Senior Director of Engineering, Data Platforms
Core
Lead the data engineering function to build a strategic platform enabling analytics, ML, and decision-making at scale for a global media & entertainment company.
Role type
Senior Director of Engineering, Data Platforms
Builds
Scalable data infrastructure, AI-ready pipelines, and data governance frameworks for a streaming service reaching 750M+ weekly viewers.
Domain
Media & Entertainment / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Data engineering strategy, cloud-native architecture, data quality & observability, team leadership, stakeholder management, cost governance, modern data tooling expertise, ML/AI integration, data lineage & security.
Preferred skills
Experience with consumer-facing applications, scaling data platforms for massive loads.
Technologies
Snowflake, dbt, Airflow, Kafka, Databricks
Responsibilities
Own and evolve data engineering strategy; ensure data quality, availability, and accessibility; optimize infrastructure for cost-efficiency and scalability; build and lead a high-performing team; partner with data science to operationalize models; run core data programs including ETL/ELT and metadata governance; develop and communicate the data engineering roadmap.
Seniority
Senior Director, hands-on IC with leadership mandate