About Business Unit:
The Product team forms the crux of our powerful platforms and helps connect millions of customers worldwide with the brands that matter most to them. This team of innovative problem solvers develops and builds products that position Epsilon as a differentiator, encouraging an open and balanced marketplace built on respect for individuals, where every brand interaction holds value. Our full-cycle product engineering and data teams chart the future and set new benchmarks for our products, by using industry standard methodologies and sophisticated capabilities in data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Driven by a passion for delivering smart end-to-end solutions, this team plays a key role in Epsilon’s success story.
About the Role:
We are looking for a hands-on Director of Software Engineering to lead the development of a modern Integration Platform that ingests, transforms, and loads data from various third-party connectors into our core People Cloud Platform. This role demands strong technical leadership, deep software engineering expertise, and a passion for modern infrastructure and deployment practices. You will lead and mentor high-performing engineering teams while actively contributing to architectural decisions and code review efforts.
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Lead the design and implementation of an extensible integration platform to onboard and manage data from various systems.
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Architect and oversee data ingestion pipelines from external APIs, file-based sources, and event streams into the People Cloud using Databricks, Spark, and custom ETL services.
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Build reusable, scalable connector frameworks with monitoring, retry logic, and transformation capabilities.
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Ensure seamless integration with the People Cloud's APIs, data models, and customer-facing features.
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Drive backend development with Java/Spring Boot and real-time and batch data processing strategies.
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Oversee the frontend architecture (Angular) for internal tools and dashboards managing connectors, data flows, and transformation logic.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and cloud infrastructure teams to align technical delivery with business goals.
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Ensure the platform is multi-cloud compatible, leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP services where needed.
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Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and blue-green deployment strategies for highly reliable releases.
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10+ years in software engineering, with a strong foundation in backend systems and data engineering.
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5+ years of leadership experience, including team building, mentoring, and delivery management.
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Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and building cloud-native microservices.
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Strong understanding of data integration patterns, API consumption, and real-time/batch ETL.
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Experience building multi-connector frameworks is a big plus.
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Knowledge of Angular for front-end development and dashboarding.
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Proven experience with multi-cloud deployment, Kubernetes, Terraform, and observability tools.
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Experience with CI/CD pipelines and blue-green deployments in production environments.
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Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Preferred Experience:
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Building integrations with systems like Salesforce, Workday, Marketo, Google Ads, Segment, Snowflake.
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Hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, or equivalent data processing platforms.
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Strong understanding of data integration patterns, API consumption, and real-time/batch ETL.
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Experience with:
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RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) architectures
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Agentic AI systems (tool‑using agents, orchestration, multi‑step reasoning workflows).
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Experience with spec‑driven AI‑assisted development
