[Remote] Global Engineering Lead

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cushman & Wakefield is investing heavily in modernizing and transforming its global technology platforms, and they are looking for an Engineering Lead who wants to own technical direction end to end. The role involves guiding full stack teams using modern languages and frameworks to create platforms used by global clients across industries.

Responsibilities

• Define multi‑year architectural direction across full‑stack systems, cloud platforms, and AI‑driven products — focusing on scale, resilience, security, and global performance
• Shape engineering roadmaps using best‑in‑class development stacks (e.g., TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Go, C#, React, Next.js, microservices, event‑driven architectures)
• Foster a modern engineering culture emphasizing automation, craftsmanship, clean architecture, and continuous improvement
• Guide the design and development of solutions built with: Frontend: React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, micro‑frontends Backend: Node.js, Python (FastAPI), Go, .NET Core, event‑driven microservices Cloud & Infra: Azure (preferred), AWS, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), serverless architectures, Terraform Data & AI: Databricks, Azure Data Lake, Spark, MLflow, vector databases, LLM integration APIs: GraphQL, gRPC, REST at scale
• Drive innovation by embedding AI/ML, automation, prompt engineering, intelligent workflows, and data interoperability into core products
• Champion excellence through best practices: Enterprise‑grade CI/CD (Azure DevOps, ArgoCD) Automated testing, contract testing, and quality gates Observability platforms (Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, New Relic, Datadog) Secure‑by‑design principles, threat modeling, zero trust patterns
• Oversee engineering delivery across multiple squads — ensuring consistency, velocity, and reliability
• Lead architectural reviews and key design decisions across services, domains, and integrations
• Establish patterns for scalability, fault tolerance, global data compliance, and cost optimization
• Maintain high standards in coding, cloud security, API governance, and data interoperability
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Operations, and Client Technology to prioritize work, unblock teams, and drive outcomes
• Represent engineering in executive and governance forums with clarity around architectural options, tradeoffs, and investment needs
• Translate complex engineering realities into clear business insights that support strategic decision‑making

Skills

• Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years leading technical teams or engineering managers
• Deep experience with modern full-stack development, cloud-native systems, distributed architectures, and high-scale platforms
• Hands-on expertise with several advanced languages and frameworks such as: Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#, Java, Rust (bonus), SQL/NoSQL stacks
• Strong command of DevOps, CI/CD automation, infrastructure-as-code, and observability
• Strategic engineering thinker who balances innovation with disciplined execution
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, grow high-performing teams, and attract top talent
• Ability to influence across product, business, and technical leadership
• Comfortable making architectural decisions that require both technical depth and business awareness
• AI/ML product integration, LLM orchestration, or intelligent agent frameworks
• Distributed event streaming (Kafka, EventHub), CQRS/event-sourcing patterns
• Experience building platforms used across global organizations

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Retirement savings plans
• Life, and disability insurance programs
• Paid and unpaid time away from work
• Competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements

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