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Based on 240 similar postings.
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About AbbVie
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions in immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care. Its products include Humira, Skyrizi, and Rinvoq.
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Listed pay typically runs
$109,500–$208,500
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Executive Director, Engineering - Allergan Aesthetics leads multiple engineering teams through a layer of management to deliver scalable backend platforms, data services, and data products. This role focuses on building high-performing organizations by establishing operating rhythms, mentoring managers, and overseeing the design of APIs, pipelines, and distributed systems. The successful candidate will drive technical decision-making, ensure production reliability, and manage data governance across complex infrastructures. Key technologies include Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, and NestJS, alongside SQL and NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL, Snowflake, and DynamoDB. The role also utilizes cloud-native tools such as AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Airflow to solve critical business challenges. By overseeing infrastructure and software quality, the leader ensures that backend systems remain secure, reliable, and performant while aligning technical roadmaps with broader organizational objectives and engineering excellence standards.
What does a Engineering Director earn?
Median $307000 from 31 postings across 22 companies.
Lead and develop engineering managers to ensure they effectively run teams and deliver high-impact results.
Oversee the design, development, and operation of scalable backend data services, APIs, pipelines, and data products.
Drive technical and architectural decision-making to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and long-term business needs.
Establish and improve engineering processes for planning, estimation, prioritization, and release delivery.
Champion engineering excellence by promoting modern software practices, code quality, test automation, and observability.
Ensure production reliability through effective monitoring, logging, alerting, and proactive incident management.
Maintain data governance standards including data quality, security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.
Manage organizational planning, staffing strategy, and resource allocation across multiple engineering teams.
What we're looking for
BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of software engineering experience in backend and data engineering domains like APIs, distributed systems, and infrastructure.
4+ years of engineering leadership experience managing engineering managers and leading multiple teams or functional areas.
Proven experience building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations through hiring, coaching, and performance management.
Experience developing production-grade applications using Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js.
Proficiency in cloud-native platforms (AWS), modern tooling (Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes), and SQL/NoSQL databases like PostgreSQL and Snowflake.
Strong communication skills to influence stakeholders and translate complex technical concepts into clear business decisions.
Experience with NestJS, FastAPI, Kafka, Fivetran, dbt, Airflow, Datadog, or PagerDuty (preferred); experience in regulated environments (preferred).
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