[Remote] Director of Engineering - Data Platform

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. FormativGroup is a company that helps organizations modernize their systems, data, and workflows. They are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the engineering function behind a data platform for regulated enterprises, focusing on delivery, quality, and team growth.ResponsibilitiesLead a distributed engineering team across platform/product engineering, connectors, QA, DevOps/infra, AI implementation, data governance, and supportOwn delivery, quality, release discipline, and execution of the technical roadmapInstall engineering discipline where it's thin: automated testing, QA, CI/CD, release governance, and versioningDrive repeatable, perimeter-safe deployments, including containerization, infrastructure-as-code, secure deployment, and SOC 2 readinessPartner with the Chief Architect on the connector framework, canonical metadata model, architecture decisions, and product IPBuild the team: assess current talent, retain the strong, hire the gaps, and align the team plan to the roadmapPush practical AI use across coding, review, testing, ops, and engineering productivitySkillsEngineering leadership experience; you have run and grown teams, managed engineers, owned delivery, and shipped real productHands-on technical depth in data platforms, metadata, backend systems, or platform engineering; enough to earn the respect of strong engineersExperience building or rebuilding an engineering function from the ground up, especially in a startup or early-stage environmentExperience installing testing, QA, CI/CD, release process, or quality practices where they did not already existExperience leading distributed or offshore engineering teams across time zonesSecurity and compliance literacy for regulated buyers, including SOC 2, audit logging, SSO, data security, or secure deploymentStrong AI fluency, with concrete examples of how you use AI in your own work and across engineering teamsExperience taking an early-stage product to enterprise-grade maturityBackground in regulated industries such as financial services, insurance, healthcare, or governmentFamiliarity with perimeter/on-prem deployment, lineage, metadata, graph data, or migration impact-analysis problemsCompany OverviewFormativGroup is an IT services and consulting firm that helps companies build application solutions and establish dynamic workflows. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in White Plains, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://formativgroup.io.