Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Boston, MA

Leads an interdisciplinary automation engineering team developing, deploying, qualifying, and improving automated manufacturing equipment for cell and genetic therapies. Oversees mechanical, electrical, controls, robotics, vision, vendor, commissioning, validation, technology transfer, troubleshooting, and equipment strategy activities. Partners with manufacturing, quality, and vendors to integrate systems, manage documentation, support investigations, and deliver projects on schedule and within budget. The role requires strong regulatory, technical, leadership, and project management expertise.

Leads a 60-person engineering organization, managing seven engineering managers and owning delivery, staffing, organizational health, manager development, operating strategy, technical roadmap, and AI adoption. Establishes engineering KPIs using Linear, DORA, and reliability metrics; improves delivery predictability and system reliability; guides architecture and capacity allocation; and ships production AI or agentic initiatives with standards for security, cost, observability, and reliability.

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.

Provides global strategic and operational leadership for engineering, capital projects, manufacturing systems, automation, digital transformation, operational excellence, and process safety. Oversees major plant builds, expansions, and capital portfolios; advances PLC/SCADA, MES, robotics, IT/OT, and Industry 4.0 capabilities; improves OEE and reliability; ensures GMP, ISO, PSM, and regulatory compliance; and leads global engineering teams, budgets, talent development, and cross-functional execution.

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 analytics engineering teams developing scalable software, data, and machine learning systems on Google Cloud. Oversees distributed systems, real-time streaming, AI/ML integrations, architecture, performance, delivery, risk, and engineering operations. Recruits and mentors engineers and managers, establishes performance goals, guides prioritization, collaborates across technical and business teams, and advances data and AI capabilities supporting healthcare outcomes.

Leads platform engineering across learner and enterprise products, setting architecture direction, integrating AI and data capabilities, managing engineering managers and teams, and improving quality, reliability, security, accessibility, and delivery. Partners with product, design, IT, cloud operations, sales, and executives on strategy, planning, budgets, and enterprise SaaS outcomes.

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.

Lead Perk’s go-to-market engineering function, owning its architecture, tooling, automation roadmap, and commercial impact. Build production workflows in Clay and modern LLM and agent platforms, integrate CRM and revenue systems, and code in Python, SQL, SOQL, or TypeScript. Automate prospecting, sales productivity, and account management processes across global teams. Lead a senior international team, establish engineering standards, partner with Sales and Revenue Operations leadership, and measure outcomes against revenue metrics.

Leads engineering enablement across DevOps platforms, cloud infrastructure, SDLC tooling, architecture governance, DevSecOps, software quality, compliance, and developer productivity. Establishes engineering standards, secure delivery practices, reusable platform capabilities, and automation while managing technical teams, roadmaps, vendors, and organizational adoption. Partners with security, quality, regulatory, infrastructure, product, and engineering leadership to improve software delivery speed, reliability, compliance, and developer experience.

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.

Lead Attentive’s cloud platform organization, overseeing AWS infrastructure, Snowflake and centralized data platforms, database infrastructure, DevOps, and cloud cost optimization. Set technical strategy, improve reliability and operational standards, lead migrations, build self-service developer workflows, and develop engineering managers and technical leaders. Partner across Engineering, Product, Finance, and Developer Experience to improve infrastructure efficiency, scalability, security, and delivery speed.

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.

Lead the Fan Experience engineering team building consumer-facing ticket discovery and purchasing features across web and mobile. This hands-on role involves coding, mentoring, hiring, owning the engineering roadmap, improving velocity through AI tools and internal platforms, partnering with Product and Design, managing technical risks and debt, and delivering measurable marketplace outcomes. The manager will guide full-stack architecture, experimentation, quality, and cross-team technical initiatives.

Leads a multidisciplinary wet lab engineering team developing bespoke instruments, robotics, automation, software, and integrated experimental systems. Sets technical vision, advances autonomous laboratory operations, partners with scientists and AI/ML teams, translates scientific needs into deployed capabilities, and builds a culture of technical excellence. The role supports biotechnology and protein drug discovery by connecting physical experimentation with data and computation.

Leads Agent Assist, Workflow, and Tooling engineering teams; sets technical strategy; architects scalable customer-care systems; delivers AI/ML solutions; oversees modernization, DevOps, security, reliability, roadmap planning, and cross-functional execution. Builds and mentors engineering managers and senior engineers while driving operational excellence and improved customer and agent experiences.

Leads and develops a cross-functional software engineering team delivering and operating an enterprise AI platform. Responsibilities include coaching engineers, improving software development, testing, DevOps, support, reliability, observability, and delivery practices; partnering with product, architecture, AI, and business leaders; hiring and developing talent; and occasionally contributing hands-on to coding, debugging, automation, technical spikes, and code reviews.

Leads solution engineering and customer support operations for a digital health data platform. Responsibilities include building distributed engineering and support teams, leading technical pre-sales, designing customer data solutions, managing architecture and handoffs, owning post-launch support and incident resolution, establishing SLAs and operational metrics, overseeing vendors and budgets, and partnering with Product and Platform Engineering to improve reliability and reduce support demand.

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 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.