Senior Director, Engineering - Applied AI
A+E NetworksNew York, New York, United States
Posted March 2, 2026
220513 - 258000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
A+E Global Media™, a joint venture of Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst, is an innovative, multiplatform content powerhouse that reaches audiences everywhere and is comprised of some of the most popular and culturally relevant brands in media, including A&E®, Lifetime®, The HISTORY Channel™, LMN®, FYI®, Home.Made.Nation™ and VICE TV®. Our audiences extend to more than 414 million households in 200+ territories and in 40+ languages. With over 70,000 distinct assets available around the world, the company produces best-in-class content across the multiplatform landscape. A+E Global Media boasts full-scale production capabilities with A+E Studios® and A+E Factual Studios™. A+E Digital encompasses Websites, Apps, social media, short form content, AVOD offerings; and SVOD products A&E Crime Central™, HISTORY Vault® and Lifetime Movie Club™ and 60+ FAST channels from the company’s wildly popular library. A+E Global Media is headquartered in the United States, with owned & operated entities in Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, and a joint venture in LATAM.
Job Description
A+E Global Media is seeking a strategic and hands-on Senior Director, Engineering - Applied AI to lead the design, development, and delivery of AI-driven capabilities across our technology platforms.
Requirements
- 12+ years of software engineering experience including team leadership experience
- Significant recent focus on application of AI technologies including experience applying LLM models or systems to real-world products and workflows.
- Proven track record of building and scaling engineering teams in a production AI environment.
- Experience working with Embeddings, RAG, RLFH, Fine Tuning etc at enterprise scale
- Experience with Python and/or Typescript/Javascript
- Experience designing or applying evals LLM models (LLMs), including prompt testing, grounding, hallucination detection, and performance benchmarking.
Benefits
- Healthcare coverage
- 401k matching
