, product applications, manufacturing software, fleet operations, deployment, OTA delivery, commissioning, service tools, reliability, and lifecycle support. Establishes architecture, requirements, governance, staffing, and execution strategies while developing engineering leaders and partnering across hardware, manufacturing, product, regulatory, quality, and field operations.

Leads the global Engineering Standards & Safety function for mission-critical data centers. Establishes engineering standards, operating boundaries, asset-acceptance criteria, safety requirements, control and alarm philosophies, and technical risk-acceptance governance. Oversees multidisciplinary engineering teams, validates technical methods, collaborates with regional operations and construction stakeholders, monitors standards adoption, and escalates systemic risks. The role also manages resources, budgets, workforce planning, senior stakeholder communication, and global technical governance across electrical, mechanical, controls, fire, and life-safety disciplines.

Leads a hands-on software engineering organization developing AI-enabled legal automation platforms. Responsibilities include setting technical direction, reviewing architecture and code, owning delivery and platform reliability, managing distributed teams, translating legal workflow requirements into scalable systems, and partnering with product, legal operations, executives, vendors, and clients. The role requires oversight of multi-tenant security, AI capabilities, Agile delivery, hiring, mentoring, and engineering quality.

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.

Leads multiple product engineering squads, owning delivery, architecture, technical priorities, production quality, security, scalability, staffing, hiring, retention, performance management, and team health. Partners with Product and cross-functional stakeholders to align engineering work with business goals, resolve delivery blockers, improve processes and tooling, and manage major technical decisions. Requires hands-on experience with demanding architectures and the ability to work across React, Python, AWS, and MongoDB technology stacks.

Leads the Platform Services organization, managing teams that build internal developer tooling, shared engineering services, golden-path templates, development environments, and AI-assisted development capabilities. Owns platform strategy, service reliability, security, adoption, productivity measurement, and consolidation of duplicated services. Partners with infrastructure and delivery teams, manages budgets and roadmaps, recruits and develops engineering leaders, and drives organizational change and engineering excellence.

Leads software development, QA, and DevOps for a digital insurance platform. Owns engineering roadmaps, delivery governance, architecture, code quality, security, testing, release reliability, and operational improvement. Manages and develops a small engineering team, partners with product and business stakeholders, evaluates technical risks, and guides responsible AI-assisted development. The role requires hands-on technical judgment across modern application architecture, Azure cloud services, CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and secure software delivery.

Leads and builds VulcanForms’ Applications Engineering function, connecting customer requirements to manufacturing capabilities. Responsibilities include hiring and developing the team, establishing feasibility and requirements processes, qualifying opportunities, overseeing design concepts, documenting technical constraints, supporting proposals and strategic pursuits, and translating customer needs for product development and manufacturing teams. The role requires extensive additive manufacturing expertise, technical sales leadership, customer relationship skills, and experience with manufacturing costs and pricing.

Leads enterprise cloud and application architecture, designing scalable cross-functional systems, platforms, integrations, and technology roadmaps. Provides hands-on solution design, code review, technical mentorship, and leadership across development and IT teams. Ensures alignment with enterprise standards, security, business strategy, healthcare interoperability, and HL7 requirements. Evaluates project risks, testing, monitoring, and implementation while collaborating with system owners and external partners. Requires extensive architecture experience plus healthcare, payer data, X12, and EMR expertise.

Leads multiple software engineering teams supporting claims and other technology areas. Responsibilities include hiring and mentoring staff, budgeting, roadmap planning, architecture, hands-on delivery, security and compliance, performance optimization, modernization, CI/CD, technical strategy, and executive communication. The role requires driving scalable distributed systems, cloud transformation, operational excellence, and adoption of engineering best practices.

Leads a 40-person distributed systems engineering organization responsible for Elasticsearch scalability, performance, resilience, architecture, and Serverless capabilities. Develops long-term strategy, oversees complex cross-team initiatives, manages engineering managers and senior technical leaders, drives hiring and organizational planning, resolves critical operational issues, and communicates priorities to executives. Requires deep distributed systems expertise, large-scale software engineering experience, strong operational judgment, and proven organizational leadership.

Leads the hardware engineering organization responsible for architecture, design, validation, bring-up, characterization, and production readiness of high-speed board-level hardware and interconnect solutions. Builds and mentors multidisciplinary hardware, SI/PI, and systems engineering teams; establishes design and simulation methodologies; manages budgets, schedules, risks, vendors, and production release. Partners with IC design, validation, applications, marketing, operations, customers, and ecosystem partners to deliver data center and connectivity solutions.