Director Of Engineering

Summary

Join Sotheby's as a Lead Engineer for our Auctions & Sourcing platforms! You will provide hands-on technical leadership and collaborate with product teams to build and improve our auction systems and sourcing platforms. This role requires 12+ years of engineering experience, including 5+ years leading teams, and expertise in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. You'll drive engineering outcomes, build high-performing teams, and make data-backed technical decisions. The position is remote-first and demands excellent communication skills for collaboration across globally distributed teams. Sotheby's is committed to fostering a culture of ownership and engineering excellence.

Requirements

• 12+ years of engineering experience, 5+ years leading teams
• Experience building and retaining high-performing engineering teams
• Ability to set clear expectations and provide actionable feedback
• Strong hands-on capabilities in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure
• Proven track record deploying and maintaining large-scale user-facing applications
• Experience modernizing critical business systems
• Track record of building reliable, cost-effective solutions
• Proven track record of delivering measurable business impact
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and collaborative problem-solving approach
• Balances strong opinions with openness to alternative approaches
• Drives technical alignment while minimizing meeting overhead
• Proven ability to translate business needs into technical solutions
• Experience balancing technical debt against product delivery
• Track record of improving engineering-product collaboration
• Skill in representing engineering considerations in product planning
• BS or MS in Computer Science or related technical field
• This remote-first role requires excellent communication skills and building trust across globally distributed teams

Responsibilities

• Drive engineering outcomes across auction management and consignment sourcing platforms through direct technical contribution and team leadership
• Partner with product teams to deliver high-value, cost-effective solutions
• Build highly cohesive teams that own their development processes while meeting product needs
• Drive pragmatic technical decisions that favor proven, scalable solutions and managed services
• Make technical decisions backed by metrics and system data
• Actively participate in technical decisions through direct code reviews and system design discussions

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with gRPC and GraphQL is a plus

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours