Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads AWS-native application engineering initiatives across architecture, development, testing, deployment, and modernization. Sets technical direction, oversees multiple delivery workstreams, guides AI-enabled engineering practices, and develops scalable cloud solutions. Builds executive client relationships, shapes transformation roadmaps, supports business development, mentors engineering teams, and drives application performance, security, reliability, and cloud modernization across AWS and other major cloud platforms.

Leads and mentors a product engineering organization, setting technical vision, strategy, roadmaps, and measurable goals. Partners with Product, Design, Data Science, Operations, and Engineering teams to deliver scalable, reliable, secure, privacy-conscious products. Oversees distributed systems and product experiences, drives execution across strategic initiatives, develops engineering talent, hires leaders, and communicates priorities and risks to senior stakeholders.

Leads Deepgram’s GTM Engineering function, owning CRM, CPQ, forecasting, billing, data, integrations, automation, and internal tooling. Translates commercial needs into scalable systems and AI-powered workflows, establishes engineering standards, connects usage and revenue data, and partners with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Data teams. This player-coach role designs, codes, tests, ships production systems, and develops a small team while prioritizing automation and operational leverage.

Lead Statara’s Data Products & Engineering function, owning Snowflake-based data infrastructure reliability and evolution, solution architecture for client engagements, pre-sales technical support, cross-functional alignment, and team leadership to deliver scalable data and analytics solutions.

Leads approximately 35 engineers across data engineering, integration engineering, and integration support. Owns delivery predictability, manager development, operational reliability, SLA performance, data platform modernization, integration scalability, and organizational clarity. Partners with product, data science, commercial, and delivery teams while overseeing healthcare integrations with EHR systems, enterprise data infrastructure, incident management, and client-facing reliability commitments.

Leads a media engineering development team responsible for building and operating media supply-chain systems. Defines strategy, identifies initiatives, validates workflows with operators, surfaces dependencies, drives reliable production delivery, and represents the organization in technical discussions with studio engineering teams.

Leads systems engineering execution and technical integrity across a portfolio of complex intelligence and space programs. Directs the Mission 1 SE&I IPT, overseeing requirements, verification, integration, mission engineering, MBSE architecture, launch integration, and early operations. Establishes engineering strategies, manages technical risk, chairs design reviews, engages customers and executives, supports competitive pursuits, and develops multidisciplinary engineering talent while ensuring mission assurance and configuration management compliance.

Lead and grow the engineering organization, establish technical strategy and architecture, manage engineers, review critical designs, and ensure reliable delivery of business-critical software. Partner with sales, operations, finance, and production teams to translate priorities into execution plans. Set standards for stability, security, quality, monitoring, and documentation while evaluating build-versus-buy decisions and measuring engineering impact on customer and operational outcomes.

Leads a multi-team engineering organization responsible for CVS Health’s customer identity platforms, including authentication, profiles, integrations, and operations. Drives cloud-native modernization, API-first architecture, security, availability, scalability, AI-enabled transformation, and operational excellence. Oversees strategy, delivery, budgets, vendors, workforce planning, metrics, and cross-functional dependencies while developing high-performing engineering teams and delivering customer-facing identity capabilities at enterprise scale.

Leads sustainment engineering for fielded drone platforms, overseeing reliability, maintainability, availability, obsolescence management, failure analysis, field support, configuration management, and engineering changes. Builds and manages multidisciplinary teams, directs repair and upgrade programs, partners with design, manufacturing, and supply chain, and represents engineering in customer and executive reviews. Owns sustainment strategy, budgets, staffing, lifecycle support, compliance, fleet health metrics, and proposal support.

Leads sustainment engineering for fielded drone platforms, overseeing reliability, maintainability, availability, obsolescence, failure analysis, field support, engineering changes, and lifecycle support. Builds and manages multidisciplinary engineering teams, drives corrective actions and product improvements, coordinates repair and overhaul programs, supports customers and program reviews, and partners with manufacturing and supply chain. Owns sustainment budgets, staffing, fleet-health metrics, regulatory compliance, and proposal support for aerospace and defense UAS programs.

Leads a 500-person, multidisciplinary engineering organization supporting multiple mission systems business units. Sets engineering strategy, standards, talent development, operational performance, continuous improvement, execution accountability, and indirect budget management. Partners with Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, HR, and Program Management to align priorities and resolve complex issues. The role requires extensive engineering leadership experience, functional management of large organizations, aerospace and defense experience preferred, and eligibility for a U.S. Government Secret clearance.

Leads US cost engineering for toy and consumer product development, owning cost models, BOM validation, value engineering, cost optimization, vendor development, and savings initiatives. Partners with product, design, sourcing, finance, packaging, and supply chain teams to align costs with quality and commercial goals. Establishes standardized methodologies, reporting, and cost frameworks for new categories and innovation projects while managing multiple product pipelines.

