Saatchi & Saatchi

Director, Engineering

Saatchi & Saatchi$135K — $216K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 10-12+ years of software development experience
  • 3-5+ years of leading teams and architecting solutions
  • Proficiency in C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core, EF Core/Dapper)
  • Experience with AWS for production systems
  • Solid understanding of microservices & event-driven design
  • Familiarity with modern data platforms and AI/ML integrations

Responsibilities

  • Translate the Product Owner's vision into software designs and secure production releases
  • Set and enforce engineering standards and procedures across the team
  • Lead the delivery of RESTful and event-driven microservices and integrations
  • Mentor engineers through design and code reviews
  • Evaluate and recommend third-party platforms and design integrations
  • Author technical specifications and present proposals
  • Collaborate with UX/Design and front-end teams to align architectures

Benefits

  • Medical coverage
  • Dental and vision insurance
  • Disability insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Parental and family care leave
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Flexible time off
Full Job Description
Overview

Passionate, detail oriented, hands-on .NET Team Lead to own the design and delivery of cloud-native, event-driven microservices on AWS. You'll split time between building and leading: writing C#/.NET code, enforcing standards like Clean Architecture/Clean Code/RESTful design, architecting solutions, evaluating and proposing new technologies-while also mentoring engineers, pairing, reviewing code, and setting engineering standards for testing, CI/CD, and observability. You should be able to make independent architecture and product decisions, manage trade-offs, and drive continuous improvement. Partner with product and platform teams and collaborate with front-end, data, devops engineers. Operate in an agile environment within a larger technology organization, owning quality across the SDLC and outcomes for your product domain.

Responsibilities

  • Translate the Product Owner's vision into pragmatic software designs and drive them through implementation to secure, observable, and scalable production releases using standard processes.
  • Set and enforce engineering standards, patterns, and procedures across the team and enterprise (Clean Architecture, testing, security, observability).
  • Lead delivery of RESTful and event-driven microservices, data stores (SQL/NoSQL), caching, and integrations; instrument services with logging and APM.
  • Mentor engineers via design and code reviews, pairing, and feedback to ensure alignment with the target architecture.
  • Evaluate and recommend third-party platforms/tools; design integrations and migration paths with vendors when appropriate.
  • Author clear technical specs and architecture diagrams; present proposals to architects and technical leads.
  • Partner with UX/Design and front-end engineers to align application architecture with user experience and non-functional requirements.
  • Deliver performant, secure, maintainable, and scalable systems in production.

Qualifications

Technical Skills:
  • C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core, async programming, EF Core/Dapper), Clean Architecture, and DDD
  • AWS for production systems: EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, CloudFront, S3, SQL Server/PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQS/SNS, IAM, CloudWatch
  • Microservices & event-driven design: REST/gRPC APIs, messaging, outbox/saga patterns, idempotency, resilience (timeouts, retries, circuit breakers)
  • Containers & orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (Helm), image hardening, and Git-based CI/CD (branching strategies, releases, hotfixes)
  • Relational data modeling & performance: schema design, indexing, query tuning, transactions (SQL Server/PostgreSQL)
  • Testing strategy: unit, integration, contract, and load testing; designing for testability
  • Observability & operations: logging, metrics, distributed tracing (OpenTelemetry), APM, debugging and performance tuning in production
  • Caching, search, and messaging platforms (e.g., Redis, OpenSearch/Elasticsearch, Kafka/SNS/SQS)
  • Infrastructure as Code and orchestration pipelines (Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK); GitOps practices
  • Security by design: OAuth2/OIDC, JWT, secrets management, encryption in transit/at rest, OWASP/ASVS, least privilege

Working knowledge of:
  • Data engineering: ingestion, transformation, CDC/ETL, governance and compliance
  • Modern data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake)
  • Integrating AI/ML and LLM APIs into services and pipelines (production readiness, cost/latency/observability) MCP/A2A/Agentic flows

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's in CS or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 10-12+ years of software development with 3-5+ years leading teams/architecting solutions

Additional information

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

Compensation Range: USD $135,375.00 - USD $216,684.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/26/2025.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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