I don't think the skills/abilities you're looking for would be denoted merely by looking for an "engineer" of some kind. In fact, I think looking for an "engine

I don't think the skills/abilities you're looking for would be denoted merely by looking for an "engineer" of some kind. In fact, I think looking for an "engineer" likely obfuscates your actual needs since it has become such a catchall term in computing fields.