Director Engineering

NICE • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

The Director of Engineering – Data Platform at NICE is responsible for leading and managing the engineering teams that design, build, and maintain the company’s data platform. This role ensures the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and reliable data solutions that support NICE’s products and services

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on data platforms
• 6+ years of management experience in large-scale environments
• Proven expertise in data technologies and large-scale distributed systems
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies

Nice To Haves

• Building horizontally scalable solutions using containers, microservices, and big data technologies
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and open-source data tools
• Track record of delivering high-quality software products on time

Responsibilities

• Lead the Data Platform engineering organization, ensuring alignment with company goals
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of data platform components
• Manage resource planning, delivery milestones, and overall product quality
• Ensure system capacity planning and operational support for the data platform
• Establish and enforce development standards, tools, and methodologies
• Integrate customer and business requirements into engineering efforts
• Stay current with data-related technologies such as Snowflake, Kafka, Flink, Iceberg, Postgres, AWS S3, and OpenSearch
• Manage vendor relationships and third-party implementations
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees