Top Director of Engineering Jobs in NYC, NY

Lead the electrical engineering team for designing and developing consumer products, oversee technical leadership in power electronics and embedded systems, and manage product development from concept to production.

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

Lead multiple technology areas and departments for Equity Derivatives Technology, define firmwide AI-enabled engineering and SDLC automation strategy, establish governance and guardrails for AI use, drive cloud-native practices, oversee cross-product delivery, and influence senior stakeholders to improve speed, scalability, reliability, and cost-to-serve.

Lead and scale Inspiren's embedded firmware organization: define technical roadmap, architectures, standards, and AI-augmented workflows; oversee multi-modal sensing firmware (mmWave, optical, audio), multi-protocol communications, SoC strategy, OTA and secure/HIPAA-compliant systems; manage JDM partnerships and cross-functional alignment across R&D, NPI, and sustaining engineering.

Leads a large, multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for enterprise analytics platforms supporting healthcare applications, AI products, search, translation, and text summarization. Owns engineering strategy, architecture, code quality, platform modernization, reliability, scalability, observability, and cost efficiency. Partners with Data Science, Product, Analytics, and Architecture teams while mentoring leaders and communicating technical strategy to stakeholders.

Leads engineering strategy, architecture, reliability, delivery practices, and vendor selection across Axios products, platforms, workflows, and internal systems. Develops engineering managers and senior technical leaders, strengthens planning and quality, aligns engineering capacity with business priorities, and partners with executive, product, design, newsroom, and business stakeholders. The role also drives AI adoption in software development and defines engineering standards, benchmarks, and operating practices.

Lead the Rainmaker Ad Server engineering domain, owning strategy, architecture, and delivery for low-latency, high-throughput ad decisioning and serving systems. Drive cross-functional partnerships, technical roadmap, reliability, incident response, team development, and platform modernization to optimize monetization and operational excellence.

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.

Lead and develop motor engineering team, drive motor technology strategy, oversee end-to-end motor development, collaborate with suppliers and engineering teams, ensure optimal performances and manufacturability of motor systems.

Lead the Financial Incentives (FIN) engineering function end-to-end (ingestion, eligibility, adjudication, accumulation, payments/treasury). Own correctness, reliability, security, roadmap, hiring and development of managers and senior ICs. Stay hands-on with design, code, and incidents; establish validation standards, event-driven boundaries, AI-native engineering practices, and partner cross-functionally with CTO, Product, Finance, and Operations.

Leads engineering strategy and performance across multiple manufacturing business units and substrates. Responsibilities include developing engineering leaders, prioritizing initiatives, improving uptime, throughput, yield, reliability, and manufacturing readiness, standardizing engineering practices, supporting capital projects, and resolving complex technical and operational issues. The role partners with Operations, Quality, Maintenance, EH&S, Supply Chain, Finance, and other stakeholders to drive enterprise manufacturing performance and capability.

Leads the software engineering organization responsible for scalable, reliable applications and systems integrating hardware, embedded software, edge computing, cloud infrastructure, and machine learning. Sets technical strategy, develops engineering leaders, drives product delivery, establishes engineering standards, and ensures operational excellence across national-scale deployments. Partners with Product, Deployment, Data Science, and executive leadership to align roadmaps, resolve risks, and build high-performing distributed teams.

Lead and scale a Support Engineering function for Ashby across the Americas. Own vision, operating model, escalation/triage standards, reporting, tooling, and cross-functional feedback with Product and Engineering. Manage a Support Engineering Manager, drive hiring and career paths, and use data to reduce recurring technical friction while balancing immediate customer resolution with durable product improvements.

Lead and grow Proof’s IT Engineering team while transforming corporate IT from reactive help desk support into an engineering-first function. Own the strategy and roadmap for identity, access, endpoints, SaaS, vendors, procurement, and budgeting. Mentor engineers, implement infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, GitOps, automation, and AI-driven operations, reduce ticket volume through root-cause fixes, and partner with InfoSec on security and compliance.

Leads the Enterprise Systems engineering team, partnering with finance, product, business, and analytics stakeholders to deliver business-facing tools, integrations, platforms, and reporting. Responsibilities include writing and maintaining code, evaluating architecture, improving system reliability and observability, managing stakeholder expectations, mentoring and managing engineers, and overseeing operational support for finance systems.

Build and maintain Java Spring Boot services, Python ETL pipelines, data quality rules, operational data stores, and data warehouses. Analyze data and system anomalies, provide production support, manage schemas, develop microservices and APIs, and participate across the SDLC. Collaborate with business users, vendors, central IT, and global investment management teams while maintaining secure, upgraded software. Apply investment management, portfolio analytics, risk, and multi-level fund look-through expertise.

Leads citywide engineering for NYC Parks, managing engineering staff, structural projects, consultant contracts, procurement, design, construction, inspections, budgets, schedules, and quality assurance. Performs structural assessments, calculations, drawings, feasibility studies, estimates, and field inspections. Coordinates permits, agency approvals, stakeholders, architects, consultants, and contractors while serving as the agency-wide engineering subject-matter expert and resolving construction or public-safety issues.

Lead multiple platform engineering teams to build scalable, high-volume SaaS infrastructure for security products. Drive technical roadmap, SRE and developer-experience best practices, integrate AI tooling, hire and coach managers, measure engineering performance, and partner with product and architecture to deliver iterative customer value.

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.

Lead engineering strategy, architecture, AI-native product development, execution, hiring, and organizational growth. Partner with the CEO, leadership, and Product to build technical roadmaps, establish AI-assisted development and evaluation practices, improve infrastructure and engineering quality, and maintain delivery accountability. This hands-on leadership role requires coding credibility, product collaboration, talent development, cross-functional communication, and ownership of engineering metrics, culture, and technical direction.

Responsible for the health and stability of production applications, leading incident management, operational controls, and team development within WM Technology.

Lead senior engineering teams responsible for ZoomInfo’s operational and analytical data platforms. Set strategy, architecture, and roadmaps for Bigtable, BigQuery, ingestion pipelines, CDC systems, reliability, scalability, observability, and compliant customer data deletion. Manage technical leaders, develop engineering talent, prioritize competing initiatives, and partner with executives, product, legal, compliance, security, and downstream engineering teams to accelerate data onboarding and maintain platform integrity.

Lead and manage the Electrical Design Engineering team for 30+ facilities, deliver HV/MV/LV electrical designs for capital projects and operations, develop standards, lead FEED/FEL, manage external engineering partners, mentor SMEs, and drive reliability, risk assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Leads the technical vision, architecture, development, and delivery of FOS software products. Manages and scales engineering teams, drives modernization from legacy to modern technology stacks, oversees cloud, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, quality, security, and reliability practices, and collaborates with product and business stakeholders. The role also supports talent recruitment and development, compliance with SOC 2 requirements, disaster recovery planning, and continuous engineering improvement.

Lead engineering for enterprise application platforms, provide technical and strategic leadership, own architecture and delivery, build and coach teams, enforce engineering standards, drive cloud-native modernization, manage vendors, and ensure production reliability and security for 24/7 mission-critical systems.