Washington, District of Columbia

Director of Engineering and Product – Media/News

Talener

Our client is one of the most well-known and prestigious News and Media organizations in the world. This organization embodies it’s mission of distributing 100% accurate, unbiased, and credible news, and through its B2C and B2B channels, reaches majority of the world’s population on any given day.  They are seeking a Director of Engineering & Product to lead their tech org and accelerate their performance.  
 
 
Job Title:  Director of Engineering and Product
 
 
Job Type: Full-time  
 
 
Location:  Hybrid – 3 days on-site in Washington DC
 
 
 
Required Technology and Skills:
 
 
  • 12+ years professional experience, background as a hands-on SWE before transitioning to leadership
  • Experience working cross-functionally with distributed, global teams and driving towards a consistent vision
  • Experience operating an AWS environment at scale, and working with AWS services commonly used in live data ingestion and streaming (Lambda, S3, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc)
  • Experience working in high-traffic environment with time-bound events, and managing automaton, load, stress testing, etc. 
  • Well-versed in AI and experience implementing AI solutions across engineering team to accelerate performance
  • Experience in news, media, publishing, or similar high traffic consumer-facing environment
  • Experience building architecture and overseeing execution across engineering, data, project teams
  • Strong communication and ability to influence
 
 
Additional Skills: 
 
 
  • Degree in Computer Science or STEM related field
  • Previous Director-level leadership within global / larger company
  • Experience in media, news, publishing, content-delivery, or similar high-traffic environment
 
 
 
Compensation: $200,000 – $220,000 base salary (Based on experience), + 25% annual bonus. Great benefits, PTO, 401k, W/L Balance. 
 
 
If you are interested, please apply directly for immediate consideration or reach out to Andrew Zaloom at azaloom@talener.com..
 

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