Director Engineering - Team Lead

Role: Lead and oversee development of AI-enabled marketing platforms, focusing on scalable, reusable data capabilities, real-time decisioning, and cloud-native architectures to enhance marketing automation. Responsibilities: define platform vision, architect AI-optimized systems, build real-time data pipelines, and collaborate across teams including Data, AI/ML, Product, and external vendors. Lead a high-performing engineering team, ensuring system reliability, security, and enterprise compliance; establish best practices in CI/CD and metrics tracking. Qualifications: 8+ years in software engineering with leadership experience, expertise in cloud environments, data platforms, and system integrations supporting media and marketing workflows. Preferred: experience in Martech/Adtech (DSPs, CRM, data activation), AI/ML systems, real-time data pipelines, and platform engineering. High-value specifics include focus on AI-driven marketing automation, real-time decisioning, cloud-native systems, and cross-functional collaboration in a hybrid work setup with some travel. Candidate must demonstrate strategic influence, technical expertise, and leadership in complex, global platform initiatives.