Senior Director, Engineering

Overview
We're looking for a hands-on and strategic Senior Director of Cloud Engineering to lead the global Cloud & Automation team.
As a key member of the Engineering leadership team, you will drive the modernization of our SaaS platform, delivering intelligent automation, AI-powered observability, and highly scalable infrastructure across AWS and GCP.
You will lead the transformation of legacy monolithic systems into modern, service-based architectures while building a high-performing, diverse engineering team.
This role requires strong technical expertise, people leadership, and the ability to influence across teams in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
You have what it takes if you have the following experience and qualifications.
Responsibilities
Lead the strategy and execution of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and CI/CD automation across hybrid environments (AWS/GCP).
Drive modernization of legacy applications into scalable, service-based and cloud-native architectures.
Provide technical leadership in OOP programming using Java, .
NET, Python and Groovy.
Define and enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, design principles, and agile delivery models.
Build, mentor, and scale hybrid teams of engineers and technical leaders across geographies.
Collaborate with product, security, and operations teams to deliver highly available, secure, and performant cloud platforms.
Own the architecture and delivery of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitOps, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
Support RDBMS technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL) and integration in distributed cloud environments.
Conduct regular 1:1s, support goal setting, unblock team members, and build a culture of technical excellence.
Act as a point of contact for stakeholders; drive alignment between engineering initiatives and product roadmaps.
Qualifications
10-15+ years in software/cloud engineering, with 5+ years leading large teams and engineering managers.
Proven hands-on expertise with AWS, GCP, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure automation tools.
Strong programming background in Java, .
NET, Python, Groovy, and object-oriented design.
Deep hands-on experience with key AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudFormation/Terraform.
Demonstrated experience modernizing monolithic systems into microservices or service-based architectures.
Hands-on with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation to manage and version infrastructure.
Ability to design modular, reusable infrastructure components across environments.
Deep understanding of cloud-native practices, security, and observability tooling.
Experience with relational databases: SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL.
Strong time management, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Culture and About Us
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Who We Are
Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world.
Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are.
Galaxy helps identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences for the modern workforce.
More than 7,000 organizations and 100 million+ users in 180+ countries and in nearly 50 languages use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.
Total Rewards
At Cornerstone, we are dedicated to inspiring excellence and pushing boundaries in everything we do.
Our compensation strategy is based on equitable pay, market-driven research, and skill-based appraisals.
The listed salary range is a component of Cornerstone's comprehensive compensation package, which may include annual bonuses, short- and program-specific awards, and a comprehensive benefits offering.
The disclosed salary range reflects geographic differentials based on location if applicable.
The starting salary depends on job-related factors including education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, and market demands.
This range is for a full-time position and may be adjusted in the future.
The BASE salary range for this position is: 206, ,000 USD.
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EEO and Employment Information
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