Job Description

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 Colibri's 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 Colibri's 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 Colibri's 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 Colibri's 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.

Skills Required