Leads the Flight Software Integrated Product Team, overseeing technical execution, cost, schedule, quality, risk, subcontractors, and customer coordination. Provides direction for software architecture, design, integration, testing, validation, Agile delivery, release planning, and production deployment. Partners with systems engineering and functional leaders to improve development processes, develop talent, manage program commitments, and support proposals and organizational initiatives.

Leads large-scale building operating systems and IoT engineering programs, including BMS connectivity, controls, security compliance, fault detection, predictive maintenance, and asset management. Serves as a trusted client advisor, oversees project delivery and reporting, presents technical solutions, and manages a team of engineering subject matter experts. Develops resource plans, succession strategies, and professional growth programs while supporting facilities, sustainability, business continuity, and lifecycle asset initiatives.

Lead the automation and controls engineering organization responsible for electrical, PLC, HMI, SCADA, motion control, robotics, safety, and factory automation systems. Establish scalable architectures, standards, technology roadmaps, and engineering practices from machine development through factory deployment. Drive advanced robotics and autonomous operations, reliability, compliance, and production readiness while reducing manual labor and costs. Build high-performing teams, manage cross-functional execution, and align engineering investments with business goals.

Leads and grows the engineering organization responsible for B2B event configuration tools. Owns technical direction, architecture, platform scalability, reliability, and delivery while partnering with product leadership. Manages hiring, develops engineers and emerging leaders, sequences major initiatives, and drives high-quality results across a fast-growing platform. The role also involves hands-on technical leadership and using AI tools to improve team effectiveness.

Leads platform engineering strategy across Azure infrastructure, legacy Windows Server workloads, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, reliability, identity, security, cost optimization, and engineering tooling. Builds and develops a platform engineering team while overseeing tenant consolidation, modernization, observability, incident response, and developer self-service. Partners with Security and Compliance to support sensitive and regulated data environments.

Leads software engineering, business intelligence, AI solutions, and R&D functions. Translates organizational priorities into delivery plans, governs portfolios, manages budgets and resources, oversees quality and security practices, and supports internal and client-facing engagements. Develops leaders and technical teams, improves operational performance, monitors project health and profitability, partners with sales and stakeholders, and guides automation, data, software, and AI initiatives from delivery through operational support.

Leads a large, multidisciplinary engineering organization responsible for enterprise analytics platforms supporting healthcare applications, AI products, search, translation, and text summarization. Owns engineering strategy, architecture, code quality, platform modernization, reliability, scalability, observability, and cost efficiency. Partners with Data Science, Product, Analytics, and Architecture teams while mentoring leaders and communicating technical strategy to stakeholders.

Lead Nox Metals’ engineering organization, setting technical strategy, building architecture, recruiting and developing the team, and overseeing software across customer, operations, data, infrastructure, manufacturing, and machine learning. This hands-on role requires close collaboration with sales, finance, operations, engineers, and factory operators while improving reliability, security, testing, observability, delivery, customer experience, and factory performance.

Leads Forward Deployed Engineering teams delivering technical outcomes for major government, defense, and manufacturing programs. Owns technical roadmaps, product scope, production delivery, executive customer relationships, and platform feedback. Builds and scales teams of engineers, product managers, and designers while remaining hands-on with architecture, technical reviews, and early product development. Requires strong product judgment, AI-native workflows, zero-to-one product experience, and the ability to operate across software, hardware, and manufacturing environments.

Leads Forward Deployed Engineering teams delivering technical outcomes for major government, defense, and manufacturing programs. Owns technical roadmaps, product scope, architecture, production delivery, executive customer relationships, and integration of program learnings into Hadrian’s platform. Builds and scales multidisciplinary teams, hires engineers and product leaders, makes tradeoffs involving scope, schedule, cost, quality, and platform leverage, and remains hands-on in early-stage development and technical reviews.

Leads Forward Deployed Engineering programs from discovery through production, owning technical roadmaps, delivery, architecture, customer and government relationships, and platform feedback. Builds and manages engineering, product, and design teams while maintaining hands-on technical involvement. The role requires strong product judgment, executive communication, zero-to-one product development, AI fluency, hiring ability, and experience operating in ambiguous, high-stakes environments involving aerospace, defense, manufacturing, hardware, and software.

Leads Forward Deployed Engineering teams delivering technical outcomes for major government, defense, and manufacturing programs. Owns technical roadmaps, product scope, architecture, production delivery, executive customer relationships, and platform feedback. Builds and manages engineering, product, and design teams while remaining hands-on in early-stage development and technical reviews. Requires strong product judgment, AI fluency, executive communication, zero-to-one product experience, and the ability to operate across hardware, software, and manufacturing.