Director of Engineering

Egreenservices; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal in Baton Rouge is seeking a Director of Engineering to own its on-site technical roadmap and drive high-impact architectural decisions. You will lead a fast-moving remote team, defend recommendations to skeptics, and focus on swift, measurable improvements in system latency and reliability.

With ownership and a clear milestone-driven path, you will guide the release cycle, mentor teams, and contribute to a culture of dependable Git workflows and scalable software.

Qualifications

• 11+ years that left you with strong instincts and few Illusions
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a fast-moving remote team
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

Responsibilities

• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at NBCUniversal can explain
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Own the Agile release that Baton Rouge leadership has circled on the calendar
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that NBCUniversal users feel every click
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with NBCUniversal's growing user base

Job description

Our next Director of Engineering will spend less time in meetings and more time in Time Management, which is how NBCUniversal prefers to operate. With ownership, a $138,000 - $206,000 salary, and 10 years of Time Management to draw on, you'll do your best work at NBCUniversal.

Key Responsibilities

• Hunt down the latency spikes nobody at NBCUniversal can explain
• Identify bottlenecks and propose architectural improvements proactively
• Own the Agile release that Baton Rouge leadership has circled on the calendar
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that NBCUniversal users feel every click
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with NBCUniversal's growing user base

What You'll Bring

• 11+ years that left you with strong instincts and few Illusions
• A point of view, held loosely and defended well
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a fast-moving remote team
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

The whole point of NBCUniversal is to make Git dependable, and that deeply technical mission has anchored it in Baton Rouge from day one. Nobody at NBCUniversal will hover over your shoulder; we hand you the keys and trust you to drive.

We provide $138,000 - $206,000, a wellness budget, retirement matching, and clear milestones for moving up to the next director.

Refreshed minutes ago, this Director of Engineering req is wide open and taking applications.