Engineering Director

About the role

The Engineering Director at FFT – Hospitalités provides technical and organisational leadership to distributed engineering teams on a part‑time, remote basis. You will guide architectural decisions, set engineering standards and ensure high‑quality integration with existing systems and partner platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee delivery of software solutions, guiding architecture and establishing engineering standards.
• Collaborate with product, operations and stakeholder teams to prioritise initiatives, define scopes and manage timelines and resources.
• Mentor team members, review technical designs and code, and resolve blockers.
• Align engineering road‑maps with business goals and continuously improve development processes and tools.
• Monitor performance metrics, manage risk and foster an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture.

Required profile

• Strong engineering management experience, including setting technical direction and defining processes for scalable, reliable systems.
• Proven team‑leadership ability to mentor engineers, build diverse teams and promote cross‑functional collaboration.
• Hands‑on software development background in modern web or cloud technologies.
• Demonstrated project‑management skills for planning, prioritisation, risk management and delivery of complex initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent practical experience; hospitality or healthcare sector experience is a plus.

Required skills

• Integration of systems and APIs
• Project Management
• Engineering Management
• Software Development