Head of Video Platform Engineering

Versant Media, LLC; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 220,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

VERSANT Media is seeking a Senior Director, Platform Engineering to shape the architecture and delivery of our content and video platform across web, mobile, and connected TV. You will own end-to-end video workflows, client SDKs, and authentication systems while guiding a large engineering team to deliver high-quality experiences.

You will lead live and on-demand pipelines, improve latency and QoE, and collaborate with product, data, and editorial teams to align with business priorities and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering or streaming platforms.
• Significant experience with system design & architecture, especially in serverless and event driven ecosystems with enterprise level scale and resilience.
• Deep expertise in HLS/DASH, DRM, CDNs, encoding/transcoding, and player frameworks.
• Familiarity with ad-supported video (AVOD) and monetization workflows.
• Experience building large-scale video platforms for live and on-demand content.
• Strong understanding of Identity, Personalization, Authentication and Subscription systems.
• Expertise with analytics, observability, and performance monitoring.
• Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the architecture and long-term roadmap for content & asset delivery across web, mobile, and connected TV platforms.
• Oversee development of client & video player frameworks and SDKs across multiple platforms (web, iOS, Android, CTV).
• Lead engineering for live and VOD video workflows, including encoding, packaging, and stream orchestration.
• Own authentication, entitlement, and session management for TVE and DTC implementations.
• Drive reliability and scalability improvements across streaming pipelines and observability tools.
• Partner with product, analytics, and editorial teams to optimize user acquisition, activation, and retention.

Skills

Video streaming systems

System design & architecture

Playback frameworks

Identity & authentication systems

Analytics & observability

Leadership

Job description

VERSANT Media is seeking a Senior Director, Platform Engineering to shape the architecture and delivery of our content and video platform across web, mobile, and connected TV. You will own end-to-end video workflows, client SDKs, and authentication systems while guiding a large engineering team to deliver high-quality experiences.

You will lead live and on-demand pipelines, improve latency and QoE, and collaborate with product, data, and editorial teams to align with business priorities and