Director, Engineering

Omnicom Media Group • New York, NY

277d • Hybrid

About The Position

Annalect is the Data & Technology arm of Omnicom Media Group. Annalect's 4,000+ innovators leverage data and technology to help clients across Omnicom build relationships that matter — whether that means fostering consumers' trust in brands, building new experiences, or delivering advanced analytics where it's most needed. Annalect is the driving force behind Omni, Omnicom's unique open operating system, which works hand-in-hand with clients' and partners' data and tools, to orchestrate better marketing outcomes. Annalect's unique approach to data and technology - one that relies on transparency, neutrality, and interoperability - allows us to deliver purpose-built and scalable solutions that make data actionable. Our advanced teams of product leaders, data scientists, consultants, and engineers enable us to meet the business goals of our internal and external clients. Omnicom, Annalect's parent company, is poised to become the world's Marketing & Advertising industry leaders in 2025. This means unprecedented growth, new and innovative solutions for our international brand partners, and exciting career opportunities for media and technology professionals!

Requirements

• Strong expertise in web application development: while this is not a coding role, solid coding experience will be advantageous in leading the team: ES6+ JavaScript, fluency with modern frontend framework (React, Vue), front end frameworks using modern bundlers, web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques.
• Experience with Linux/Unix Systems and fluency in Bash.
• Experience with RESTful APIs.
• Experience with building CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to write high-quality documentation and draw architecture diagrams of the software.
• Passion for writing high-quality reusable and modular software.
• Experience working with data and databases (SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, Redis, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery).
• A rigorous approach to testing (unit testing, functional testing, integration testing).
• Additional back-end experience welcome.
• Experience with the microservices, containers (Docker), container orchestration (Kubernetes), serverless computing (AWS Lambda), and distributed/scalable systems; Good understanding of data structures and algorithms; Experience processing and analyzing large data sets. ML experience welcome.
• 7+ years of solid coding experience.

Responsibilities

• Scaling of shared systems: Collaborating with chief engineers in designing & maintain central shared systems (UI component library, API layer, data processing patterns).
• Architecture Design: Audit team stacks, architecture approaches and make recommendations on technical execution. Ensure usage and contribution to shared systems. Ensure teams produce documentation to cover product development.
• Standardize the development process where needed.
• Community building: organize cross-team events to encourage collaboration.
• Perform code reviews and provide leadership and guidance to junior developers.
• Create tutorials and template writing that serve as standards for product building.
• Work with Product, UI/UX team/ Scrum Master, and QA engineers to help shape a high-quality data product and ensure it is delivered on time. Aid in planning product development and timelines. Provide guidance on latest software engineering approaches.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services