[Hiring] Director of Technology @HugeInc

Role Description

Huge is looking for a Director of Technology to join the global technology team. The ideal candidate possesses a wide range of technical knowledge across multiple systems and solution types. They are skilled at quickly understanding problems and articulating recommendations that have an immediate impact. Someone who understands client business challenges and partners with clients and other disciplines at Huge to design transformative experiences and identify technology solutions to enable them.

You will drive organic business development alongside account leadership, implementing Huge’s delivery methodologies based on Lean and Agile principles. Additionally, you will influence best practices and standards across the technology department, guiding and ensuring Huge remains at the forefront of emerging technologies like Generative AI, neural networks, and advanced data solutions. This role requires a collaborative spirit, working closely with creative leads to shape innovative and impactful experiences.

What you’ll be doing

• Collaborate with clients to understand their technology needs, recommend solutions, and establish strong client relationships.
• Develop and execute a technology strategy that aligns with business objectives and drives innovation.
• Oversee the assessment, planning, execution, and delivery of technology projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Ensure the highest quality standards are maintained in technology development, including code reviews, testing, and performance optimization.
• Identify and mitigate technology-related risks, ensuring security and compliance with industry standards.
• Support relationships with technology vendors and partners to leverage their expertise and resources.
• Foster technical client relationships and seek opportunities for organic growth on the accounts.
• Partner with Huge cross-discipline account leadership to convert opportunities and support outbound business development activities.
• Drive innovation within the Engineering craft community, staying abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance our capabilities.
• Foster behavioral values of continuous learning and professional development within the Engineering craft community, nurturing talent and promoting a collaborative environment.

Target Tech Stack

• Adobe & AEM (Edge Delivery Service practice lead/expertise)
• AEM Architect; contribute to development delivery projects (i.e. initial prototypes based on your technical designs)
• Lead Adobe best practices for engineering
• Advocate and incorporate latest technologies into projects

Qualifications

• Strong leadership skills with experience building, scaling, and mentoring engineering teams of 10+ developers.
• In-depth experience leading full-stack development teams across web and mobile platforms simultaneously.
• Demonstrated success managing complex projects with multiple workstreams while maintaining quality and timeline accountability.
• Proven ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities and translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Experience managing multiple onshore and offshore teams; experience with globally distributed teams.
• An innate ability to foster relationships with all discipline partners at Huge regardless of seniority.
• Ability to work under high levels of ambiguity to identify and evolve technology solutions.
• Dedication to evolving the technology practice, developing materials and content for internal initiatives, and leading them.
• Experience discussing delivery with client executives, clearly articulating your strategic approach to delivery in a non-technical manner, highlighting its differentiators and benefits over other approaches.
• Experience with modern architectural patterns (e.g., Jamstack, MACH, etc.) and enterprise platforms (e.g., CMSes, DAMs, CDNs, etc.).
• Have strong technical expertise in implementing, governing, and scaling multidisciplinary (S)SDLCs across digital organizations.
• Expertise in digital marketing technology stacks and their associated components.
• Able to manage multi-vendor solution deliveries, manage prioritization, and mitigate risks.
• Proven experience designing and implementing microservices architecture at scale, with particular expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP and Vercel).
• Proficiency in leveraging modern AI coding tooling (e.g., Gemini or Claude Code) to accelerate spec-driven development, automated refactoring, and AI-driven code reviews while maintaining strict code quality and test coverage.
• Experience with autonomous multi-agent systems including task planning, memory management, tool calling/APIs, and evaluation frameworks.
• Track record of successfully orchestrating complex third-party API integrations while maintaining system coherence.
• Experience implementing robust authentication systems (Auth0) and content access control for premium/paid content.
• History of architecting and scaling e-commerce solutions with particular focus on security and payment flows.
• Experience implementing modern CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for rapid, reliable deployment.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $163,000 — $200,000 USD. Exactly where a prospective employee will be paid within this range will depend on various factors including the candidate’s depth of experience and qualifications, the level of specialization the role requires, budgetary considerations, and local market conditions.