Director - Digital Platform Engineering

Job Posting:

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. We proactively solve problems, adapt and grow to continuously serve our customers, communities and each other. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial/Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce. Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.

The Director of Digital Platform Engineering is responsible for leading the engineering teams building Ferguson's next-generation digital platform. This leader will implement the modernization strategy by delivering reusable platform capabilities, modern engineering practices, and scalable services that enable multiple digital channels on a unified architecture.

The role is accountable for delivering platform initiatives that reduce technology fragmentation, improve engineering velocity, and accelerate the transition toward a composable, API-first platform while ensuring operational stability and continuous business delivery.

Location: This position may be remote or hybrid in accordance with company policy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Platform Engineering & Delivery - Lead engineering teams responsible for delivering reusable platform capabilities that support multiple digital experiences while maintaining high standards for quality, scalability, and reliability.

Platform Modernization - Execute the platform modernization roadmap by transforming fragmented applications into reusable services, shared capabilities, and modern cloud-native solutions using API-first, event-driven, and headless architecture principles.

Engineering Leadership- Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for platform development, modernization initiatives, and production support while fostering engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Technical Delivery - Partner with Architects and Principal Engineers to translate platform strategy into executable technical roadmaps, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and secure implementations.

Platform Operations - Ensure platform availability, resiliency, scalability, and operational excellence through proactive monitoring, capacity planning, and continuous optimization.

Multi-functional Collaboration - Partner with Product Management, UX, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and other engineering organizations to deliver platform capabilities aligned with business priorities.

People Leadership - Build, mentor, and develop Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, Principal Engineers, and software engineering teams while creating a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with experience of leading multiple teams.
• Proven experience delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms, platform modernization, or large-scale engineering transformation initiatives.
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering programs from architecture through production delivery.
• Experience building reusable platform capabilities supporting multiple products, channels, or business domains.
• Strong experience building cloud-native distributed systems and modern digital platforms.
• Experience implementing observability, monitoring, logging, and performance engineering practices.
• Strong understanding of scalable platform architecture and modern engineering patterns.
• Experience designing enterprise APIs and shared services that support multiple applications, teams, and business capabilities.
• Experience implementing secure, resilient, and highly available production systems.
• Ability to evaluate technology trade-offs and make pragmatic engineering decisions.

Leadership Skills

• Strong engineering leadership with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• Proven ability to lead multiple engineering teams through complex modernization initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.