Director Technology at HugeInc

Worldwide

Location: This position is remote within Colombia About Technology At Huge, it’s not only about depth in technology, but ongoing incubation and experimentation as to how to apply technology. Every technologist at Huge helps bring ideas to reality through a deep collaboration with strategy and creative. Technologists at Huge don't just write code; they create impactful solutions that resolve challenging client business needs and elevate the overall experience. Job description. Huge is looking for a Director of Technology to join the global technology team. The ideal candidate possesses a wide range of technical knowledge across multiple systems and solution types. They are skilled at quickly understanding problems and articulating recommendations that have an immediate impact. Someone who understands client business challenges and partners with clients and other disciplines at Huge to design transformative experiences and identify technology solutions to enable them. You will drive organic business development alongside account leadership, implementing Huge’s delivery methodologies based on Lean and Agile principles. Additionally, you will influence best practices and standards across the technology department, guiding and ensuring Huge remains at the forefront of emerging technologies like Generative AI, neural networks, and advanced data solutions. Additionally, this role requires a collaborative spirit, working closely with creative leads to shape innovative and impactful experiences. What you’ll be doing. Collaborate with clients to understand their technology needs, recommend solutions, and establish strong client relationships. Develop and execute a technology strategy that aligns with business objectives and drives innovation. Oversee the assessment, planning, execution, and delivery of technology projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and on budget. Ensure the highest quality standards are maintained in technology development, including code reviews, testing, and performance optimization. Identify and mitigate technology-related risks, ensuring security and compliance with industry standards. Support relationships with technology vendors and partners to leverage their expertise and resources. Foster technical client relationships and seeks opportunities for organic growth on the accounts. Partner with Huge cross-discipline account leadership to convert opportunities and support outbound business development activities. Drive innovation within the Engineering Craft Community, staying abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance our capabilities. Foster behavioral values of continuous learning and professional development within the Engineering craft community, nurturing talent and promoting a collaborative environment. What we’d like to see. Experience with mobile application development (React Native, iOS, Android). Mobile commerce and native payments experience are desirable, but not required. Ability to work under high levels of ambiguity to identify and evolve technology solutions. Experience discussing delivery with client executives, clearly articulating your strategic approach to delivery in a non-technical manner, highlighting its differentiators and benefits from other approaches. Experience with modern architectural patterns (e.g., Jamstack, MACH, etc) and enterprise platforms (e.g., CMSes, DAMs, CDNs, etc). Experience managing technical and not technical stakeholders and articulating complex concepts in a way that non-technical audiences can understand. Experience managing multiple onshore and offshore teams, experience with globally distributed teams is nice to have. An innate ability to foster relationships with all discipline partners at Huge regardless of seniority. Able to manage multi-vendor solution deliveries, manage prioritization, and mitigate risks. Dedication to evolving the technology practice, developing materials and creating content for and leading internal initiatives. Have strong technical expertise in implementing, governing, and scaling multidisciplinary (S)SDLCs across digital organizations. Expertise in digital marketing technology stacks and their associated components. Proven experience designing and implementing microservices architecture at scale, with particular expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP and Vercel). Demonstrated success leading full-stack development teams across web and mobile platforms simultaneously. Track record of successfully orchestrating complex third-party API integrations while maintaining system coherence. Experience implementing robust authentication systems(Auth0) and content access control for premium/paid content. History of architecting and scaling e-commerce solutions with particular focus on security and payment flows. Proven ability to balance technical excellence with business priorities and translate business requirements into technical specifications. Strong leadership skills with experience building, scaling, and mentoring engineering teams of 10+ developers. Experience implementing modern CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices for rapid, reliable deployment. Demonstrated success managing complex projects with multiple workstreams while maintaining quality and timeline accountability. Background in media, sports, or content platform businesses strongly preferred. English level (C1). If the selected candidate holds a degree in Engineering or a related profession, they must present their professional license. To verify your degree requires this license, please visit www.copnia.gov.co and https://www.consejoprofesional.org.co/. About Huge Huge is a design and technology company. We create products and experiences that grow the world’s most ambitious brands. We do this by designing experiences for people, not users, and uncovering new sources of growth by leveraging our creative talent, our proprietary platform LIVE and unlocking the advantages brought to us by emerging technologies. We believe all experiences should be intelligent, shoppable and unique to every brand. Huge’s nearly 1,000 thinkers, tinkerers, makers and creators, have been problem-solving across North America, Europe, and Latin America for over 25 years. Interested? You’ll find more information at www.hugeinc.com. Huge is committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or if you’re parenting the next generation of innovators, we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self. Huge is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). 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