Senior Director, Engineering - Choreograph LLC : Job Details

About WPP MediaWPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

About WPP MediaWPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.WPP Media is WPP's global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com.RoleAt WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It's what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media's shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

About Choreograph: A Leading WPP Media BrandChoreograph is WPP's global data products and technology company. We're on a mission to transform marketing by building the fastest, most connected data platform that bridges marketing strategy to scaled activation. We work with agencies and clients to transform the value of data by bringing together technology, data and analytics capabilities. We deliver this through the Open Media Studio, an AI-enabled media and data platform for the next era of advertising. We're endlessly curious. Our team of thinkers, builders, creators and problem solvers are over 1,000 strong, across 20 markets around the world.Who We Are Looking ForAs a Senior Director of Engineering, you will lead the development of state-of-the-art tools and systems and manage a team of highly talented software engineers. You will take our technological capabilities in business operations to the level of world-class thought leadership and efficiency. The role has broad scope and is of high visibility.Responsibilities

• Oversee a technology development team focused on business processes, workflows, integrations, and efficiencies in a highly dynamic agile development environment.
• Hire, train, manage, and mentor software engineers. Identify appropriate goals and development opportunities for team members.
• Build and maintain proprietary AI solutions that are integrated with DSPs like Xandr, Trade Desk, Amazon, Google DV360
• Manage the license agreements needed for the team to run in terms of tools and infrastructure
• Attend interdepartmental meetings, and business to provide technical guidance to Product/Business colleagues and relay business needs to engineering.
• Able to remove any blockers for engineers in terms of code, resources, clarification, etc.
• Able to chime in for code reviews and design discussionson general coding practices and futureproofing.
• Deliver sustainable, performant , and cost-efficient software components fulfilling product requirements on time, within budget, and to appropriate quality standards.
• Be a champion of agile development, fostering the culture and pushing your people to rise to the occasion and deliver products on time
• Provide estimates for planned tasks – identify project dependencies/anticipate and resolve conflicts that may pose a risk to successful completion
• responsible for the entire SDLC (Planning, Engineering design, Development, QA, CI/CD, and Production Support)
• Provide 2nd-level support for production systems.
• Collaborate with other engineering managers, architects, and operations to develop overall standards, process documentation, impact assessments, and operability.
• Manage and resolve escalations

Required Skills

• Experienced in hands-on software development and team leadership, ideally in more than one industry.
• A strong track record of designing, implementing, and documenting scalable cloud-based systems with extensive use of APIs.
• Experience designing and implementing stateful workflow orchestration systems in an M2M (Machine to Machine) context.
• Experienced with Python, Java, or C# and at least one web application framework, such as FastAPI, Spring Boot, or Blazor, in conjunction with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or another open-source RDBMS.
• Comfortable working online with globally distributed teams, interacting with business colleagues and coordinating with external API publishers (mainly advertising platforms such as Meta, Google, LinkedIn, Amazon, etc).
• DESIRED SKILLS
• Familiar with C# .NET Core running on Debian, Typescript, and React.
• Experience working with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) technologies such as BigQuery, Cloud MemoryStore, Cloud SQL, and Google Kubernetes Engine.
• Experience implementing OAuth2 and Open ID Connect workflows and associated session/token handling semantics.
• Knowledge of the core principles of data management, such as the relational model and the CAP theorem, including eventual consistency and tombstone-based concurrency management.

You have a passion for

• Working with users and an ability to normalize user requirements
• Looking for novel and creative solutions to complex problems
• Coding not only of a formal spec but also a problem statement
• Effective delegation, recognizing gaps in knowledge or experience, and pursuing proper training.
• You can communicate well with business users, product managers, and senior leadership

Life At WPP Media & BenefitsOur passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we're just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we've adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.WPP Media is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with WPP Media, please send an e-mail to WPP Media Leave Administration at [email protected] or call (212) ###-#### and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.Please read our Privacy Notice ( for more information on how we process the information you provide.While we appreciate all applications received, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.requisitionid:28552

Seniority level

• Seniority levelDirector

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionEngineering and Information Technology
• IndustriesAdvertising Services, Marketing Services, and Technology, Information and Internet

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