Director - Digital Platform Engineering

FERGUSON

1d•$9,410 - $17,833•Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Digital Platform Engineering is responsible for leading the engineering teams building Ferguson's next-generation digital platform. This leader will implement the modernization strategy by delivering reusable platform capabilities, modern engineering practices, and scalable services that enable multiple digital channels on a unified architecture. The role is accountable for delivering platform initiatives that reduce technology fragmentation, improve engineering velocity, and accelerate the transition toward a composable, API-first platform while ensuring operational stability and continuous business delivery.

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience with experience of leading multiple teams.
Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms, platform modernization, or large-scale engineering transformation initiatives.
Experience leading cross-functional engineering programs from architecture through production delivery.
Experience building reusable platform capabilities supporting multiple products, channels, or business domains.
Strong experience building cloud-native distributed systems and modern digital platforms.
Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and performance engineering practices.
Strong understanding of scalable platform architecture and modern engineering patterns.
Experience designing enterprise APIs and shared services that support multiple applications, teams, and business capabilities.
Experience implementing secure, resilient, and highly available production systems.
Ability to evaluate technology trade-offs and make pragmatic engineering decisions.
Strong engineering leadership with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
Proven ability to lead multiple engineering teams through complex modernization initiatives.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
Experience building high-performing engineering organizations focused on delivery, quality, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering reusable platform capabilities that support multiple digital experiences while maintaining high standards for quality, scalability, and reliability.
Execute the platform modernization roadmap by transforming fragmented applications into reusable services, shared capabilities, and modern cloud-native solutions using API-first, event-driven, and headless architecture principles.
Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for platform development, modernization initiatives, and production support while fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
Partner with Architects and Principal Engineers to translate platform strategy into executable technical roadmaps, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and secure implementations.
Ensure platform availability, resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence through proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and continuous optimization.
Partner with Product Management, UX, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and other engineering organizations to deliver platform capabilities aligned with business priorities.
Build, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, Principal Engineers, and software engineering teams while creating a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.