Director, Engineering – Web & Connected TV

Univision • Miami, FL

9d • Onsite

About The Position

TelevisaUnivision is the leading Spanish-language media company in the world! We’re investing in our content, our people, and our platforms across digital, streaming, social, audio, linear, and live events. We continue to expand our global footprint through our flagship streaming platform, ViX. The Client Engineering team is responsible for building and scaling the web and Connected TV streaming experiences that power millions of viewers across the U.S., Mexico, Spain, and Latin America. This team owns the platforms that deliver live sports, news, novelas, and on-demand programming across desktop, mobile web, and Connected TV devices. The Director, Engineering – Web & Connected TV will lead the engineering organization responsible for our OTT streaming clients across platforms including Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Hisense Vidaa, Vizio SmartCast, and Comcast/Firebolt. This role will oversee the architecture, performance, reliability, developer experience, and roadmap execution for browser-based streaming experiences across all supported devices. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on scaling engineering teams, driving platform strategy, and delivering high-quality streaming experiences across web and Connected TV ecosystems.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building production web applications and consumer-facing digital products
• 4+ years of engineering leadership experience managing engineering managers or leading large engineering organizations
• Direct experience leading teams that ship OTT, streaming, Connected TV, Smart TV, or set-top-box applications
• Deep expertise with modern web technologies including React, Next.js, TypeScript, SSR/RSC, App Router, and GraphQL architectures
• Strong experience operating large-scale monorepos using tools such as Turborepo or Nx
• Experience designing and optimizing applications for constrained hardware environments including Connected TV platforms
• Hands-on experience with video playback technologies including Bitmovin, Shaka, hls.js, dash.js, or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of streaming technologies including DRM systems (Widevine, PlayReady, FairPlay), SSAI/CSAI, live streaming, and video analytics platforms
• Experience with observability and analytics platforms including Conviva, Segment, Braze, AppsFlyer, Kochava, or Adobe Analytics
• Strong understanding of CDN and edge delivery platforms including Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, or AWS CloudFront
• Proven track record hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineering talent in high-performing organizations
• Experience leading incident response and operational processes for large-scale consumer-facing applications
• Strong communication and cross-functional leadership skills with experience working across U.S. and Latin American teams

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience within a streaming, media, sports, or entertainment organization
• Experience with Connected TV UX patterns including remote-control navigation and 10-foot UI design principles
• Familiarity with GraphQL federation and BFF architectures
• Experience with A/B testing, feature flagging, and progressive rollout strategies
• Experience with subscription, billing, and entitlement systems
• Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering workflows at organizational scale
• Spanish proficiency is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering organization responsible for web and Connected TV OTT streaming clients across multiple platforms and regions
• Own the technical direction, architecture, scalability, and operational excellence of the client-web monorepo and associated streaming applications
• Drive multi-platform delivery strategies across Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Hisense Vidaa, Vizio SmartCast, Comcast Firebolt, and browser-based platforms
• Oversee playback architecture and video streaming experiences including DRM, ad insertion, live and VOD playback parity, and player integrations
• Lead performance optimization initiatives across Connected TV and web platforms, including memory management, bundle optimization, and Core Web Vitals improvements
• Establish and maintain observability and analytics standards leveraging tools such as Conviva, New Relic, Segment, Braze, Kochava, and AppsFlyer
• Hire, coach, mentor, and retain engineering managers, senior engineers, staff engineers, and technical leads
• Drive engineering execution, release management, incident response, and operational excellence across client platforms
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, QA, Backend, Ads, Subscription, Native App, and SRE teams to deliver high-quality streaming experiences
• Define and monitor engineering KPIs including deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, and change failure rate
• Lead incident management and post-mortem processes for customer-impacting outages and playback issues
• Translate business priorities into scalable technical roadmaps and quarterly engineering objectives
• Evaluate and drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows and developer productivity tools while maintaining strong quality and security standards
• Drive technical debt reduction and platform modernization initiatives as part of the engineering roadmap

Benefits

• PTO
• tuition reimbursement
• wellness and employee support programs
• 401(k)
• life and other insurance plans
• comprehensive and competitive health benefits package featuring medical, dental, and vision coverage options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed