Director Engineering Backend (Live / Game)

Lead the backend engineering rebuild for a rapidly growing media and entertainment company, focusing on live streaming and gaming experiences. You will define and architect the tech stack, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability for a massive audience, leveraging AI tools to drive development velocity.

• Architect live and game services end-to-end for high-traffic audiences
• Design real-time systems for spike-driven load
• Set reliability and engineering quality bar with SLOs and capacity planning
• Drive systems from development through deployment using AI-facilitated processes
• Oversee backend services for security, reliability, and infrastructure cost
• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, setting technical direction