Director of Engineering jobs in New York City — demand, required skills, and comparable metros (2026)
As of 2026-05-23, Skillenai has indexed 24 Director of Engineering postings located in New York City over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Distributed systems, with demand down 62% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-23
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Frequently asked questions about Director of Engineering jobs in New York City
+Are Director of Engineering jobs being posted in New York City right now?
Yes. Skillenai has indexed 24 Director of Engineering postings located in New York City over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, with demand down 62% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Director of Engineering jobs in New York City require?
Across Director of Engineering postings in New York City indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, the skills mentioned most often are Distributed systems, AWS, Kubernetes, reliability engineering, Engineering leadership.
+Which other cities are hiring Director of Engineering?
As of 2026-05-23, the metro areas posting the most Director of Engineering jobs outside New York City are Bengaluru, San Francisco, Toronto, London, Berlin, based on the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly Director of Engineering postings in New York City — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Director of Engineering in New York City
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Distributed systems | 10 | 13.9% |
| AWS | 8 | 11.1% |
| Kubernetes | 7 | 9.7% |
| reliability engineering | 7 | 9.7% |
| Engineering leadership | 6 | 8.3% |
| React | 6 | 8.3% |
| software engineering | 5 | 6.9% |
| Java | 5 | 6.9% |
| TypeScript | 5 | 6.9% |
| architecture | 5 | 6.9% |
| Hiring strategy | 4 | 5.6% |
| operational excellence | 4 | 5.6% |
Other top cities hiring Director of Engineering
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 21 | 24.7% |
| San Francisco | 18 | 21.2% |
| Toronto | 9 | 10.6% |
| London | 8 | 9.4% |
| Berlin | 7 | 8.2% |
| Santa Clara | 6 | 7.1% |
| Seattle | 5 | 5.9% |
| Hyderabad | 4 | 4.7% |
| Palo Alto | 4 | 4.7% |
| Austin | 3 | 3.5% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-23, filtered to postings whose canonical role is “Director of Engineering” and whose locationCity is “New York City”.
- city
- New York City
- role
- Director of Engineering
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-23
- window_days
- 90
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