Director, Automation Engineering NBCUniversal Est. $245,000 - $305,000 New York, Dir,Data Engineering - 30017149 Engineering Automation Director New York, Dir,Data Engineering - 30017149 3 months ago

SportsTechJobs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 245,000 - 305,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a Director, Automation Engineering in New York to lead AI-enabled automation and scalable software for the Data Collaboration Group. You will guide design, tooling, and workflows that empower audience activation, measurement, and reporting at scale.

You will build reusable components, establish reliability metrics, and mentor a team of software and AI engineers to deliver production-grade solutions across data platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AI automation projects.
• Strong Python development for production systems.
• Experience with AI agents and RAG patterns.
• Familiarity with data platform collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of internal AI agents and automation workflows.
• Oversee production-grade Python applications and services.
• Define metrics, guardrails, and testing patterns for reliability and cost.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices across teams.

Skills

Python

AI/ML

Snowflake Cortex

LangChain

LangGraph

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

CI/CD

Automated Testing

OOP Design

Observability

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions)

Job description

# NBCUniversal is hiring a Director, Automation Engineering## Get the latest jobs to your inbox!1. Home2. /3. Jobs at NBCUniversal4. /5. Director, Automation EngineeringNew York, Dir,Data Engineering - 30017149Posted 3 months ago95 views### Job DescriptionNBCUniversal Advertising Products & Solutions (AP&S) is responsible for the product development and project management of NBCUniversal’s full advertising technology suite. From sales support to campaign execution, delivery, and billing, our division services both internal and external customers in support of NBCUniversal’s $7B+ annual advertising business. Together, we’re building the platform that powers the future of advertising at NBCU.Our Data Collaboration Group, a core part of AP&S, powers the full advertiser lifecycle across insights, measurement, onboarding, activation, and optimization, utilizing various integration pathways including Data Clean Rooms and secure data shares.Within the Data Collaboration Group, our Engineering & Operations team builds the automation and platform capabilities behind these workflows. We are seeking a Director, Automation Engineering to join this team. Reporting to the Sr. Director of Engineering & Operations, this role will build AI-enabled automation systems and production-grade software that support NBCUniversal's data collaboration ecosystem.The ideal candidate is a strong engineering leader who can set technical direction, deliver reliable systems, repeatable workflows, and AI agents that automate complex engineering and operational tasks across data platforms for audience activation, measurement, and reporting.### Responsibilities* AI Agent & Automation Engineering + Lead the design and delivery of internal AI agents and automation workflows using technologies such as Snowflake Cortex, LangChain, LangGraph or similar frameworks, to support planning, tool use, retrieval, validation, and human-in-the-loop execution where appropriate. + Guide the development of reusable tools, APIs, and components that engineers can compose into new agentic workflows. + Direct retrieval-augmented generation workflows, context management strategies, and prompt patterns that improve accuracy, reliability, latency, and cost efficiency.* Agent Evaluation & Reliability + Establish evaluation harnesses, regression tests, and monitoring patterns for AI-agent behavior. + Define and hold the team accountable to metrics such as task completion, groundedness, response accuracy, latency, cost, and failure rate. + Set guardrails and validation patterns to reduce hallucinations, unsafe outputs, and unreliable automation behavior. + Partner with engineering and operations teams to move AI workflows from prototype to production-ready systems.* Software Engineering & Platform Development + Oversee the design, build, and maintenance of production-grade Python applications, libraries, and services. + Champion object-oriented design principles, including encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance/composition, reusable interfaces, and clean separation of concerns to improve maintainability and extensibility. + Champion software engineering best practices including modular design, automated testing, CI/CD, code reviews, observability, and documentation. + Drive reusable engineering patterns that reduce bespoke development effort and improve consistency across partner engagements. + Collaborate with product, engineering, operations, and data platform teams to translate repeatable business needs into scalable technical solutions.* Audience & Measurement Productization + Lead the development of reusable Python libraries that support clean room capabilities across first-party audience workflows and core measurement use cases, including audience onboarding, ingestion, indexing, activation, campaign and impression delivery analysis, reach and frequency, attribution, and incrementality. + Abstract complex analytical and data collaboration workflows into repeatable, self-service components for internal teams and external partners. + Enable configurable feature deployment so new audience and measurement capabilities can be delivered quickly and consistently across partners.* Team Leadership & Technical Mentorship + Hire, develop, and retain a high-performing team of software and AI engineers. + Mentor engineers through code reviews, technical design discussions, and operational best practices. + Help establish engineering standards for AI-assisted workflows, agentic system design, reusable libraries, and production automation. + Promote a culture of reliability, maintainability, and continuous improvement.### Skills & TechnologiesPythonSnowflake CortexLangChainLangGraphAI Agent DevelopmentRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)CI/CDAutomated TestingObject-Oriented DesignObservabilitySponsoredExplore Biotech CareersDiscover roles at companies advancing healthcare and life sciences.Explore biotech jobs →Want to reach sports tech professionals? 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