Director, Design Engineering - DC Development (m/f/d)

Company: Digital Realty

Location: London

Posted: May 10th, 2026

Job Description

Shape the future of mission-critical infrastructure

We are looking for an experienced Design Director to lead the technical delivery of complex, high-performance data center projects across our portfolio. This is a highly influential role at the intersection of design, engineering, construction, and operations-owning design decisions from project inception through commissioning and handover.

You will act as the single authority for all design matters, driving technical excellence, standardization, and innovation while ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.

Your Role

As Design Director, you will operate with significant autonomy and strategic impact:

Your impact

What you bring

A bit about us

Digital Realty is the leading provider of carrier and cloud neutral data centre services by delivering the full spectrum of data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL® the company's global data centre platform provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data centre footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 28 countries on 6 continents. We've 3,500+ colleagues around the world who work together, come up with life‑changing solutions and create connections that matter every day.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you'll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you'll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We'll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

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