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A&E Television Network LLC Senior Director Engineering, Applied AI in NEW YORK, New York
Work Locations:With the exception of some select roles that have in-office requirements, A+E Global Media operates on a flexible model that allows for remote, hybrid or full time in office work (in certain locales).Office locations include New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Stamford, CT.Our list of eligible states in which employees may work remotely includes:California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Division StoryA+E's Technology team is deep-rooted in the heart of our business. We have great people and great technologies, and together we take on the toughest challenges. As innovators, we choose to iterate, pivot, and adapt quickly. We've reinvented the way A+E leverages technology to produce and sell world-class content. We've modernized our core solutions and embraced a cloud first approach. Perched on the virtues of our "Technology Code", we make technology better, create solutions together, and most of all, we have fun with it. Our team members are motivated individuals who help each other do remarkable things every day. Together we deliver best-in-class solutions that transform the way A+E works. If this sounds like something you want to be a part of, we want to hear from you! Job Description THE ROLE: Senior Director of Engineering, Applied AI A+E Global Media is seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Director of Engineering, Applied AI to lead the design, development, and delivery of AI-driven capabilities across our technology platforms. Reporting directly to the VP of Engineering, you will play a critical role in scaling our applied AI and generative AI initiatives while collaborating with product, data, and business teams to bring next-generation media experiences to life. You will serve as a central technical leader, coordinating across multiple teams - including Data Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, Software Engineering, and Creative AI - to drive innovation, ensure delivery excellence, and align AI capabilities with business goals. This is a unique opportunity to found and shape A+E Global Media's Applied AI engineering function from the ground up. You'll be the first dedicated Applied AI leader on the team, with the autonomy to define the vision, build a team of consultants, and lay the technical and cultural foundation for our Applied AI strategy moving forward. MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'LL DO: Key ResponsibilitiesApplied AI Strategy & Execution Drive the technical roadmap for applied AI across key product and business areas, including content intelligence, personalization, automation, and creative tooling. Partner with the VP of Engineering and peers to define how AI integrates into A+E Global Media's broader technology and product vision. Evaluate and implement cutting-edge AI techniques, including GenAI, LLMs, vision models, and recommendation systems. Evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and vendors to ensure the team remains at the forefront of innovation and leverages the best available tools for impact and scale. Drive development of custom AI solutions using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and model fine-tuning to meet business-specific needs across media, creative workflows, and internal business operations, including defining evals and benchmarks to ensure performance, grounding, and reliability. Design and lead systems that extract value from large, unstructured content sets - including PDFs, SharePoint documents, and multimedia assets (video, audio, image) - leveraging a combination of NLP, computer vision, multimodal models, LLMs, RAG, RLHF, and enterprise-scale retrieval techniques. Drive the thoughtful adoption of AI-powered tools within engineering to enh