Director of Engineering - Distribution

Job Description

• This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director of Engineering - Distribution based in United States. This role offers the opportunity to lead the engineering vision for a critical platform area that connects businesses with customers across the global travel ecosystem. You will shape the technical strategy behind distribution products, integrations, APIs, and customer-facing experiences. As an engineering leader, you will guide teams responsible for building scalable, reliable, and high-performing systems. The position combines architecture ownership, operational excellence, product partnership, and people leadership. You will help modernize complex platforms while enabling faster innovation and stronger partner adoption. This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced engineering leader passionate about building technology that powers global experiences.
• Accountabilities: The Director of Engineering - Distribution will lead the technical direction, execution, and growth of a broad engineering organization responsible for critical distribution capabilities. This role requires strategic thinking, strong operational leadership, and the ability to build high-performing teams while delivering scalable technology solutions. Own the technical strategy and architecture for distribution platforms, including partner integrations, affiliate systems, external APIs, content services, and customer-facing booking experiences. Design scalable, loosely coupled systems that enable rapid innovation while protecting core platforms and ensuring long-term maintainability. Lead engineering execution across multiple technically diverse systems, balancing immediate business priorities with sustainable architecture decisions. Establish and improve reliability practices, including SLOs, SLIs, runbooks, observability, monitoring, and incident response processes. Build dashboards and operational insights that improve visibility into partner performance, adoption, and system health. Collaborate closely with product, commercial, and business teams to translate strategic goals into technical roadmaps and delivery plans. Build, mentor, and scale high-performing engineering teams by developing managers, establishing best practices, and fostering accountability. Recruit and retain exceptional engineering talent while creating an environment focused on collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. Encourage responsible adoption of AI-powered tools and modern engineering practices to improve team productivity and effectiveness. Drive platform modernization initiatives, including evolving legacy systems into scalable and maintainable architectures. Requirements: The ideal candidate is an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in distributed systems, platform development, and organizational leadership. They should have demonstrated success managing complex technical environments while balancing business growth, reliability, and engineering excellence. 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years leading engineering managers or large cross-functional engineering teams. Proven experience designing, building, and scaling distributed systems, customer-facing platforms, integrations, or complex technology ecosystems. Strong operational expertise, including SRE practices, observability, incident management, reliability improvements, and system health ownership. Experience defining technical strategy, architecture direction, and engineering roadmaps aligned with business objectives. Strong people leadership skills with experience hiring, coaching managers, developing teams, and creating a culture of accountability. Ability to balance rapid delivery and business growth requirements with long-term architecture, maintainability, and technical debt management. Experience modernizing legacy platforms, including migrating or evolving monolithic systems with minimal business disruption. Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders. Experience working with travel platforms, marketplaces, eCommerce systems, or large external partner integrations is a plus. Benefits: Competitive salary range of $186,880–$280,319 USD, plus potential 25% annual bonus. Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage. 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching. 26 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 12 paid holidays annually. 22 weeks of paid parental leave and 2 weeks of paid grandparent leave. Extended care and bereavement leave benefits. Life insurance coverage. Global leave benefits supporting employees worldwide. Wellness benefits, including Headspace subscription and wellness programs. Work-from-home assistance and hybrid-friendly work options. Educational and professional development opportunities. Paid volunteer hours and community engagement initiatives. Team-building activities, social events, and a collaborative global culture. Opportunity to lead technology initiatives that impact thousands of businesses and millions of customers worldwide.
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