Director, Software Engineering

Overview

Hands-on Director of Software Engineering to lead development of a modern Integration Platform that ingests, transforms, and loads data from third-party connectors into the People Cloud Platform. This role provides technical leadership, architectural input, and code review while mentoring engineering teams.

• Lead design and implementation of an extensible integration platform to onboard and manage data from various systems.
• Architect and oversee data ingestion pipelines from external APIs, file-based sources, and event streams into the People Cloud using Databricks, Spark, and ETL services.
• Build reusable, scalable connector frameworks with monitoring, retry logic, and transformation capabilities.
• Ensure seamless integration with the People Cloud APIs, data models, and customer-facing features.
• Drive backend development with Java/Spring Boot and real-time and batch data processing strategies.
• Oversee frontend architecture (Angular) for internal tools and dashboards managing connectors, data flows, and transformation logic.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and cloud infrastructure teams to align technical delivery with business goals.
• Ensure the platform is multi-cloud compatible, leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP services where needed.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and blue-green deployment strategies for reliable releases.

• 10+ years in software engineering, with a strong foundation in backend systems and data engineering.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, including team building, mentoring, and delivery management.
• Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and building cloud-native microservices.
• Strong understanding of data integration patterns, API consumption, and real-time/batch ETL.
• Experience building multi-connector frameworks is a big plus.
• Knowledge of Angular for front-end development and dashboards.
• Proven experience with multi-cloud deployment, Kubernetes, Terraform, and observability tools.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and blue-green deployments in production environments.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Preferred:
  Building integrations with systems like Salesforce, Workday, Marketo, Google Ads, Segment, Snowflake;
  Databricks or Spark.
• Familiarity with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and AI-assisted development is a plus.

Equal Opportunity and Compliance Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide accommodations to applicants needing assistance during the process. For San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles, we consider applicants consistent with local ordinances. Compensation range: USD 129,500 – 240,500 annually. Final date to receive applications: 8/20/2026.