We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Director of Engineering to lead our high-impact engineering organization at Gracenote. In this role, you will be responsible for defining technical strategy, building scalable architectures, driving platform modernization, and leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams (including Engineering Managers and technical leads).
Responsibilities
Define Engineering Strategy: Drive long-term technical vision and architectural direction for Gracenote's core metadata, ingestion, and serving platforms.
Platform Modernization: Lead initiatives to platformize metadata processing pipelines, transitioning legacy flows into modern, intelligent, high-performance distributed architectures.
AI & Data Science Integration: Partner with Data Science and AI teams to integrate machine learning, NLP, computer vision, and GenAI capabilities into core operational processes, content ingestion, and data enrichment pipelines.
Scale High-Performing Teams: Lead, mentor, and build an engineering organization of Engineering Managers, Architects, and Software Engineers.
Foster an inclusive culture based on Nielsen values—promoting innovation, continuous learning, technical rigor, and high associate retention.
Requirements
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field
