[Hiring] Director of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence @Egen

Role Description

We are seeking a high-impact Director of Engineering to spearhead a vital span of our AI Practice during a period of explosive growth. This is a dynamic player-coach role for a strategic engineering leader who excels at cultivating managerial talent and developing high-performing teams while staying directly engaged in transformative client delivery.

Our AI Practice comprises roughly 78 top-tier engineers across North America, Europe, and India, delivering cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions for global enterprise clients in healthcare, life sciences, hospitality, the public sector, and industrial markets.

As our first dedicated engineering leader in this role, you will take full ownership of a team of roughly twenty engineers—shaping team structure, staffing engagements, and fostering accelerated professional growth.

Reporting directly to the AI Practice Lead, you will work side-by-side with practice leadership, particularly during your initial two quarters. Approximately 50% of your role will be billable client engagement, positioning you as a high-value fractional advisor and platform leader across critical technical domains.

What You'll Do

• Span Leadership and People Management
  • Empower and lead a dedicated span of roughly twenty world-class engineers.
  • Drive performance management, professional growth, career paths, and promotion pathways for everyone in your span.
  • Serve as the primary leadership point of escalation for engineering challenges within your span.
  • Direct team staffing strategy in partnership with Resource Management and the practice lead.
  • Oversee contractor operations to ensure smooth onboarding, strategic contract extensions, and healthy engagement delivery.
  • Mentor and coach team leads through crucial career conversations, performance coaching, and complex staffing decisions.
• Practice Machinery: Hiring, Onboarding, and Enablement
  • Spearhead the practice-wide hiring engine in collaboration with the practice lead.
  • Champion the entire career progression pipeline from onboarding to senior technical leader.
  • Lead the practice's internal accelerator program alongside the practice lead.
• Hands-on Delivery and Client Engagement
  • Maintain an active billable portfolio (~50% focus) across strategic, fractional advisory and platform consulting roles.
  • Provide overarching technical leadership on AI SDLC initiatives.
  • Drive robust AI governance solutions within highly regulated industries.
  • Architect enterprise platform and pipeline deployments.
  • Serve as a trusted executive advisor to client engineering leaders.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive engineering experience, including significant leadership experience guiding full engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated experience managing engineering leaders and managers.
• Proven ability to build high-functioning organizational infrastructure.
• Deep technical strength in platform, pipeline, and infrastructure architecture.
• Hands-on expertise deploying production AI/ML systems.
• Deep Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience.
• Sharp consulting acumen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional services experience preferred.
• Collaborative mindset and comfort partnering closely with practice leadership.
• Exceptional communication and executive presence.

Compensation & Benefits

This role is eligible for our competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to support your well-being:

• Comprehensive Health Insurance
• Paid Leave (Vacation/PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Sick Leave
• Parental Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• 401 (k) Employer Match
• Employee Referral Bonuses

Check out our complete list of benefits here .