Director, Platform Engineering

Job summary

FOX Technology is seeking a Director, Platform Engineering to establish and lead a new team focused on advancing in-house software development, platform engineering, and AI-enabled capabilities. This role involves setting standards, workflows, and production-readiness practices to transition internal ideas into secure, scalable solutions. The Director will primarily collaborate with FOX Technology and Broadcast Engineering teams to evaluate and mature AI-assisted solutions for various operational and engineering workflows.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience leading software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, MLOps, or infrastructure engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, CI/CD, testing, deployment, release management, and production support.
• Experience taking internal tools, platforms, or technical products from concept or proof of concept into production.
• Strong proficiency with Python and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience with AI workflows, LLMs, model deployment, inference, training pipelines, or AI-enabled application development.
• Experience with GPU compute, local model training, inference platforms, or high-performance computing environments.
• Experience with cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, or similar platforms.
• Experience with Claude or similar LLM-based tools used for software development, prototyping, automation, or productivity.
• Understanding of agentic concepts, feedback loops, human-in-the-loop validation, and risk management.
• Experience with responsible AI practices, model governance, or enterprise technology risk frameworks.
• Ability to evaluate code quality, software architecture, dependencies, security posture, scalability, and production readiness.
• Experience partnering with information security on secure development, vulnerability management, dependency scanning, or open-source library risk.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical decisions, risks, and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in media, broadcast technology, streaming, live production, or content distribution environments is a plus.
• Experience with NVIDIA Holoscan or similar accelerated computing ecosystems is a plus.
• Experience building internal developer platforms, AI sandboxes, shared engineering services, or model governance frameworks is a plus.
• Experience with broadcast workflows, distribution systems, monitoring and control environments, or 24/7 operational technology is a plus.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related technical field.
• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in AI/ML, Computer Science, or Engineering disciplines is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead a new platform engineering team supporting in-house development, AI-enabled workflows, and production readiness.
• Establish standards and readiness gates for moving solutions from concept to proof of concept, pilot, and production.
• Partner with FOX Technology and Broadcast Engineering teams to evaluate and mature internal tools supporting engineering and operational workflows.
• Create and improve workflows for CI/CD, testing, deployment, release management, documentation, and operational support.
• Serve as a technical gatecheck for AI-assisted development efforts, ensuring solutions are secure, scalable, maintainable, and aligned to FOX standards.
• Guide the responsible use of LLMs, Claude or similar tools, Python libraries, feedback loops, and emerging agentic workflows.
• Partner with information security to review code quality, dependencies, library risks, data handling, and secure deployment practices.
• Lead agile delivery for approved concepts, translating stakeholder needs into technical requirements, sprint plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Support local compute initiatives that enable shared platform capabilities for FOX Technology and Broadcast Engineering.
• Mentor and develop a small team of software engineers focused on building and operationalizing internal platforms and tools.

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