Director, Legal Tech Engineering & Platform Delivery

NBCUniversal; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the Legal Engineering delivery pillar within our Legal, Privacy & Compliance Engineering organization. You will guide the team delivering contract lifecycle, document management, eDiscovery, and AI-driven workflows, blending enterprise SaaS with bespoke solutions.

This build-and-lead role requires deep technical savvy and business acumen in corporate legal settings; you will hire, retain, and grow the legal engineering team while

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering with 7+ years in engineering management.
• 5+ years leading ML and automation solutions.
• 3+ years hands-on AI including agentic workflows and/or agent orchestration.
• Demonstrated deep legal technology experience delivering technology in a large enterprise environment.
• Working knowledge of application security fundamentals - SSO/IAM, API security, secure SDLC, and security review practices when integrating SaaS.
• Strong track record of leading cross-functional programs with legal stakeholders.
• Proven ability to influence and communicate at S/VP levels.
• Experience managing and growing engineering teams (software engineers + managers) in a matrixed Fortune 100 or equivalent environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of engineering managers, staff software engineers, and architects; plus contractors and interns.
• Own engineering delivery, technical health, reliability, and quality across the legal technology portfolio.
• Drive engineering excellence: architecture reviews, code quality, CI/CD, automated testing, and operational readiness.
• Steer programs with TPM and Product Management; ensure delivery health.
• Establish and uphold software quality, legal architecture and NBCU cyber guidelines.
• Drive delivery across multiple complex concurrent programs/projects.
• Partner with architects, scrum lead, product owner for standards and visibility.
• Provide technical leadership across contract lifecycle, legal docs, eBilling, IP management, eDiscovery.

Skills

Engineering leadership

ML & automation

AI workflows

Cross-functional leadership

Security & privacy

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking a Director of Software Engineering to lead the Legal Engineering delivery pillar within our Legal, Privacy & Compliance Engineering organization. You will guide the team delivering contract lifecycle, document management, eDiscovery, and AI-driven workflows, blending enterprise SaaS with bespoke solutions.

This build-and-lead role requires deep technical savvy and business acumen in corporate legal settings; you will hire, retain, and grow the legal engineering team while