Sr. Director of Engineering - API

hatch I.T. is partnering with Babel Street to find a Sr. Director of Engineering. Please see details below:

About the Role

Babel Street is seeking a

Principal Engineer

to lead Babel Street’s API and MCP platform strategy and delivery as we evolve toward an AI-native, agent-driven platform.

This is a hands-on, senior technical leadership role responsible for defining and delivering API-first platform capabilities that enable both developers and AI agents to interact with Babel Street’s services. You will lead the design and implementation of semantic APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, and context-aware service patterns that power next-generation intelligence workflows.

This role requires a finger-on-keyboard engineer who can both define direction and deliver foundational systems. You will partner closely with AI, Data, and Platform teams to ensure Babel Street’s APIs and services are consistent, discoverable, scalable, and optimized for agentic workflows.

You will work in close partnership with the Architecture function to align on long-term technical direction, ensuring API and MCP platform decisions are consistent with the company’s broader architectural vision while maintaining a strong focus on execution and delivery.

This is a

hybrid role

working out of either their Reston, VA or Somerville, MA office. Full remote may be considered.

About the Company

Babel Street is the trusted technology partner for the world’s most advanced identity intelligence and risk operations. They deliver advanced AI and data analytics solutions providing unmatched, analysis-ready data regardless of language, proactive risk identification, 360-degree insights, high-speed automation, and seamless integration into existing systems. Babel Street empowers government and commercial organizations to transform high-stakes identity and risk operations into a strategic advantage.  The actionable insights we deliver safeguard lives and protect critical assets around the world.  Babel Street is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with regional offices in Boston, MA and Cleveland, OH, and international offices in Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, and the U.K.

Why This Role Matters:

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner closely with Architecture to define and lead Babel Street’s API and MCP platform strategy 
• Design and deliver semantic, agent-ready APIs  
• Establish MCP standards and implementation patterns  
• Define context management patterns for agent workflows  
• Partner with AI and Data teams to enable agent-native architectures  
• Establish API governance and platform standards  
• Build foundational frameworks and reusable components  
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship  
• Partner with Google and other vendors on platform capabilities  
• Drive adoption of API and MCP standards across engineering teams  

Required Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience 
• Experience operating at Principal Engineer or Staff+ level 
• Strong hands-on experience building distributed systems  
• Experience designing and building API-first platforms 
• Experience with cloud-native architectures (GCP preferred)  
• Experience building developer platforms or service-oriented architectures  
• Strong system design and architectural thinking skills 
• Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives  

Preferred Qualifications:

What Success Looks Like:

Benefits at Babel Street (just to name a few...)

• Health Benefits: Babel Street covers 85-100% monthly premium costs for Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & Disability insurances – for you and your family!
• Retirement Plans: Babel Street offers both a Traditional and Roth 401(K) with a very competitive match.
• Unlimited Flexible Leave: We trust our employees to manage their own time and balance their personal and work lives.
• Holidays: Babel Street provides employees with 12 paid Federal Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement: We are committed to investing in our employees. One way we do that is with our Tuition Reimbursement Program for continuing education.