Director of Engineering

This Director of Engineering opening is for someone who treats Accountability documentation as a first draft they intend to improve. The technology charter, the $177,000 - $265,000, the 10-year ask — all of it points to a VMware role built for owners, not order-takers.

• Scale VMware's MySQL services from Brooklyn Park pilot to MN-wide rollout
• Lead the CI/CD migration that finally retires VMware's craft-obsessed legacy stack
• Scale data pipelines processing millions of events with Swift
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Brooklyn Park, MN production without dropping the baton
• Prototype proof-of-concept solutions for emerging technology requirements
• Evaluate and recommend new tools, frameworks, and Kafka libraries

• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Real curiosity about why VMware customers do what they do
• Strong working knowledge of Kafka and Kotlin
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a safety-first freelance team
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a director capacity
• Hands-on experience with modern Swift workflows and tooling

Since day one, VMware has been on a maker-minded mission to reshape technology from its base in Brooklyn Park, MN. We trust the director folks closest to the customer to make the call without a committee.

The $177,000 - $265,000 we offer comes attached to mentorship, a clear ladder, real benefits, and flexible freelance days you can plan around.

We hire for hunger as much as resumes, so if that's you, the Director of Engineering role is open.