Engineering Director

At Alix Partners, we tackle complex challenges by transforming insights into innovative solutions, delivering lasting value for businesses, their people, and the communities they serve. Our products are designed to drive meaningful impact, ensuring sustainable growth and success. By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, Alix Partners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity of thoughts and experiences bring to our firm, and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices.

We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone.
Alix Partners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees' work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person and remote working. Our products are designed to drive meaningful impact for our clients and stakeholders. This role follows a different cadence to traditional consulting or on-site client presence - it follows a traditional product development cadence, while being expected to engage our users in the appropriate situations such as business conferences and in-person workshops.

What you'll do

Build and lead a top-talented engineering hub in Buenos Aires that delivers scalable, secure, and reliable software for our products portfolio.
Create scalable, reliable, and high-performing software solutions that multiply our clients' results and drive business growth.
Modernize and mature existing platforms, drive adoption of best engineering processes, foster innovation, and accelerate productivity.
Take a hands-on role, both at the architecture and code level in advancing our technical goals, while being a steward of the local engineering team.

Key Responsibilities:

Drive the BA engineering hub for new and existing platforms and applications.

Accountable for delivering thought leadership, strategic direction, and technology guidance to achieve business outcomes.

Maintain clear, recurring communication with the Global Head of Engineering and provide actionable guidance to local Technical Leads.

Select, onboard, and manage local vendors and contractors aligned to global strategy; monitor delivery, quality, cost, and compliance.

Define and refine KRs with stakeholders and drive delivery according to business outcomes.

Foster close communication with stakeholders and product owners to improve transparency and SLAs.

Accelerate standardization of engineering processes, software libraries, and reusable components across the firm.

Drive adoption of modern software engineering principles, tools, and technologies to maximize efficiency and productivity.

Advance the maturity of the engineering guild through technical leadership and best practices.

Provide mentorship and promote continuous learning for Platforms engineers.

Lead architecture strategies, governance processes, and long-term software architecture direction.

What you'll need

15+ combined experience working as a Software Engineer, Software Architect, Technical Lead, Technical Manager, or similar technical field.

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience.

Demonstrated expertise in software frameworks, technologies, and development.

A proven track record of collaborating on technical projects with cross-functional teams.

Deep experience in hands-on development work to stand up an architecture and drive the adoption within an organization.

Experience working in accordance with Dev Sec Ops  principles, and familiarity with industry deployment best practices using CI/CD tools and IaC (Infrastructure as Code).

Proven engineering leadership skills, including leading engineering teams and inspiring and motivating cross-functional teams towards a common goal.

Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to craft innovative solutions.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders and influence decision-making; adept at translating complex technical details to diverse audiences.

Management skills,…