Director Digital Engineering

Category/Area of Expertise: Information Technology
Job Requisition: 451910
Address: USA-MA-Quincy-1385 Hancock Street
Store Code: Mobile (5157959)

Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.

Primary Purpose

We are seeking a hands-on, technically proficient, and people-centered Director of Digital Engineering to lead application development for our multi-billion-dollar eCommerce Web and Mobile platform.

In this high-impact leadership position, you will report directly to the VP of Engineering and work closely with Product Management, Design, and cross-functional technology and business stakeholders to drive innovation, roadmap execution, and operational excellence.

Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Chicago, IL, and Quincy, MA.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Strategy Planning: Collaborate with executive leadership to define and drive the technology strategy and execution planning aligned with business goals.
• Roadmap Execution: Lead the end-to-end delivery of roadmap initiatives, overseeing analysis, design, development, deployment, and operational support for assigned functional domains and full-stack (front-end, back-end, mobile) applications.
• Technology Leadership: Oversee multiple engineering teams responsible for the software quality, team efficiency, and fast time-to-market by continuously improving engineering excellence measured by DORA metrics.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, Architecture, Data, Infrastructure, Security, and other business functions to ensures clear requirements, align on priorities, and deliver cohesive end-to-end solutions.
• Domain Expertise: Develop and maintain deep expertise in domain-specific business processes and the supporting technologies.
• People Management: Build and retain high-performing teams through strong leadership, mentorship, and a culture of growth, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Operational Excellence: Instill engineering best practices, robust CI/CD pipelines, high availability, resiliency, fast incident recovery and resolution.
• Innovation: Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement to keep our technology stack modern, efficient, and enhance customer experinces.
• External Partnerships: Manage relationships with third-party vendors to ensure quality service delivery, cost-effectiveness, and improved user experience. Own accountability for third-party performance.
• Financial stewardship: Manages capital and expense budget that aligns with staffing, software, and hardware within the assigned domain.

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, including hands-on coding experiences and at least 5+ years in progressively senior engineering leadership roles.
• Demonstrated track record of leading high-performing engineering teams at scale.
• Deep expertise in modern software engineering, micro-services architecture, cloud platforms, and agile methodologies.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to align technology investments with long-term business goals.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of influencing cross-functional teams.
• Experience working in a mission-critical, fast-paced, and customer-obsessed environment.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experiences with large-scale eCommerce or other mission critical digital platforms.
• Hands-on experiences with more than one of following technologies: Mobile Native App Development (Swift/SwiftUI or Kotlin), Web Development (React, VueJS, Nuxt, Typescript, Javascript), Web Content Management Systems (Adobe, Bloomreach, Contentful, etc.), Content Distribution Network (Cloudflare, Akamai, etc.), Public Cloud Platforms (Kubernetes, Azure/AWS/GCP), CI/CD, Github, Application Performance Management (Datadog, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, New Relic, etc.).