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Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

CompanySony Music Entertainment
LocationNew York, NY, USA
Salary$200000 – $230000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • Ability to understand, communicate and improve the quality and productivity of multiple teams.
  • Experience building modular, event-driven systems at scale.
  • Solid experience directly managing agile teams and processes. Experience managing managers is a plus.
  • Proven ability to provide constructive feedback and communicate effectively across your department.
  • Experience working with cloud-based technologies (we use AWS).
  • Hands on engineering experience, ideally with Python, MySQL, some PHP. Data integration and ETL experience is a huge plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a Product Area made up of groups of individual contributors and engineering director(s).
  • Partner with Product Managers, stakeholders and peer leaders to define roadmap, lead estimation efforts, call out risks and improve productivity.
  • Own the delivery of product commitments while incorporating the technology strategy and architecture goals for your product area.
  • Development, measurement, and management of key metrics for area’s performance.
  • Make effective staffing and hiring decisions to achieve your area’s goals.
  • Grow managers and individual contributors with a focus on mentorship, coaching and personal development.
  • Advocate for your area and remove obstacles.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with music industry concepts is a plus.