Director, Software Engineering

Summary

Join NBC Sports Next's Fandango360 team as a Software Engineering Director to lead a team developing critical features and enhancements for a B2B SaaS platform used by major movie studios. You will lead application engineers, collaborate with various teams, and develop privacy-safe marketing technology. Projects involve enhancing studio insights products, managing APIs and integrations, architecting solutions using Big Data technologies, and translating business ideas into technical solutions. You will also work with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to enhance models and ensure compliance. This fully remote position offers a salary range of $200,000-$220,000 (bonus eligible).

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Deep understanding of current web & API software design patterns and principles
• Experience with Serverless REST API development (AWS Lambda, Cognito, API Gateway)
• Experience with Batch job development and coordination (AWS Batch, Step Functions)
• Experience with Elastic Search, SQL & Database Technologies
• Experience with JavaScript, ES6, Node.js, HTML5 and CSS3
• Understanding of data pipelines and ETL processes
• Working knowledge of cloud technologies, infrastructure, and technical security fundamentals

Responsibilities

• Lead the development efforts for the studio insights product offerings for Fandango’s proprietary B2B SaaS platform
• Own internal APIs & external integrations with multiple platforms including major social and ad network platforms
• Architect and identify tradeoffs of various solutions using Big Data technologies with collaboration with Data Engineering teams
• Collaborate with Product & business stakeholders to ensure successful execution and implementation of the product roadmap in support of the company strategy
• Translate business ideas into technical solutions and provide strategic guidance
• Work with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to enhance models of recommender systems, customer scoring models, NLP models for text as well as deploy traditional machine learning models for Forecasting across all lines of businesses
• Provide leadership, guidance and direction for team
• Work closely with data governance, legal and privacy teams to ensure compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong interpersonal, presentation and communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across multiple functions
• Ability to lead, motivate and mobilize others as well as build and develop a high functioning agile team
• Demonstrated experience in organizing work and managing multiple potentially conflicting priorities
• Understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms
• Experience with Angular OR with other modern front-end frameworks/libraries such as React/Redux, Vue.js, Polymer, etc

Benefits

• Fully Remote
• $200,000-220,000 (Bonus Eligible)