Egen

Director of Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Egen  •  Remote  •  7 days ago
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Job Description

About Egen

Egen is a fast-growing and entrepreneurial company with a data-first mindset. We bring together the best engineering talent working with the most advanced technology platforms, including Google Cloud and Salesforce, to help clients drive action and impact through data and insights. We are committed to being a place where the best people choose to work so they can apply their engineering and technology expertise to envision what is next for how data and platforms can change the world for the better. We are dedicated to learning, thrive on solving tough problems, and continually innovate to achieve fast, effective results. If this describes you, we want you on our team.

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About the opportunity

We are seeking a high-impact Director of Engineering to spearhead a vital span of our AI Practice during a period of explosive growth. This is a dynamic player-coach role for a strategic engineering leader who excels at cultivating managerial talent and developing high-performing teams while staying directly engaged in transformative client delivery.

Our AI Practice comprises roughly 78 top-tier engineers across North America, Europe, and India, delivering cutting-edge AI and machine learning solutions for global enterprise clients in healthcare, life sciences, hospitality, the public sector, and industrial markets. We don't just build proofs of concept—we architect and deploy robust, mission-critical production systems.

Role Overview

Span Leadership and People Management

  • Empower and lead a dedicated span of roughly twenty world-class engineers.
  • Drive performance management, professional growth, career paths, and promotion pathways for everyone in your span in close alignment with the practice lead.
  • Serve as the primary leadership point of escalation for engineering challenges within your span.
  • Direct team staffing strategy in partnership with Resource Management and the practice lead, seamlessly matching engineering talent to high-impact engagements.
  • Oversee contractor operations to ensure smooth onboarding, strategic contract extensions, and healthy engagement delivery.
  • Mentor and coach team leads through crucial career conversations, performance coaching, and complex staffing decisions.

Practice Machinery: Hiring, Onboarding and Enablement

Hands-on Delivery and Client Engagement

What We're Looking For (Basic Qualifications)

Preferred Qualifications

Compensation & Benefits:

This role is eligible for our competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package to support your well-being:

  • Comprehensive Health Insurance
  • Paid Leave (Vacation/PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Sick Leave
  • Parental Leave
  • Bereavement Leave
  • 401 (k) Employer Match
  • Employee Referral Bonuses

Check out our complete list of benefits here - >https://egen.ai/people/#benefits

Important: All roles are subject to standard hiring verification practices, which may include background checks, employment verification, and other relevant checks.

EEO and Accommodations:

Egen is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Egen will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Egen welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.

Egen

About Egen

Egen is a technology services company with leading capabilities in cloud, data engineering, analytics, AI, and platform engineering.

Our more than 700 technology specialists in Canada, Europe, India and the United States have deep expertise and experience working with many of the cloud and data platforms including Google Cloud and Salesforce. We work with organizations across industries to help them unleash the power of cloud and data that create possibilities, empower people, and deliver impact for the better.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Naperville, IL
Year Founded
2000
Website
egen.ai
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