# Director of Engineering

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering

A Director of Engineering is a senior technology leader responsible for setting technical strategy and overseeing multiple engineering teams within a software organization, translating business goals into actionable roadmaps. They provide hands-on engineering leadership, manage the software development lifecycle, and typically run Agile/Scrum processes to keep teams delivering predictably. This role is held by seasoned engineering managers or former principal engineers who combine strong team management skills with deep technical judgment to bridge executive leadership and individual contributors.

Top skills: [Team Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/team-management)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [DevOps Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-manager), [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager), [Principal Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/principal-engineer), [QA Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/qa-manager), [Senior Machine Learning Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-machine-learning-engineer), [Senior Structural Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-structural-engineer), [Software Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-development-manager), [Software Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineering-manager)
- Often leads to: [Vice President of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/vice-president-of-engineering)

## Similar roles

[Director of Analytics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-analytics), [Director of Operations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-operations), [Director of Product Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-product-management), [Director of Program Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-program-management), [Director of Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-project-management), [Director of Water Resources](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-water-resources), [IT Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/it-director), [Vice President of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/vice-president-of-engineering)

## Open Director of Engineering roles (14)

- [Director of Engineering](https://mymvw.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MVW/job/Sheraton-Steamboat-Resort-Villas/Director-of-Engineering_JR92009) at [Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/marriott-vacations-worldwide-corporation) — Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas (listed on Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation's own careers site)
- [Director, Core Digital Platforms](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/493ab8df-15ea-4e16-ac50-12d5b5fba4ff/director-core-digital-platforms-at-shake-shack) at [Shake Shack](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shake-shack) — Full-time, Atlanta, GA
- [Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d505544a-cb96-4e23-98b1-d19b79f2f6fa/director-autonomous-vehicles-platform-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — Full-time, Santa Clara, CA, $320,000 – $488,750
- [Director, Cash-In Engineering Partner](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a5064548-77f2-4321-bf8b-88bf15b96ccf/director-cash-in-engineering-partner-at-lseg) at [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg)
- [Director Product and Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d944c0d9-3c4e-416c-a345-e98da03cdde7/director-product-and-engineering-at-the-home-depot) at [The Home Depot](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-home-depot) — Atlanta, GA
- [Director, Infrastructure Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/21421b0c-0d87-4013-bfe1-3ee4a4219de2/director-infrastructure-engineering-at-columbia-sportswear) at [Columbia Sportswear](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/columbia-sportswear) — Full-time, Portland, OR
- [Director, Software Engineering & Architecture - FreeWheel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/bdf4c849-b8c1-4f35-a2df-c7e47d4cc6ba/director-software-engineering-architecture-freewheel-at-comcast) at [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — Chicago, IL, $172,261 – $258,392
- [Director of Engineering – vSphere Kubernetes Service](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a88f4948-ff0c-4458-95b2-d162e181dd37/director-of-engineering-vsphere-kubernetes-service-at-broadcom-inc) at [Broadcom Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/broadcom-inc) — USA-CA - Promontory B, $174,400 – $279,000
- [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8066011d-bbfe-449a-8885-7c2d461eea3c/director-of-forward-deployed-engineering-at-vercel) at [Vercel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vercel) — Full-time, New York, NY, $240,000 – $300,000
- [Director, AI Center of Excellence](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/24cbfdc3-cc69-4232-9285-af46d74bfe22/director-ai-center-of-excellence-at-instructure) at [Instructure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/instructure) — US-REMOTE, $200,000 – $220,000

All 14 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?q=Director%20of%20Engineering

## Likely next role (1)

Where Director of Engineerings commonly go next: [Vice President of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/vice-president-of-engineering).

- [Vice President, Gateway Services Products](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f8152d9f-5f63-4257-9f88-6523060a24a2/vice-president-gateway-services-products-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, US - Foster City, CA, $261,900 – $458,000

## Roles similar to Director of Engineering (37)

From [Director of Analytics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-analytics), [Director of Operations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-operations), [Director of Product Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-product-management), [Director of Program Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-program-management), [Director of Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-project-management), [Director of Water Resources](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-water-resources), [IT Director](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/it-director), [Vice President of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/vice-president-of-engineering).

- [Director of Operations](https://ascentgl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USJ/job/Oscoda-MI/Director-of-Operations_R1789) at [USA Jet Airlines](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/usa-jet-airlines) — Oscoda, MI (listed on USA Jet Airlines's own careers site)
- [Director of Operations](https://flir.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/flircareers/job/US---Redlands-CA/Director-of-Operations_REQ36112) at [FLIR Systems](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/flir-systems) — Redlands, CA (listed on FLIR Systems's own careers site)
- [Director of Operations](https://taylor.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Monroe-NC---Venture-Solutions-Inc/Director-of-Operations_R29689) at [Taylor Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/taylor-corporation) (listed on Taylor Corporation's own careers site)
- [Director of Operations](https://mymvw.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MVW/job/Marriott-Vacation-Club-New-York-City/Director-of-Operations_JR93556) at [Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/marriott-vacations-worldwide-corporation) — New York, NY (listed on Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation's own careers site)
- [Director of Operations](https://brunswick.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/search/job/Edgewater-FL/Director-of-Operations_JR-049234) at [Mercury Marine](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mercury-marine) — Edgewater, FL (listed on Mercury Marine's own careers site)
- [Director of Operations](https://relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/RiskSolutions/job/Alpharetta-GA/Director-of-Operations_R116741) at [LexisNexis Risk Solutions](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lexisnexis-risk-solutions) — Alpharetta, GA (listed on LexisNexis Risk Solutions's own careers site)
- [Senior Director, Intelligent Equipment - Sensing, Analytics, and Digital Innovation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a1df081e-743a-42a8-842e-0cd0d2227fd6/senior-director-intelligent-equipment-sensing-analytics-and-digital-innovation) at [Beckman Coulter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/beckman-coulter) — $210,000 – $275,000
- [Director, Risk Intelligence and Analytics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d6b24c44-b569-4c35-97ed-405067475fce/director-risk-intelligence-and-analytics-at-biogen) at [Biogen](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/biogen) — Full-time, Cambridge, MA, $188,000 – $259,000
- [Managing Director, Product Management – Revenue Growth - Hybrid AZ](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/3ac0c784-cd7f-4046-815b-4062c8094e0d/managing-director-product-management-revenue-growth-hybrid-az-at-best-western) at [Best Western](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/best-western) — Full-time, Phoenix, AZ
- [Vice President, Gateway Services Products](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f8152d9f-5f63-4257-9f88-6523060a24a2/vice-president-gateway-services-products-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, US - Foster City, CA, $261,900 – $458,000

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