Product Development Engineer I

DIRECTV•Clarksburg, MD

4d•$116,886 - $175,329•Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Development Engineer I is an early-to-mid career engineering role in DIRECTV’s Product Engineering organization. The engineer designs, develops, integrates, and evolves DIRECTV for Business entertainment platforms, cloud services, and technology solutions. The role contributes to next-generation entertainment experiences, cloud-native services, automation, and commercial and hospitality video, advertising, and media technology capabilities for customers nationwide. The position works across product engineering, platform development, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, advertising technology, and business operations. It involves developing scalable solutions, APIs, automation, and platform capabilities; supporting advertising and media workflows; and contributing to technology evaluations, product launches, and platform modernization. The engineer takes ownership of technical initiatives from concept through deployment and collaborates with technical and business teams in a fast-paced environment. The position is based in Clarksburg, Maryland, and is hybrid, with four days per week in the office and remote work. The posting states that a background check may be required because the duties involve routine access to DIRECTV and customer proprietary data.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
2–3 years of experience in Software Engineering, Product Engineering, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or a related technical role developing software applications, cloud services, APIs, automation solutions, or technology integrations.
Experience developing software using one or more of Python, Golang, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
Experience with application development, REST APIs, software integration, scripting, automation, and modern software engineering practices.
Working knowledge of cloud computing concepts, Linux operating systems, networking fundamentals, and CI/CD pipelines.
Understanding of Agile software development methodologies, software development lifecycle processes, and modern product engineering practices.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to diagnose and resolve complex technical issues.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams.
Self-starter with a results-driven mindset who takes ownership, demonstrates initiative, and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AWS or Microsoft Azure, including cloud-native application development, cloud automation, and infrastructure automation.
Experience with Terraform, Terragrunt, Infrastructure-as-Code, software deployment automation, or related cloud automation tools.
Familiarity with container technologies, Kubernetes, microservices, distributed systems, and modern platform engineering principles.
Experience applying Generative AI, AI-assisted development tools, intelligent automation, or AI-driven productivity solutions.
Experience with video platforms, streaming technologies, media delivery workflows, content distribution systems, or cloud-based video services.
Experience with digital advertising, AdTech, Connected TV, streaming platforms, audience measurement, video monetization, or programmatic advertising technologies.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, and enhance DIRECTV for Business products, cloud platforms, APIs, and technology solutions.
Build product capabilities, platform services, automation tools, and technology integrations that support business growth and operational excellence.
Collaborate with Product Management, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps, Operations, Ad Sales, Data & Analytics, Architecture, and external technology partners throughout the product lifecycle.
Develop technical requirements, solution designs, implementation plans, engineering documentation, and best practices.
Participate in proof-of-concept initiatives, technology evaluations, product launches, and platform modernization efforts.
Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering approaches to improve product capabilities, operational efficiency, platform reliability, and customer experiences.
Own technical initiatives from concept through deployment and support long-term platform reliability.
Develop, integrate, and enhance advertising platform capabilities for Connected TV, streaming, and digital advertising.
Enhance advertising technology capabilities such as audience targeting, campaign management, ad delivery, measurement, reporting, analytics, and monetization.
Validate platform enhancements, integrations, and end-to-end advertising workflows for reliability and operational readiness.
Develop and support cloud-native services and infrastructure for DIRECTV for Business platforms.
Build automation tools, APIs, and engineering solutions using Python and other modern programming languages.
Design automation solutions and deployment processes that improve scalability, reliability, software quality, and operational excellence.
Participate in CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code, software releases, monitoring, observability, security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation initiatives.
Use AI-assisted development tools and automation techniques to improve engineering effectiveness.
Communicate technical designs, implementation strategies, project status, risks, and recommendations to technical and business stakeholders.
Identify opportunities to improve engineering processes, automation, platform performance, and operational excellence.