Top Director of Engineering Jobs in Denver & Boulder, CO

Leads a team of Principal Architects and Engineers responsible for CPE new product introduction and reliability across DOCSIS, PON, and WiFi. Owns vendor engagement, design readiness, lab validation, delivery handoffs, portfolio visibility, budgets, succession planning, and cross-functional execution. Advises executives on CPE technology strategy and reliability investments while developing senior technical talent and maintaining quality standards.

Lead Statara’s Data Products & Engineering function, owning Snowflake-based data infrastructure reliability and evolution, solution architecture for client engagements, pre-sales technical support, cross-functional alignment, and team leadership to deliver scalable data and analytics solutions.

Leads the Insurance Product Configuration and Enrollment Platform Core, managing engineering managers and 20–30 engineers. Owns technical vision, distributed systems architecture, delivery commitments, operational excellence, testing strategy, partner implementations, and cross-team interfaces. Develops engineering leaders, manages hiring and vendors, and drives adoption of AI-augmented development tools and practices. Ensures scalable, secure, reliable platform services while balancing contractual delivery dates with long-term platform maintainability.

Lead multiple software engineering components or enterprise focus areas, set strategic/tactical plans, guide subordinate managers, drive technology adoption and organizational change, manage finances and schedules, engage executive stakeholders, and ensure alignment of engineering activities with business goals while supporting national-security missions.

Leads multiple engineering teams and managers, defining technical strategy, improving stability and quality, and ensuring predictable delivery. Partners with Product, Architecture, business stakeholders, and external partners to prioritize solutions, manage technical debt, and support organizational growth. Develops engineering talent and standards while advancing cloud, DevOps, event-driven architecture, reliability, security, and AI-driven automation initiatives.

Lead and scale Caliola's software organization for mission-critical communications. Establish engineering standards, improve delivery predictability, mature agile practices, mentor technical leads, support productization of DoD-funded solutions, and guide adoption of secure and AI-enabled engineering workflows while collaborating with program management, business development, product, and customers.

Lead the electrical engineering team for designing and developing consumer products, oversee technical leadership in power electronics and embedded systems, and manage product development from concept to production.

The Director of Engineering will lead platform engineering strategy and teams, enhancing developer experience, driving AI integration, and establishing governance for development practices.

Lead and develop motor engineering team, drive motor technology strategy, oversee end-to-end motor development, collaborate with suppliers and engineering teams, ensure optimal performances and manufacturability of motor systems.

Lead reliability, performance, and observability for multiple Vertafore products. Own SLIs/SLOs, incident response, error budget management, CI/CD and automation, and 24x7 on-call rotations. Manage managers and engineers, collaborate with Cloud Ops, Security, and Product to ensure scalable, highly available SaaS platforms.

Lead the strategy and development of propulsion systems for spacecraft and missile defense, overseeing testing, manufacturing, and team management.

Lead Denver-based production, test, and manufacturing engineering teams to deliver qualified spacecraft on aggressive schedules. Own build/test processes, capacity planning, IMS inputs, automation and continuous improvement, test execution and anomaly resolution, and team development while ensuring AS9100/ISO9001 compliance and cleanroom/ESD standards.

Lead multiple platform engineering teams to build scalable, high-volume SaaS infrastructure for security products. Drive technical roadmap, SRE and developer-experience best practices, integrate AI tooling, hire and coach managers, measure engineering performance, and partner with product and architecture to deliver iterative customer value.

Leads the multidisciplinary Integrated Sensor engineering organization across hardware, embedded and edge software, cloud platforms, and distributed systems. Sets technical strategy, architecture, engineering standards, and product delivery processes while scaling reliable systems for nationwide field deployment. Responsibilities include recruiting and developing engineering leaders, coordinating hardware and software development, improving testing and operational resilience, resolving field issues, and partnering with Product, Deployment, Data Science, and company leadership.

Lead engineering strategy, architecture, AI-native product development, execution, hiring, and organizational growth. Partner with the CEO, leadership, and Product to build technical roadmaps, establish AI-assisted development and evaluation practices, improve infrastructure and engineering quality, and maintain delivery accountability. This hands-on leadership role requires coding credibility, product collaboration, talent development, cross-functional communication, and ownership of engineering metrics, culture, and technical direction.

Leads the engineering operating system for complex quantum hardware and firmware products from concept through manufacturing transition. Establishes lifecycle processes, technical gate reviews, quality systems, AS9100 readiness, configuration and document control, engineering tools, laboratory operations, equipment planning, technical-data security, and cross-functional manufacturing-transition practices. Builds and manages Engineering Operations across quality, configuration management, document control, and laboratory functions while scaling consistent practices internationally.

Lead senior engineering teams responsible for ZoomInfo’s operational and analytical data platforms. Set strategy, architecture, and roadmaps for Bigtable, BigQuery, ingestion pipelines, CDC systems, reliability, scalability, observability, and compliant customer data deletion. Manage technical leaders, develop engineering talent, prioritize competing initiatives, and partner with executives, product, legal, compliance, security, and downstream engineering teams to accelerate data onboarding and maintain platform integrity.

Leads capital engineering projects across manufacturing and supply chain facilities, from concept through commissioning and startup. Directs industrial automation, PLC/HMI/SCADA modernization, manufacturing systems integration, digital manufacturing, reliability improvements, and OT cybersecurity implementation. Partners with plant, IT, cybersecurity, maintenance, suppliers, and integrators to deliver secure, scalable solutions, improve operational performance, and maintain engineering standards across multiple locations.

Leads the vision, roadmap, and development of an AI-enabled Service Catalog platform. Combines product leadership with hands-on full-stack engineering across web applications, APIs, integrations, workflows, and AI features. Manages engineering and product strategy, defines success metrics, partners with architects and stakeholders, prototypes capabilities, and ensures scalable, secure, responsible solutions with human oversight.

Leads the technical vision, architecture, development, and delivery of FOS software products. Manages and scales engineering teams, drives modernization from legacy to modern technology stacks, oversees cloud, microservices, APIs, CI/CD, quality, security, and reliability practices, and collaborates with product and business stakeholders. The role also supports talent recruitment and development, compliance with SOC 2 requirements, disaster recovery planning, and continuous engineering improvement.

Lead and scale Inspiren's embedded firmware organization: define technical roadmap, architectures, standards, and AI-augmented workflows; oversee multi-modal sensing firmware (mmWave, optical, audio), multi-protocol communications, SoC strategy, OTA and secure/HIPAA-compliant systems; manage JDM partnerships and cross-functional alignment across R&D, NPI, and sustaining engineering.

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.

Leads multidisciplinary mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and software engineering teams developing and sustaining car wash systems. Oversees system integration, embedded controls, design-for-manufacturability, reliability, safety, compliance, engineering processes, and manufacturing optimization. Manages project schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and change control from concept through launch and lifecycle support while coordinating with production, quality, operations, and international stakeholders.