Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Austin, TX

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.

Owns Azure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, GitOps, secrets management, databases, data warehouses, observability, and reliability. Leads AI-assisted infrastructure engineering standards and practices, manages and mentors engineers and engineering managers, contributes hands-on to architecture, coding, incident response, and platform improvements, and partners with Security and Corporate IT.

Leads a global test engineering organization responsible for end-to-end test strategy, including DFT, characterization, qualification, wafer sort, final test, production release, and sustaining. Owns test cost, yield, quality, capacity planning, and manufacturing readiness for semiconductor power products. Partners cross-functionally to resolve test escapes, yield excursions, and customer returns while driving ATE standardization, automation, data systems, and AI-enabled engineering practices. Develops technical leaders and ensures predictable NPI execution and high-volume production success.

Lead global backend engineering for SoC and MCU programs from RTL to GDS, ensuring on-time tape-out meeting PPA targets. Scale distributed teams, standardize flows and methodologies, enable advanced-node signoff, partner with foundries and EDA vendors, and drive metrics-based execution and quality across concurrent programs.

Lead and define end-to-end SoC functional verification strategies (simulation, emulation, formal), drive verification closure for high-speed interfaces and integrated IPs, establish reusable UVM-based methodologies, oversee emulation/prototyping, debug pre-silicon issues, mentor engineering leads, and collaborate across architecture, RTL, firmware, and post-silicon teams to ensure first-pass silicon success.

Leads global test and product engineering strategy for power semiconductor products, owning characterization, qualification, yield ramp, test development, high-volume manufacturing, and sustaining operations. Drives ATE standardization, test-cost reduction, manufacturing readiness, yield and quality improvement, excursion resolution, and customer-return management. Partners cross-functionally with design, quality, reliability, operations, and manufacturing teams while managing budgets, headcount, capital planning, organizational development, and succession planning.

Leads enterprise platform engineering strategy, infrastructure modernization, cloud and hybrid environments, data centers, automation, resiliency, and disaster recovery. Oversees Windows and Linux platforms, virtualization, compute, storage, backup, vendors, budgets, and infrastructure operations. Partners with cybersecurity, architecture, application, data, and operations teams to deliver secure, scalable, reliable platforms while developing high-performing engineering teams.

Lead strategy and delivery for enterprise software engineering and systems integration. Set architecture and engineering standards, manage multi-team portfolios, drive CI/CD, observability, security and operational excellence, oversee budgets and vendors, and develop senior technical management to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

Leads package technology development, NPI, R&D, OSAT management, qualification, roadmap execution, and budget management for advanced power semiconductor packages. Directs design and development of SiP, power modules, wafer-level, flip-chip, SiC, GaN, DBC, and AMB technologies. Selects materials and manufacturing partners, optimizes processes through DOE, establishes production controls, resolves integration and quality issues, supports production ramp-up, and maintains package design rules and customer adoption programs.

Leads UBC’s Platform Development team, overseeing software architecture, application delivery, platform modernization, and engineering standards. Manages architects, development managers, and software engineers while guiding SDLC practices, Agile delivery, CI/CD, testing, deployment, documentation, security, and operational support. Defines enterprise platform roadmaps involving APIs, workflow orchestration, integrations, event-driven architecture, data systems, and AI-enabled automation. Partners with Information Security and Enterprise Architecture to deliver scalable, secure solutions in an FDA-regulated environment.

Lead strategic build-versus-buy engineering initiatives within Elastic’s IT organization. Design and deliver internal platforms using Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic ML, AI, and cloud technologies across developer productivity, FinOps, IT service management, and enterprise efficiency. Establish architecture and engineering standards, partner cross-functionally with IT, Security, Platform Engineering, Finance, and other teams, and validate Elastic products through internal production systems.

Leads multiple engineering teams responsible for platform, infrastructure, identity, observability, reliability, and foundational architecture. Sets technical strategy, roadmap, standards, and architectural direction while ensuring predictable delivery, security, quality, scalability, and operational excellence. Partners with Product, Security, CloudOps, and other leaders; develops engineering directors, managers, and senior technical staff; and drives talent strategy, modernization, developer productivity, and executive communication.

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 the creation of Stellarus’s performance engineering and test automation function. Owns automated performance, load, stress, scalability, reliability, regression, and end-to-end testing systems, CI/CD quality gates, performance standards, synthetic workloads, observability-driven analysis, dashboards, and release readiness criteria. Partners with developers and platform engineering across cloud-native services, Kubernetes, APIs, databases, and event-driven systems. Mentors technical teams, leads readiness reviews, and builds a high-leverage team while remaining hands-on with tooling and strategy.

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 North American engineering delivery for industrial automation across US and Mexico. Oversee mechanical, electrical, PLC/robot programming, and installation teams; own project execution, utilization, gross margin, and project P&L; build talent and vendor networks; report KPIs to the CTO and ensure regional alignment with global technical strategy.

Lead the global Electrical Markets Division application engineering organization. Define and execute strategy, partner with R&D, product management, sales and operations, oversee application development, validation, demos, and technical optimization. Build and coach a global team, establish processes and best practices, support product introductions, and develop key customer relationships to drive scalable technical solutions and innovation priorities.

Lead global backend engineering for HPC SoC and MCU programs from RTL to GDS, ensuring implementation, signoff, PPA targets, and on-time tape-out. Build and scale distributed teams, standardize flows and metrics, improve execution predictability, and partner with foundries, EDA vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.

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 and transform the QA function for an AI-accelerated software organization. Define technical quality strategy, CI/CD gates, test-data approaches for PHI, and automation across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. Build and grow a high-performing quality engineering team, set release standards and exit criteria, integrate AI/LLM evaluation with MLEs, and provide auditable metrics for leadership and regulators.

Leads a 35-person mechanical engineering discipline, overseeing engineering operations, programs, project delivery, staff development, client relationships, business development, financial performance, and commercial growth. Manages 6–7 direct reports, supports proposals and contracts, guides program managers, ensures project quality and timelines, and drives continuous improvement. The role requires extensive A/E/C experience, a Professional Engineer license, commercial multi-site program expertise, and strong leadership and client-facing skills.

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 Engineering organization across two remote teams, directly managing, coaching, and developing engineers. Partners with Product to drive timely, high-quality delivery; staffs initiatives, develops technical leads, resolves cross-team risks, supports hiring, and contributes to architecture, technical debt, and scaling decisions. The role oversees execution, engineering process, quality, and team engagement while guiding a high-scale SaaS platform built with TypeScript, Python, Django, React, AWS, Postgres, and Redis.

You will lead engineering teams, develop managers, hire staff, drive quality, and ensure disciplined processes while representing products to stakeholders.

Lead and grow an enterprise implementation engineering team delivering mission-critical integrations (voice AI, call routing, emergency services). Stay hands-on coding and architecting solutions, engage with customers, improve onboarding velocity, collaborate across Product/Engineering/Customer Success, manage budget/vendors, and establish operational rigor and on-call coverage.