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Director of Engineering

Dublin,DublinPermanentexecutive
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Tech that takes you places We’re CarTrawler, the global travel tech company behind seamless connections between people, places and possibilities. From powering car rental to creating smarter ways to move, we make travel smoother for millions worldwide.

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Tech that takes you places
We’re CarTrawler, the global travel tech company behind seamless connections between people, places and possibilities. From powering car rental to creating smarter ways to move, we make travel smoother for millions worldwide. Our culture is built on curiosity, collaboration and craic where every idea counts and every journey matters. Ready to make an impact? Let’s go places together.
As we evolve from a single-category leader into a multi-product travel platform, we are building the next generation of B2B connectivity, blending modular architecture, unified product experiences and AI-powered intelligence.
This is a pivotal leadership role at the centre of that transformation.

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Director of Engineering to lead engineering delivery across our multi-product B2B platform.
This role is accountable for engineering outcomes across Product Engineering, Platform Engineering and Engineering Excellence. You will shape engineering strategy, steward architecture direction, embed modern AI-enabled practices and ensure predictable, high-quality delivery at scale.
You will play a key role in transitioning CarTrawler into a multi-travel platform business, balancing platform evolution with operational excellence.

What you will do as a Director of Engineering
  • Define and execute an engineering strategy aligned to business goals and platform ambition.
  • Lead architectural evolution toward API-first, modular, scalable services.
  • Balance near-term delivery with long-term platform sustainability and risk reduction.
  • Govern strategic technical initiatives including modernisation and architectural convergence.
  • Ensure high-quality, predictable delivery across multiple squads and domains.
  • Establish strong operating rhythms, planning discipline and measurable delivery health.
  • Remove cross-team blockers and optimise ways of working.
  • Own and evolve the engineering operating model with clear accountability and decision rights.
  • Steward enterprise architecture in partnership with Product and Infrastructure leadership.
  • Champion reliability, security-by-design, observability and operational resilience.
  • Embed interoperability, reusable services and API lifecycle standards.
  • Align engineering decisions with commercial and product outcomes.
  • Define and lead the GenAI engineering agenda across the platform.
  • Establish scalable AI patterns and production-ready operational controls.
  • Ensure responsible AI adoption including governance, privacy and risk management.
  • Drive developer productivity through modern tooling, CI/CD, automation and AI-assisted engineering.
  • Raise the bar on quality, craftsmanship and technical sustainability.
  • Lead and develop senior engineering leaders.
  • Shape organisation design, capability planning and succession.
  • Strengthen engineering culture, talent density and employer brand.
  • Foster an inclusive, accountable and continuously improving environment.
  • Operate as a senior leader within Product & Technology and across the enterprise.
  • Partner closely with Product, Infrastructure, Security, Data and Commercial teams.
  • Communicate strategy, progress and risk clearly to executive stakeholders.
  • Engage externally with key partners and investors when required.
  • 10+ years in software engineering, including 7+ years leading multiple engineering teams in product-led environments.
  • Proven experience delivering scalable, high-transaction platforms.
  • Strong architectural fluency across cloud-native systems, APIs and distributed architectures.
  • Experience leading organisational transformation and engineering modernisation.
  • Track record embedding modern software delivery practices (CI/CD, DevOps, observability, security-by-design).
  • Experience adopting AI-enabled engineering practices; bonus if you have taken GenAI capabilities to enterprise-scale production.
  • Strong commercial judgement and ability to balance investment, risk and business value.
  • Experience developing senior engineering leaders and building high-performing teams.

    • Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    Dublin
    Hybrid — some on-site time required
    Who can apply
    Open to applicants worldwide
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    Worldwide

    Listing Details

    Posted
    February 16, 2026
    First seen
    March 26, 2026
    Last seen
    May 14, 2026

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    48
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    Trust Level
    33%
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    May 14, 2026

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