The Director, Engineering leads projects and initiatives related to digital emerging technology and developer experience within our global Digital Products competency center. They will maintain the operational effectiveness of the Red Bull App Kit by leading advocacy, ensuring reliability, steering the roadmap, and enforcing standards and best practices. The Director, Engineering is the central point of contact for digital security across the engineering organization horizontally. This involves enhancement in tooling, vendor selection, incident triage, investigation, research, and development. The Director, Engineering will also research and test new platforms to develop on within the space of emerging technology, including but not limited to GenAI. This role maintains a close relationship with counterparts at major technology partners as well as a close relationship with Red Bull’s teams in other countries through regular travel and workshops.
Software Design and Delivery
Design and develop modular and reusable component libraries for Red Bull App Kit for use across our global portfolio of applications
Assess the latest industry trends and new software betas and evaluate and execute appropriate innovation programs across multiple software teams
Maintain and constantly reevaluate best in class global security standards and practices
Architect and maintain the deployment, hosting, schema, integrity, and compatibility of client application configurations and environment variables across multiple environments
Event Leadership
Plan and lead global innovation events (“hackathons”), both in-person and virtual
Plan and lead training sessions relating to digital security and developer productivity tools across the DPUS organization
Internal and External Relationships
Build close working relationships with HQ stakeholders and international partner teams
Plan, attend, and run international workshops with cross departmental teams in support of initiatives and integrations
Maintain budgets, invoicing, legal contracts, negotiations, and partnerships with vendors in support of applications development
Innovation and Research
Research and participate in early access software programs with key partners Apple, Google, Amazon, Samsung, Microsoft, Meta, and others
Use data driven insights to make improvements to applications and run experiments for new best practices
Contribute to improvements in developer onboarding and offboarding processes and tools
Coordinate feedback and testing for emerging technology that improves the software development lifecycle across the engineering organization
15+ years of experience working in software development
10+ years managing production software applications
7+ years growing and managing large software development teams in fast-paced distributed environments within a growth-oriented organization
Strong proven track record of architecting consumer-facing client applications used by millions of MAU
Expert at operating in a modern, agile software development lifecycle
Exceptional leadership skills and experience leading distributed technical teams to deliver high-quality software products on time
Experience with polyglot software development JS, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Objective C, C#, HTML, Ruby, etc
Experience managing to build pipelines to deploy web applications on platforms such as Heroku, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform
Experience with serverless infrastructure Lambdas / Cloud Functions
Experience with various database technologies: PostgreSQL, Redis, Firestore, etc.
Experience building content management systems and back-end enterprise administration applications
Exceptional verbal and written communication and executive presentation skills are required
Creative thinker and innovator in touch with Red Bull brand audiences
Ability to travel as needed; work flexible hours/days of the week
The base salary range for this position is $161,500 to $178,500 + cash incentives
Actual salary offer may vary based on work experience.
The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.
Our current Benefits include:
Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Plans, 401k Match, Family Leave, PTO & Paid Holiday Schedule, Pet, Legal, and Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
(Benefits listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment and/or work location)
Red Bull Media House North America, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other classification protected by Federal, state, or local law. We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.