Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead and scale Inspiren's embedded firmware organization: define technical roadmap, architectures, standards, and AI-augmented workflows; oversee multi-modal sensing firmware (mmWave, optical, audio), multi-protocol communications, SoC strategy, OTA and secure/HIPAA-compliant systems; manage JDM partnerships and cross-functional alignment across R&D, NPI, and sustaining engineering.

Leads application reliability engineering and support, including incident and problem management, proactive monitoring, operational governance, root-cause remediation, performance analytics, and continuous improvement. Oversees Severity 1 and 2 incident resolution, vendor escalations, service restoration, platform resilience, budgets, resource allocation, and investment business cases. Partners with business, technology, and vendor stakeholders to improve application stability, reduce recurring incidents, and minimize operational risk.

Lead and scale core cloud and bare-metal infrastructure including SRE, global and HPC networking, and distributed storage. Define SLOs/SLAs, incident response, observability, and IaC. Architect InfiniBand/RoCE networks and high-performance storage to support large GPU workloads. Hire and mentor managers and senior ICs, partner with product and program teams to forecast capacity and drive reliability, throughput, and low-latency infrastructure at scale.

Lead the 0-to-1 architecture, development, testing, and launch of Riverside Insights’ Reach platform and next-generation CogAT assessment. Build and manage a 6–10 engineer team, make build-versus-buy decisions, oversee AWS infrastructure and regulated-data compliance, lead customer migration, and translate product roadmaps into technical execution. The role is hands-on, requiring active coding, full-stack fluency, AI-native development, cross-functional partnership, and senior leadership communication.

Owns Azure cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, GitOps, secrets management, databases, data warehouses, observability, and reliability. Leads AI-assisted infrastructure engineering standards and practices, manages and mentors engineers and engineering managers, contributes hands-on to architecture, coding, incident response, and platform improvements, and partners with Security and Corporate IT.

Lead strategy and delivery for enterprise software engineering and systems integration. Set architecture and engineering standards, manage multi-team portfolios, drive CI/CD, observability, security and operational excellence, oversee budgets and vendors, and develop senior technical management to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.

Leads UBC’s Platform Development team, overseeing software architecture, application delivery, platform modernization, and engineering standards. Manages architects, development managers, and software engineers while guiding SDLC practices, Agile delivery, CI/CD, testing, deployment, documentation, security, and operational support. Defines enterprise platform roadmaps involving APIs, workflow orchestration, integrations, event-driven architecture, data systems, and AI-enabled automation. Partners with Information Security and Enterprise Architecture to deliver scalable, secure solutions in an FDA-regulated environment.

Lead strategic build-versus-buy engineering initiatives within Elastic’s IT organization. Design and deliver internal platforms using Elasticsearch, Kibana, Elastic ML, AI, and cloud technologies across developer productivity, FinOps, IT service management, and enterprise efficiency. Establish architecture and engineering standards, partner cross-functionally with IT, Security, Platform Engineering, Finance, and other teams, and validate Elastic products through internal production systems.

Leads multiple engineering teams responsible for platform, infrastructure, identity, observability, reliability, and foundational architecture. Sets technical strategy, roadmap, standards, and architectural direction while ensuring predictable delivery, security, quality, scalability, and operational excellence. Partners with Product, Security, CloudOps, and other leaders; develops engineering directors, managers, and senior technical staff; and drives talent strategy, modernization, developer productivity, and executive communication.

Lead mechanical engineering failure analyses, perform lab testing and field inspections, draft technical reports and rebuttals, manage projects, budgets, and recruiting, and support client communications across time zones.

Lead Boulevard’s infrastructure transformation by defining cloud, DevOps, security, and reliability strategy. Manage and grow infrastructure and reliability engineering teams while architecting scalable AWS platforms, EKS containerization, Terraform and GitOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, observability, disaster recovery, database scaling, and compliance practices. Partner with Product, Services, Data Engineering, and Platform teams to provide secure, highly available, self-service infrastructure that supports business growth.

Leads the creation of Stellarus’s performance engineering and test automation function. Owns automated performance, load, stress, scalability, reliability, regression, and end-to-end testing systems, CI/CD quality gates, performance standards, synthetic workloads, observability-driven analysis, dashboards, and release readiness criteria. Partners with developers and platform engineering across cloud-native services, Kubernetes, APIs, databases, and event-driven systems. Mentors technical teams, leads readiness reviews, and builds a high-leverage team while remaining hands-on with tooling and strategy.

