Head of Engineering
About The Position
WME is seeking a Head of Engineering to support the transformation of our Product & Engineering organization. This team member will be supporting all facets of the WME Group business within North America. You should be a strategic, thoughtful, and savvy engineering professional with a background in leading technology transformations and a passion for the entertainment industries. You must be detail-oriented, hands-on, possess exceptional relationship-building skills, and enjoy working in a highly iterative, agile, and fast-paced environment. Must be flexible and able to move quickly from one subject to another. The role will report to WME’s SVP, Product & Engineering and will be 100% remote.
Requirements
- 15+ years of software development experience with 8+ years in architecture and solution design.
- Deep expertise in .NET (C#, .NET Core/6+, ASP.NET, Web API, Entity Framework) and familiarity with open-source and cloud-native technologies.
- Proven success leading large-scale modernization efforts and agile transformations in enterprise environments.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred), APIs, microservices, data platforms, and distributed systems.
- Demonstrated technical leadership, coalition-building, and communication skills across engineering and business stakeholders.
- Experience recruiting, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
Nice To Haves
- Background in entertainment, media, or related industries strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Lead the evolution of WME’s legacy technology stack into modern, modular, cloud-ready systems.
- Serve as both architect and player-coach: designing systems, prototyping solutions, and writing code while guiding teams.
- Introduce modern engineering practices such as agile delivery, CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers, shaping a collaborative and growth-oriented engineering culture.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and Business leaders to ensure technical decisions align with strategy and operational needs.
- Establish enterprise coding standards, architecture patterns, and governance frameworks that support long-term scalability and quality.
- Balance modernization with pragmatism—evolving existing systems and processes incrementally to minimize disruption.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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