Director of Engineering Ecosystems Platforms

St. Louis, MO - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our client Colibri Group is looking for a Director of Engineering (Ecosystems Platform). Details below...

Senior /Director of Engineering Colibri Ecosystem Platforms

Overview

Colibri Group is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering to lead technology strategy architecture and execution across the Colibri Ecosystem spanning our diverse portfolio in Healthcare Real Estate and Financial Services.

This strategic enterprise-level role will define and drive the engineering vision for Colibris ecosystem platforms ensuring our technology foundation enables growth scale and innovation across brands. The Senior Director will lead a global engineering organization of 50 engineers including managers and directors and will partner with executive stakeholders to deliver on Colibris transformation and growth objectives.

The ideal candidate is a high-impact technology leader with deep experience in e-commerce and large-scale backend systems a proven track record in AI-first modernization and the ability to translate business strategy into scalable high-performing engineering outcomes. Experience in EdTech or content-driven technology environments is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Technology Leadership

Lead Colibris Ecosystem Engineering Strategy aligning technology architecture innovation and execution across all business verticals (Healthcare Real Estate eg).
Serve as the primary technology leader for ecosystem-wide initiatives enabling interoperability shared services and unified architecture across brands.
Define and execute a multi-year modernization roadmap moving toward cloud-native API-first and event-driven architectures.
Champion an AI-first mindset driving automation intelligent insights and data-powered decisioning across systems.
Ensure that technology investments directly support business scalability operational efficiency and learner experience excellence.

Organizational Leadership

Lead and mentor a global engineering organization (50 engineers) including multiple managers and directors across distributed locations.
Foster a culture of innovation accountability and continuous improvement enabling teams to deliver at enterprise scale.
Build and evolve engineering leadership capability to support Colibris long-term technology strategy.
Collaborate with HR and People leaders to drive engineering talent strategy succession planning and organizational effectiveness.

Architecture & Delivery Ownership

Own end-to-end architecture and delivery of core ecosystem platforms supporting global brands and shared services.
Establish strong engineering standards and best practices across architecture code quality observability and CI/CD.
Drive technical alignment and reusable platform components across Colibri brands to accelerate speed-to-market and reduce technical debt.
Partner with AI Data and Product teams to deliver intelligent adaptive and personalized experiences across ecosystems.

Cross-Functional & Executive Collaboration

Act as the engineering voice at the ecosystem leadership table partnering with Product Data and Business executives to align technology strategy with enterprise objectives.
Work closely with functional stakeholders to deliver scalable solutions that enable new growth opportunities improve platform efficiency and support global expansion.
Represent engineering in executive forums and strategic planning ensuring technology priorities are integrated into corporate goals.
Support key initiatives such as Content Engine 2026 brand migrations and ecosystem platform convergence.

Qualifications

Experience

15 years in software engineering with 7 years in senior leadership roles overseeing large multi-brand or enterprise-scale engineering teams.
Proven track record leading global organizations (50 engineers) including managers and directors.
Extensive experience in e-commerce systems backend architecture and platform engineering.
Strong understanding of AI/ML enablement cloud-native modernization and enterprise platform transformation.
Background in EdTech digital content platforms or learning ecosystems preferred.
Demonstrated success in cross-brand technology leadership and executive stakeholder management.

Skills

Visionary leader with ability to connect technology architecture to business strategy and growth enablement.
Deep technical expertise in AWS microservices API-driven architectures and event-based systems.
Strong AI-first and automation mindset with practical experience applying AI to engineering velocity and product capabilities.
Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; adept at influencing senior executives and aligning global teams.
Proven ability to lead large-scale transformation programs with measurable business impact.
High emotional intelligence resilience and strategic acumen.

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