Overview About Business Unit: The Product team forms the crux of our powerful platforms and helps connect millions of customers worldwide with the brands that matter most to them. This team of innovative problem solvers develops and builds products that position Epsilon as a differentiator, encouraging an open and balanced marketplace built on respect for individuals, where every brand interaction holds value. Our full-cycle product engineering and data teams chart the future and set new benchmarks for our products, by using industry standard methodologies and sophisticated capabilities in data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Driven by a passion for delivering smart end-to-end solutions, this team plays a key role in Epsilon’s success story. About the Role: We are looking for a hands-on Director of Software Engineering to lead the development of a modern Integration Platform that ingests, transforms, and loads data from various third-party connectors into our core People Cloud Platform. This role demands strong technical leadership, deep software engineering expertise, and a passion for modern infrastructure and deployment practices. You will lead and mentor high-performing engineering teams while actively contributing to architectural decisions and code review efforts. Click here to view how Epsilon transforms marketing with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. Responsibilities Lead the design and implementation of an extensible integration platform to onboard and manage data from various systems. Architect and oversee data ingestion pipelines from external APIs, file-based sources, and event streams into the People Cloud using Databricks, Spark, and custom ETL services. Build reusable, scalable connector frameworks with monitoring, retry logic, and transformation capabilities. Ensure seamless integration with the People Cloud's APIs, data models, and customer-facing features. Drive backend development with Java/Spring Boot and real-time and batch data processing strategies. Oversee the frontend architecture (Angular) for internal tools and dashboards managing connectors, data flows, and transformation logic. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, data, and cloud infrastructure teams to align technical delivery with business goals. Ensure the platform is multi-cloud compatible, leveraging AWS, Azure, or GCP services where needed. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and blue-green deployment strategies for highly reliable releases. Qualifications 10+ years in software engineering, with a strong foundation in backend systems and data engineering. 5+ years of leadership experience, including team building, mentoring, and delivery management. Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and building cloud-native microservices. Strong understanding of data integration patterns, API consumption, and real-time/batch ETL. Experience building multi-connector frameworks is a big plus. Knowledge of Angular for front-end development and dashboarding. Proven experience with multi-cloud deployment, Kubernetes, Terraform, and observability tools. Experience with CI/CD pipelines and blue-green deployments in production environments. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Preferred Experience: Building integrations with systems like Salesforce, Workday, Marketo, Google Ads, Segment, Snowflake. Hands-on experience with Databricks, Spark, or equivalent data processing platforms. Strong understanding of data integration patterns, API consumption, and real-time/batch ETL. Experience with: RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) architectures Agentic AI systems (tool‑using agents, orchestration, multi‑step reasoning workflows). Experience with spec‑driven AI‑assisted development Additional Information Epsilon is a global data, technology and services company that powers the marketing and advertising ecosystem. For decades, we’ve provided marketers from the world’s leading brands the data, technology and services they need to engage consumers with 1 View, 1 Vision and 1 Voice. 1 View of their universe of potential buyers. 1 Vision for engaging each individual. And 1 Voice to harmonize engagement across paid, owned and earned channels. Epsilon’s comprehensive portfolio of capabilities across our suite of digital media, messaging and loyalty solutions bridge the divide between marketing and advertising technology. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each day using advanced AI and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading by Forrester, Adweek and the MRC. Epsilon is a global company with more than 9,000 employees around the world. Our pillars aren't just words. They're how we show up every day. People centricity: We focus on employee well-being in an environment where colleagues truly care about each other. Collaboration: We work together, support one another, and collectively achieve goals. Growth: There are endless opportunities for growth through learning, development and career advancement. Innovation: We drive progress through cutting-edge solutions and forward-thinking approaches. Flexibility: We’ve created a balance between work and personal life, and we encourage adaptability to solve problems creatively. Our values guide us to create value for our clients, our people and consumers. Act with integrity Work together to win together Innovate with purpose Respect all voices Empower with accountability These pillars and values are our foundation—shaping our culture, guiding our decisions, and uniting us in common purpose. Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunities by using reasonable efforts to attract, recruit, engage and retain qualified individuals of all ethnicities and backgrounds, including, but not limited to, women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities and any other underrepresented groups, traits or characteristics.