The Technology Director will lead engineering teams, ensuring quality delivery, mentorship, and strategic alignment with business goals, while managing projects and fostering a collaborative culture.
ABOUT APPLY DIGITAL
Apply Digital is a global experience transformation partner. We drive AI-powered change and measurable impact across complex, multi-brand ecosystems. Leveraging expertise that spans across the customer experience lifecycle from strategy, design to engineering and beyond, we enable our clients to modernize their organizations and maximize value for their business and customers.
Our 750+ team members have helped transform global companies like Kraft Heinz, NFL, Moderna, Lululemon, Dropbox, Atlassian, A+E Networks, and The Very Group.
Apply Digital was founded in 2016 in Vancouver, Canada. In the past nine years, we have grown to ten cities across North America, South America, the UK, Europe, and India.
At Apply Digital, we believe in the “One Team” approach, where we operate within a ‘pod’ structure. Each pod brings together senior leadership, subject matter experts, and cross-functional skill sets, all working within a common tech and delivery framework. This structure is underpinned by well-oiled scrum and sprint cadences, keeping teams in step to release often and retrospectives to ensure we progress toward the desired outcomes.
Wherever we work in the world, we envision Apply Digital as a safe, empowered, respectful and fun community for people, every single day. Together, we work to embody our SHAPE (smart, humble, active, positive, and excellent) values and make Apply Digital a space for our team to connect, grow, and support each other to make a difference.
Visit our Careers page to learn how we can unlock your potential.
LOCATION: Apply Digital is a hybrid friendly organization with remote options available if needed. The preferred candidate should be based in (or within a location commutable to) the Delhi/NCR region of India, working in hours that have an overlap with the Eastern Standard Timezone (EST).
ABOUT THE CLIENT
In your initial role, you will support Kraft Heinz, a global, multi-billion-dollar leader in consumer packaged foods and a valued client of ours for the past three years. Apply Digital has a bold and comprehensive mandate to drive Kraft Heinz’s digital transformation. Through implementable strategies, cutting-edge technology, and data-driven innovation we aim to enhance consumer engagement and maximize business value for Kraft Heinz.
Our composable architecture, modern engineering practices, and deep expertise in AI, cloud computing, and customer data solutions have enabled game-changing digital experiences. Our cross-functional team has delivered significant milestones, including the launch of the What's Cooking App, the re-building of 120+ brand sites in over 20 languages, and most recently, the implementation of a robust Customer Data Platform (CDP) designed to drive media effectiveness. Our work has also been recognized internationally and has received multiple awards.
While your work will start with supporting Kraft Heinz, you will also have future opportunities to collaborate with the global team on other international brands.
THE ROLE:
We are seeking a Technology Director to provide leadership and technical guidance to our engineering teams. In this role, you will act as a key technical stakeholder, ensuring quality delivery, fostering a strong engineering culture. You will play a crucial role in defining architectural direction, supporting project execution, and enabling teams to deliver innovative solutions at scale.
As a Technology Director, you will oversee multiple development squads, collaborating with product, business, and account leadership to drive technical excellence and execution. You will guide teams in best practices, ensure alignment with business goals, and contribute to technical strategy while fostering a collaborative and solution-oriented environment.
Strong English language proficiency and experience working with remote teams across North America and Latin America are required, as this role requires clear communication and coordination across distributed teams, including our clients.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Oversight & Leadership: Act as a technical delivery leader for a diverse portfolio of projects ranging from a sophisticated design system, international brand sites to a platform of shared capabilities and infrastructure. You will be critical in ensuring engineering teams maintain high quality and follow best practices in software development and architecture.
- Mentorship: Support the professional growth of engineers by providing technical guidance, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and mentoring senior and mid-level developers.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product management and account leadership, to ensure technology decisions align with business needs and strategic goals.
- Technical Expertise: Define and oversee the implementation of high-level architecture, key design decisions, and technology stacks across multiple projects. Guide documentation and knowledge sharing within engineering teams.
- Process & Delivery Management: Help structure and manage development squads, ensuring efficient workflows, accountability, and timely project delivery while mitigating dependencies and risks.
- Client & Stakeholder Management: Serve as a technical representative in stakeholder discussions, providing insights, addressing concerns, and ensuring successful technology execution.
- Risk & Issue Management: Work with program managers and engineering leaders to proactively identify and resolve technical, resource, or scope-related risks.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years of leadership experience managing and mentoring engineering delivery teams.
- Strong understanding of modern web, cloud, and platform technologies, with experience in system architecture and software design principles.
- Experience leading teams in agile development environments, ensuring high-quality execution and technical excellence.
- Ability to translate business goals into technical strategies, balancing speed, scalability, and security.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working closely with product, business, and client teams.
- Experience managing distributed and offshore teams is a plus.
- Knowledge of Composable principles (Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native, Headless) and related architectural approaches is beneficial but not mandatory.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advocate for technical initiatives at both a strategic and operational level.
- Experience with front-end and backend software architecture, systems architecture, data modeling, cloud & distributed architectures.
- Relevant experience with (or similar): Google Cloud Platform, Cloud Run, headless CMSs like Contentful, Contentstack, TypeScript, Next.js, React, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Docker containers, Nodejs, Algolia, Cloudinary, Tailwind, consuming and designing RESTful APIs.
WHY JOIN US?
- Be a key leader in a technology-first organization, driving innovation and best practices.
- Work with modern technologies, architectures and a talented global engineering team.
- Influence strategic technical decisions that shape the future of our platforms.
If you're a strong technical leader who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment and is passionate about enabling engineering teams to succeed, we'd love to hear from you!
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LIFE AT APPLY DIGITAL
At Apply Digital, people are at the core of everything we do. We value your time, safety, and health, and strive to build a work community that can help you thrive and grow. Here are a few benefits we offer to support you:
Location: Apply Digital is a hybrid friendly organization with remote options available if needed. The preferred candidate should be based in (or within a location commutable to) Delhi/NCR, with the ability to overlap with the US/NA times zones when required.
Comprehensive Benefits: benefit from private healthcare coverage, contributions to your Provident fund, and a gratuity bonus after five years of service.
Vacation policy: work-life balance is key to our team’s success, so we offer flexible personal time offer (PTO); allowing ample time away from work to promote overall well-being.
Great projects: broaden your skills on a range of engaging projects with international brands that have a global impact.
An inclusive and safe environment: we’re truly committed to building a culture where you are celebrated and everyone feels welcome and safe.
Learning opportunities: we offer generous training budgets, including partner tech certifications, custom learning plans, workshops, mentorship, and peer support.
Apply Digital is committed to building a culture where differences are celebrated, and everyone feels welcome. That’s why we value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are recognized and valued.
For more information, visit our website’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) page. If you have special needs or accommodations at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by emailing us at careers@applydigital.com.
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