Leads and grows the engineering organization, sets technical strategy and roadmap, oversees execution across multiple teams, and provides technical direction on architecture, scalability, reliability, security, and quality. Partners with Product, Design, Operations, Risk, and the CTO to deliver customer-focused financial products. Responsibilities include recruiting and developing engineering leaders, improving processes, removing organizational bottlenecks, and balancing product delivery with long-term platform and infrastructure investments.

Lead enterprise industrial engineering strategy for consolidation and fulfillment. Design, optimize, and standardize end-to-end processes, capacity models, and automation initiatives. Drive cross-functional transformation, advanced modeling and simulation, capital investment cases, RFP support, and operating standards. Advise senior leadership, partner with Operations and Finance, and guide field teams on adoption and continuous improvement across multi-site networks.

Lead engineering execution and organizational capability for a cloud-based PMS. Drive predictable delivery, platform reliability, modernization, AI-enabled developer productivity, standardized practices, and cross-business platform strategy while growing and developing engineering teams.

Lead and transform the QA function for an AI-accelerated software organization. Define technical quality strategy, CI/CD gates, test-data approaches for PHI, and automation across unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. Build and grow a high-performing quality engineering team, set release standards and exit criteria, integrate AI/LLM evaluation with MLEs, and provide auditable metrics for leadership and regulators.

Provide strategic, operational, and technical leadership for Information Solutions, IT, and Mechanical Design within APS Engineering Support. Lead senior managers, set and execute multi-year digital and design modernization roadmaps (PLM, CAD, MBSE, digital thread), manage budgets and performance metrics, ensure safe compliant operations, and represent AES to stakeholders including DOE and lab leadership.

Leads a 35-person mechanical engineering discipline, overseeing engineering operations, programs, project delivery, staff development, client relationships, business development, financial performance, and commercial growth. Manages 6–7 direct reports, supports proposals and contracts, guides program managers, ensures project quality and timelines, and drives continuous improvement. The role requires extensive A/E/C experience, a Professional Engineer license, commercial multi-site program expertise, and strong leadership and client-facing skills.

Lead the Data Products engineering pillar owning technical strategy, clinical data ingestion, canonical modeling, and scalability. Manage ingestion pipelines, customer onboarding, data hygiene, observability, and enterprise reporting. Drive AI-augmented SDLC adoption, ensure regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2), hire and mentor engineering leaders, and partner with product and data science to deliver a stable, scalable clinical data platform that supports multi-customer growth and clinical insight generation.

Lead and grow the Electrical Engineering practice by winning business, mentoring staff, managing projects and budgets, and providing expert witness testimony. Perform technical failure analysis across industries, produce expert reports, communicate findings, travel globally as needed, and work flexible hours to meet client needs.

Leads the Engineering organization across two remote teams, directly managing, coaching, and developing engineers. Partners with Product to drive timely, high-quality delivery; staffs initiatives, develops technical leads, resolves cross-team risks, supports hiring, and contributes to architecture, technical debt, and scaling decisions. The role oversees execution, engineering process, quality, and team engagement while guiding a high-scale SaaS platform built with TypeScript, Python, Django, React, AWS, Postgres, and Redis.

Lead and enable multiple engineering squads to deliver reliable, maintainable enterprise-scale web applications. Provide technical leadership, enforce engineering standards, manage technical debt, ensure platform operability and quality-by-design, develop engineers and partners (onshore/offshore), and remove blockers to improve delivery flow in partnership with Product, Delivery, and QA.

You will lead engineering teams, develop managers, hire staff, drive quality, and ensure disciplined processes while representing products to stakeholders.

Lead and grow an enterprise implementation engineering team delivering mission-critical integrations (voice AI, call routing, emergency services). Stay hands-on coding and architecting solutions, engage with customers, improve onboarding velocity, collaborate across Product/Engineering/Customer Success, manage budget/vendors, and establish operational rigor and on-call coverage.

Lead multiple global engineering teams to deliver cloud-native SaaS products. Set technical strategy, drive DevOps/CI/CD practices, recruit and mentor leaders, align engineering with product and business goals, and manage budgets and KPIs.