Role Overview :

Spectral Consultants is hiring a Product Engineering Leader with 22+ years of technology experience to lead large-scale Product Engineering, Modernization, Quality Engineering and AI Transformation initiatives.

This is a strategic technology leadership opportunity for someone who combines strong engineering depth, enterprise modernization expertise, AI-first transformation and large-scale technology leadership.

What You Will Drive :

The role will focus on transforming how complex technology platforms are designed, engineered, modernized and delivered, with a strong emphasis on :

- Enterprise System Design & Engineering Excellence - driving scalable, resilient architectures, modern engineering practices, technical governance and developer experience.

- Java, Cloud, AI & DevOps - providing technical direction across modern application engineering, cloud platforms, APIs, CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability and AI-enabled engineering.

- Legacy Modernization - leading large-scale, application modernization, modularization, API enablement and cloud adoption.

- AI-First Engineering & Agentic SDLC - evolving traditional SDLC towards an AI-first / Agentic Development Lifecycle (ADLC) and embedding AI across development, testing, code review, defect analysis, release and production support.

- Quality Engineering Transformation - moving towards automation-first, continuous and AI-assisted Quality Engineering, including test automation, regression optimization, quality gates, AI-assisted testing and quality analytics.

Scope & Business Impact :

The leader will drive measurable improvements in :

- Engineering productivity and delivery predictability

- Modernization velocity and technology simplification

- AI adoption and engineering automation

- Quality, test effectiveness and defect prevention

- Production stability, resilience and engineering governance

- Technology efficiency, cost transparency and value realization

- Engineering capability and leadership maturity

The role will also involve partnering with senior technology, product, architecture and business stakeholders, while leading large engineering teams, strategic partners and complex transformation initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience :

- 22+ years of overall technology experience

- Senior leadership experience in Product Engineering

- Strong System Design & Architecture expertise

- Deep understanding of Java, Cloud, AI/GenAI and DevOps

- Proven experience leading modernization

- Track record of AI-first engineering, Agentic AI or AI-assisted SDLC transformation

- Enterprise-scale Quality Engineering / QA Automation transformation experience

- Experience managing large engineering organizations, budgets and strategic technology partners

- Strong executive stakeholder and transformation leadership skills

- Ability to balance innovation with security, quality, resilience and governance