Streaming Architecture & Platform Strategy Director

Insight Global (United States); Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Director of Software Architecture to define and lead the architectural strategy for a large-scale streaming and membership platform. The role partners across Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Marketing and business stakeholders to translate objectives into scalable technical solutions.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years in software/ platform engineering, 5+ years in senior architecture, and deep expertise in streaming technologies, cloud-native architectures, and

Qualifications

• 12+ years in Software/Platform Engineering, with 5+ years in senior architecture or technical leadership.
• Experience designing and supporting large scale consumer-facing digital platforms in streaming/media/subscription contexts.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, API design, microservices, event-driven architectures, data pipelines, IAM, observability, and DevOps/SRE.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the technical architecture strategy for a large-scale streaming platform.
• Drive architecture reviews and establish engineering standards across teams.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Marketing and stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable solutions.
• Lead modernization initiatives focused on cloud-native services, microservices, and platform scalability.
• Ensure system reliability, reduce technical debt, and enable future growth.

Skills

Software engineering

Platform engineering

Senior architecture

Distributed systems

Cloud architecture

Tools

HLS

MPEG-DASH

DRM

CDN

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Director of Software Architecture to define and lead the architectural strategy for a large-scale streaming and membership platform. The role partners across Product, Engineering, Data, Security, Marketing and business stakeholders to translate objectives into scalable technical solutions.

The ideal candidate has 12+ years in software/ platform engineering, 5+ years in senior architecture, and deep expertise in streaming technologies, cloud-native architectures, and