Director of Engineering - Content & LMS

Ramp Talent • St. Louis, MO

2d • Remote

About The Position

Colibri Group is hiring a Director of Engineering to lead the vision, architecture, and execution of our AI-powered Content Engine and LMS platforms. This leader will own the modernization and unification of Colibri’s global content infrastructure—powering learning experiences across multiple brands—and drive the development of next-generation AI-based content aggregation, generation, and personalization engines. This is a high-impact platform role focused on AI, distributed systems, and large-scale content delivery across web, mobile, and e-commerce ecosystems.

Requirements

• 12+ years in software engineering
• 5+ years in senior engineering leadership (Director level or above)
• Proven experience building large-scale CMS/LMS or EdTech platforms
• Strong background leading AI/ML-enabled systems (vector search, hybrid retrieval, generative AI)
• Experience managing global, distributed teams
• Familiarity with enterprise SaaS integrations and data platform architectures
• Cloud-native architecture (AWS preferred)
• Distributed systems and microservices
• AI-driven workflow automation
• LMS standards (SCORM, xAPI)
• Semantic search, metadata architecture, and content lifecycle management
• E-commerce systems and digital product monetization
• Strategic thinker with deep technical credibility
• Strong communicator who aligns cross-functional teams around shared outcomes
• Comfortable operating at both architecture and executive levels
• Able to balance innovation with operational excellence

Responsibilities

• Platform & Architecture Leadership
• Modernize and unify legacy LMS and content delivery systems into a scalable global platform
• Architect AI-based content aggregation, generation, and adaptive recommendation engines
• Design content ingestion pipelines, metadata frameworks, semantic search, and NLP-driven discovery systems
• Lead development of AI Agents, event-driven microservices, and serverless architectures on AWS
• Blend traditional CMS/LMS systems with modern search, vector retrieval, and hybrid AI frameworks
• Ensure strong integration across enterprise systems (Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, analytics platforms)
• Engineering Leadership
• Lead and scale a global, distributed engineering organization
• Drive a culture of accountability, ownership, and innovation
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Data, and Design to align engineering execution with product strategy
• Establish technical standards, best practices, and delivery excellence
• Systems, Reliability & Scale
• Ensure high availability, performance, and global scalability of LMS and content platforms
• Implement world-class observability, monitoring, and alerting frameworks
• Drive cost optimization and operational efficiency across cloud infrastructure
• Balance innovation velocity with platform reliability
• Strategic Impact
• Partner with executive leadership to define the long-term roadmap for Colibri’s global content ecosystem
• Evaluate and integrate emerging AI, EdTech, and content innovations
• Enable scalable monetization, licensing, and personalization strategies across brands

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed