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About ProductSquads ProductSquads is an AI-first engineering company helping leading Information Services, Data, and SaaS businesses build next-generation AI products and platforms. We combine deep engineering expertise with modern AI capabilities to help our customers modernize data platforms, build intelligent applications, and accelerate software delivery. As we continue to scale globally, we are looking for a Senior Director Data, AI & Engineering to lead strategic customer engagements, mentor engineering teams, and build world-class AI-powered engineering capabilities. Role Summary This is a senior leadership role for someone who enjoys operating at multiple levelsfrom defining engineering strategy and architecture to working directly with teams and customers to solve complex technical problems. You will lead multidisciplinary teams across Data Engineering, AI/ML, Full Stack Engineering, Cloud, and Platform Engineering while driving engineering excellence across multiple customer engagements. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable discussing executive technology strategy with CTOs as reviewing architecture, mentoring engineers, and occasionally contributing hands-on when needed. What Youll Be Doing Engineering Leadership Lead multiple engineering teams delivering enterprise-scale AI and data platforms. Define engineering standards, architecture principles, and delivery practices. Build a culture of engineering excellence, ownership, and continuous learning. Mentor Engineering Managers, Architects, Tech Leads, and Senior Engineers. Drive technical decision-making across multiple customer engagements. AI & Data Platforms Lead the design and delivery of: AI-powered applications Agentic AI systems LLM-powered workflows RAG architectures Knowledge Graphs Data ingestion pipelines Data quality and governance platforms Modern Data Lakes/Lakehouses Analytics and reporting platforms Full Stack Engineering Guide engineering teams building modern web platforms using technologies such as: React TypeScript Node.js Python Next.js REST & GraphQL APIs Event-driven architectures Cloud & Platform Engineering Drive cloud-native engineering across AWS and Azure including: Kubernetes Docker Serverless platforms CI/CD Infrastructure as Code Observability Security Performance optimisation Customer Leadership Act as trusted technology advisor to customers. Participate in discovery workshops. Review customer architectures. Shape technical roadmaps. Lead architecture reviews. Support pre-sales, proposals, and solution design. Build long-term customer relationships. Engineering Excellence Champion best practices including: Architecture reviews Design reviews Code reviews Technical documentation Data contracts API standards Testing strategies Performance engineering Security by design Engineering metrics AI-assisted software development What Were Looking For You are someone who: Has 1218+ years of software engineering experience. Has led engineering organisations delivering enterprise software. Has experience building Data Engineering and AI platforms. Has strong Full Stack engineering experience. Can comfortably work across architecture and implementation. Enjoys mentoring engineering leaders. Has excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Is passionate about building high-performing engineering cultures. .
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.