Director, Engineering – Web & Connected TV

Position Overview

Televisa Univision is the leading Spanish-language media company in the world. The Client Engineering team is responsible for building and scaling the web and Connected TV streaming experiences that power millions of viewers across the U.S., Mexico, Spain, and Latin America.

As the Director of Engineering – Web & Connected TV, you will lead the engineering organization responsible for our OTT streaming clients across platforms including Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Hisense Vidaa, Vizio Smart Cast, and Comcast/Firebolt. This hands‑on technical leadership role focuses on scaling engineering teams, driving platform strategy, and delivering high‑quality streaming experiences across web and Connected TV ecosystems.

• Lead the engineering organization responsible for web and Connected TV OTT streaming clients across multiple platforms and regions
• Own the technical direction, architecture, scalability, and operational excellence of the client‑web monorepo and associated streaming applications
• Drive multi‑platform delivery strategies across Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, Hisense Vidaa, Vizio Smart Cast, Comcast Firebolt, and browser‑based platforms
• Oversee playback architecture and video streaming experiences including DRM, ad insertion, live and VOD playback parity, and player integrations
• Lead performance optimization initiatives across Connected TV and web platforms, including memory management, bundle optimization, and Core Web Vitals improvements
• Establish and maintain observability and analytics standards leveraging tools such as Conviva, New Relic, Segment, Braze, Kochava, and Apps Flyer
• Hire, coach, mentor, and retain engineering managers, senior engineers, staff engineers, and technical leads
• Drive engineering execution, release management, incident response, and operational excellence across client platforms
• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, QA, Backend, Ads, Subscription, Native App, and SRE teams to deliver high‑quality streaming experiences
• Define and monitor engineering KPIs including deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, and change failure rate
• Lead incident management and post‑mortem processes for customer‑impacting outages and playback issues
• Translate business priorities into scalable technical roadmaps and quarterly engineering objectives
• Evaluate and drive adoption of AI‑assisted engineering workflows and developer productivity tools while maintaining strong quality and security standards
• Drive technical debt reduction and platform modernization initiatives as part of the engineering roadmap

• 10+ years of experience building production web applications and consumer‑facing digital products
• 4+ years of engineering leadership experience managing engineering managers or leading large engineering organizations
• Direct experience leading teams that ship OTT, streaming, Connected TV, Smart TV, or set‑top‑box applications
• Deep expertise with modern web technologies including React, Next.js, Type Script, SSR/RSC, App Router, and Graph
  
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• Strong experience operating large‑scale monorepos using tools such as Turborepo or Nx
• Experience designing and optimizing applications for constrained hardware environments including Connected TV platforms
• Hands‑on experience with video playback technologies including Bitmovin, Shaka, hls.js, dash.js, or similar platforms
• Strong understanding of streaming technologies including DRM systems (Widevine, Play Ready, Fair Play), SSAI/CSAI, live streaming, and video analytics platforms
• Experience with observability and analytics platforms including Conviva, Segment, Braze, Apps Flyer, Kochava, or Adobe Analytics
• Strong understanding of CDN and edge delivery platforms including Akamai, Cloudflare, Fastly, or AWS Cloud Front
• Proven track record hiring, developing, and retaining senior engineering talent in high‑performing organizations
• Experience leading incident response and operational processes for large‑scale consumer‑facing applications
• Strong communication and cross‑functional leadership skills with experience working across U.S. and Latin American teams
• Spanish proficiency is a plus

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