Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Lead the Electrical & RF Systems Engineering team, overseeing hardware architecture, integration, compliance, and testing for UAS platforms while ensuring high performance and reliability.

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 a team in developing embedded software for MANET radios, focusing on drivers, networking protocols, and security features for tactical communications systems.

The Director, Mission Engineering & Management will oversee program execution for a spacecraft bus product line, managing schedules, budgets, customer relations, and system requirements to ensure successful mission outcomes.

Lead the electrical engineering department, overseeing system design, development, testing, and team management across high-performance hardware for observatory systems.

Leads the engineering organization responsible for deploying and integrating TwelveLabs technology across cloud, private cloud, on-premise, and customer-controlled environments. Owns deployment automation, enterprise architecture, CI/CD, observability, security, and operational standards while converting bespoke customer requirements into scalable platform capabilities. Partners with customers, Product, Engineering, Sales, and Security, and builds a globally distributed Deployment and Integrations Engineering team.

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 and grow platform, cloud, and DevSecOps teams to modernize delivery pipelines, implement CI/CD and GitOps, ensure secure, multi-cluster platform operations, align engineering strategy with business priorities, and establish an enterprise tools team supporting Linear, Notion, and ITSM.

Lead engineering strategy and implementation for advanced aerospace manufacturing (machining, CNC, welding, assembly). Oversee tooling, machine programming, process controls, ERP/data systems, and cross-functional teams to meet cost, schedule, and technical goals while supporting business development and standardization across sites.

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 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 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.

Lead technical health and readiness of live studio and broadcast environments. Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair IP-based broadcast and production systems; support LED volume/virtual production, camera and media server workflows; coordinate vendor repairs and RMAs; provide on-site technical leadership and event planning to ensure production readiness.

Lead engineering team to architect, build, and operate large-scale, distributed Node.js web scraping systems. Design data extraction pipelines, solve anti-bot challenges (CAPTCHA, fingerprinting, IP rotation), manage proxies and storage, optimize cloud-native, containerized deployments, implement monitoring and CI/CD, ensure legal compliance, and drive technology roadmap and team growth.

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.

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.

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.