Director, Full Stack Engineer - Digital & Insights
Who We Are
FTI Consulting is the world’s leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world’s leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.
At FTI Consulting, you’ll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world’s leading experts in your field, you’ll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.
Are you ready to make an impact?
About the Role
The Corporate Positioning & Insights practice within Strategic Communications enables our clients to solve their most complex communications and reputation management challenges using a product-driven, AI-centric approach.
We are seeking a Director, Data Scientist & Engineer to serve as both a senior technical contributor and a hands-on analytics practitioner. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and applied data science. You will design and maintain the systems that power our AI tools while also conducting the analysis and model development that delivers value to clients. You will work closely with engineers, data scientists, and client stakeholders to ensure our solutions are scalable, insightful, and user-friendly.
As a Director, Full Stack Engineer, you will be a senior technical contributor and team leader at the heart of our technology capability, driving the delivery of complex solutions that align with our strategic business objectives.
What You’ll Do
You will be responsible for analyzing, designing, developing, integrating, testing, and deploying new and existing software systems. You will work with data scientists, technical leads, and client executives to deliver high-quality systems with a focus on reliability and excellent customer experience, becoming a trusted technical advisor throughout engagements.
Technical Delivery:
Design and implement cloud hosted APIs and microservices
Develop, optimize, and prescribe cloud hosted data storage components, data models, and retrieval solutions
Integrate authentication and authorization mechanisms
Explore and implement interactions with AI/LLM systems, including agentic workflows, vector stores, and embedding-based search
Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize system performance and reliability
Lead CI/CD pipeline development and infrastructure-as-code initiatives
Technical Leadership:
Lead the technical delivery of solutions, ensuring quality and managing operational risks
Solve complex problems using proven methods and evaluative criteria
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers on the team
Contribute to architectural decisions with potential broad business impact
Travel as needed to meet client needs and project requirements
How You’ll Grow
To excel in this role, you will need deep technical expertise combined with strong communication skills.
Deeply technical with a continuous learning mindset, staying at the forefront of modern technologies and bringing emerging tools and approaches to the broader team
Proven ability to deliver complex technical solutions with a strong focus on quality and operational risk management
Converts unclear or broad requirements into clear, actionable tasks that prioritize high-value user outcomes
Comfortable with ambiguity and driven to create clarity
Provides technical guidance, mentorship, and coaching to other engineers
Packages best practices and lessons learned into thought leadership artifacts for the wider team
Thrives in fast-paced, collaborative team environments and can manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
What You’ll Need to Succeed
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelors degree and 5+ years of relevant experience
Experience building large-scale distributed systems technologies
Proficiency in object-oriented programming and application development quality assurance processes
Experience with infrastructure as Code and collaborative code versioning (e.g., Git/GitHub, Subversion)
Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to engage with clients on business needs and translate them into technical solutions
Self-motivated, critical thinker with a demonstrated ability to drive outcomes independently
Preferred Qualifications:
Full-stack, data, or analytics engineering experience spanning frontend and backend
Experience mentoring and growing technical talent
Experience with AI/ML platforms and large language model integration, including agentic workflows, and traditional NLP.
Familiarity with data science workflows and tooling
Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Python, Spark, React
Full-stack, data, or analytics engineering experience spanning frontend and backend
Experience mentoring and growing technical talent
Experience with AI/ML platforms and large language model integration, including agentic workflows
Familiarity with data science workflows and tooling
Hands-on experience with: Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Python, Spark, React
What We Look For
We seek individuals who demonstrate digital fluency and technical excellence. Top performers are those who excel in their technical capabilities while possessing the ability to communicate with impact and foster collaboration across distributed teams.
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Total Wellbeing
Our goal is to support the wellbeing of you and your families—physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer comprehensive benefits such as the following:
- Competitive total compensation, including bonus earning potential
- Full package of benefits plans, including medical, dental, and vision coverage along with life and disability insurance
- Generous paid time off and holidays
- Company matched 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Potential for flexible work arrangements
- Generous paid parental leave with available planning tools, virtual expert coaching services and flex return support
- Family care benefits, including back-up child/elder care
- Employee wellness platform
- Employee recognition programs
- Paid time off for volunteering in your community
- Corporate matching for charitable donations most important to you
- Make an impact in our communities through company sponsored pro bono work
- Professional development and certification programs
- Free in-office snacks and drinks
- Free smartphone and cellular plan (if applicable)
- FTI Perks & Discounts at retailers and businesses
- Upscale offices close to public transportation
About FTI Consulting
FTI Consulting, Inc. is a leading global expert firm for organizations facing crisis and transformation, with more than 8,100 employees located in 32 countries and territories as of December 31, 2025. In certain jurisdictions, FTI Consulting’s services are provided through distinct legal entities that are separately capitalized and independently managed. The Company generated $3.80 billion in revenues during fiscal year 2025. More information can be found at www.fticonsulting.com.
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
Compensation Disclosure: The compensation range reflects potential base salary for the role. Actual compensation is determined based on a wide array of relevant factors including market considerations, business needs, and an individual’s location, skills, level of experience, and qualifications.
