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Office locations include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT.
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A+E’s Technology team is deep-rooted in the heart of our business. We have great people and great technologies, and together we take on the toughest challenges. As innovators, we choose to iterate, pivot, and adapt quickly. We’ve reinvented the way A+E leverages technology to produce and sell world-class content. We’ve modernized our core solutions and embraced a cloud first approach. Perched on the virtues of our “Technology Code”, we make technology better, create solutions together, and most of all, we have fun with it. Our team members are motivated individuals who help each other do remarkable things every day. Together we deliver best-in-class solutions that transform the way A+E works. If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, we want to hear from you!
ROLE: Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering
This is an exciting transformational leadership opportunity for a technology leader who is passionate about redefining how software is built, deployed, and supported through innovative technologies, Artificial Intelligence, automation, and modern platform engineering practices. If you're energized by building next-generation engineering capabilities and leading organizations through technology transformation, this is the role for you.
The Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering will define and execute the enterprise Platform Engineering strategy supporting both Consumer Products and Corporate Technology. Reporting to the Vice President, Digital Product Engineering & Enterprise Infrastructure, this leader will drive the evolution from traditional DevSecOps to an AI-enabled, autonomous engineering ecosystem that accelerates software delivery, improves developer productivity, strengthens operational excellence, and enables the responsible adoption of Artificial Intelligence throughout the software development lifecycle.
This role is accountable for the strategy, architecture, engineering, operational support, and continuous evolution of enterprise engineering platforms. The successful candidate will ensure these platforms are not only designed and built to the highest standards but are also operated, supported, and continuously improved to provide secure, scalable, resilient, and reliable services for engineering teams worldwide. This leader will oversee global teams responsible for Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Application Security, and platform operations while managing strategic technology investments, vendor partnerships, and the enterprise platform roadmap.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering
BASIC REQUIREMENTS: Senior Director, Autonomous Platform Engineering
Annual Pay Range: $208,547 - $244,000Annual Incentive Target: 20.00%
The annual/hourlypay range displayed serves as a good faith estimate of the
minimum and maximum base pay range for this role. Compensation for the role will
be based on a number of different factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills,
competencies, location, and experience. A+E offers a competitive total compensation
package, which includes healthcare coverage, 401k matching, and a range of other benefits. Learn more at www.aegm.com/careers.
A+E Global Media proudly provides equal employment opportunity for all employees and job applicants, and makes employment decisions consistent with this principle. The company’s employment actions and decisions – including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, demotion, compensation, transfer, layoff, and termination – are made without regard to an employee’s race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin, ancestry, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, alienage or citizenship status, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, family and medical leave status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
A+E Global Media is a joint venture of the Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company.
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veterans.

A+E Global Media™, a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst, is an innovative, multiplatform content powerhouse that reaches audiences everywhere and is comprised of some of the most popular and culturally relevant brands in media, including A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY Channel™, LMN®, FYI®, Home.Made.Nation™ and VICE TV®. Our audiences extend to more than 414 million households in 200+ territories and in 40+ languages. With over 70,000 distinct assets available around the world, the company produces best-in-class content across the multiplatform landscape. A+E Global Media boasts full-scale production capabilities with A+E Studios® and A+E Factual Studios™. A+E Digital encompasses Websites, Apps, social media, short form content, AVOD offerings; and SVOD products A&E Crime Central™, HISTORY Vault® and Lifetime Movie Club™ and 60+ FAST channels from the company’s wildly popular library. A+E Global Media is headquartered in the United States, with owned & operated entities in Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and a joint venture in LATAM.