Director, Engineering (Rainmaker)
Core
Lead the Rainmaker Ad Server engineering domain to build and govern core systems for real-time ad decisioning, delivery, and targeting across Fox's streaming ecosystem.
Role type
Director of Engineering (Ad Server)
Builds
High-scale, low-latency ad serving platform and monetization infrastructure
Domain
Streaming media advertising technology (AdTech)
Required skills
distributed systems architecture, JVM/Scala, backend infrastructure, engineering leadership, cross-functional partnership, operational excellence, team building, system modernization
Preferred skills
AdTech domain expertise (ad serving, auction, targeting), Kubernetes, Terraform, experimentation frameworks, CTV/video advertising platforms
Technologies
Scala, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, Kinesis, AWS, Databricks, Kubernetes, Terraform
Responsibilities
Set technical direction and roadmap for ad serving capabilities; drive architecture of distributed systems for ad decisioning and serving; build and coach a high-performing engineering organization; partner with Product, Data Science, and ML teams to improve monetization efficiency; establish engineering excellence through design reviews and incident management; identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks; champion platform simplification and performance optimization.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
