Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering – Platform Intelligence

📍Full Remote (UK /Germany/USA)

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We’re partnering with a high-growth, product-led SaaS business to hire a Director of Engineering to lead a Platform Intelligence function focused on AI-driven product innovation.

This is a hands-on leadership role combining engineering management, delivery ownership, and cutting-edge work across GenAI and data-driven product features.

The Role

You’ll lead a cross-functional squad (engineers, QA, product, design) delivering AI-powered features and data-driven capabilities into a modern SaaS platform.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, data science, and product, with a focus on turning complex models and emerging AI capabilities into real, user-facing value.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading the delivery of AI and GenAI-powered product features end-to-end
• Translating data science outputs into scalable platform features (UI + APIs)
• Driving adoption of AI tooling and AI-assisted development practices
• Owning roadmaps, delivery planning, and execution across multiple initiatives
• Managing and developing a high-performing engineering team
• Collaborating with Product, Design, and Data teams to deliver impactful solutions
• Improving delivery predictability, quality, and engineering processes
• Managing cross-team dependencies and stakeholder expectations
• Partnering with architecture on technical direction and system design

What They’re Looking For

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in SaaS environments
• Strong understanding of full-stack systems and API-driven architecture
• Experience delivering AI / ML / GenAI-powered features into production
• Solid knowledge of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, or agent-based systems
• Experience working closely with Data Science / Data Engineering teams
• Strong delivery mindset with experience owning roadmaps and execution
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, cross-functional environments

Nice to have:

• Experience with modern stacks (TypeScript, Node, cloud platforms)
• Exposure to data platforms / warehousing (e.g. Snowflake)
• Strong Agile / Scrum background

Why Join?

• Lead a team building next-generation AI-powered SaaS products
• High-impact role with real ownership across product and engineering strategy
• Fully remote, globally distributed team
• Opportunity to shape how AI is embedded into real-world products at scale