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Director, Data Engineering

Los Angeles, California, USAFull-time$179k–$229k2026-10-26 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Lead a Data Engineering & BI team to build scalable data platforms, pipelines, and services supporting Ad Sales, enabling BI automation and AI-powered agent-to-agent experiences.

Role type

Director, Data Engineering (People Leadership + Technical Strategy)

Builds

Scalable data platforms, pipelines, services, and a common context layer for analytics, automation, and AI workflows.

Domain

Advertising Sales / Media Technology / Data Engineering

Required skills

Data engineering architecture, Cloud platforms (AWS), Distributed data processing (Databricks, Apache Spark), Data orchestration, Data modeling & governance, Engineering leadership, Technical strategy, Stakeholder management

Preferred skills

Advertising/Ad Sales domain knowledge, Generative AI/Agentic AI platform experience

Technologies

AWS, Databricks, Apache Spark

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a high-performing Data Engineering & BI team; Define and execute technical strategy for Ad Sales BI automation; Architect and build a common context layer; Enable agent-to-agent experiences; Partner with stakeholders to automate workflows; Establish engineering standards; Drive modernization of data workflows; Provide technical direction on complex challenges; Recruit, mentor, and develop engineering talent.

Seniority

Director, People Leadership & Technical Strategy