Director of Production Engineering

Location: San Francisco, CA – US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $220,000 – $265,000 annually

About the role

This role will lead work at the intersection of data, AI-enabled capabilities, and scalable technology delivery. You will work across engineering, product, operations, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into practical technology solutions. The position offers the opportunity to influence architecture, execution quality, and the technology capabilities that enable long-term growth within a Media environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a global DevOps/SRE engineering team, fostering a culture of ownership and collaboration
• Own the reliability and infrastructure roadmap for AWS production, focusing on scalability and efficiency
• Lead security operations ensuring proactive vulnerability management and incident response
• Define engineering OKRs for infrastructure reliability and track measurable outcomes
• Champion observability practices and automate alert triage to enhance response times
• Leverage AI infrastructure knowledge in DevOps processes for efficiency gains
• Drive Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD practices to boost engineering speed and reduce toil
• Align on infrastructure standards and compliance requirements with engineering and IT teams

Qualifications

• 8-12 years in DevOps, SRE, or production infrastructure roles with management experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS production workloads including EKS and RDS
• Experience managing security operations including vulnerability and incident response
• 5+ years using observability tools like Datadog for reliability improvements
• Proficient in Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD automation
• Skilled in programming languages like Go, Python, or Bash
• Hands-on with Linux/Unix production systems
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional engineering and IT teams

Benefits

• $0 monthly premium for flexible medical, dental, and vision plans from day one
• 401k plan offered
• Discretionary Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays included
• Parental Leave available
• Equity options for employees
• Monthly Wellness Reimbursement provided
• Company-sponsored lunches