NRG is a leading global insights and strategy firm at the confluence of content, culture, and technology.  We stay ahead of what’s next, providing fresh insights to spark new ideas. We’re a trusted partner to our clients, working behind the scenes to bring imagination, depth, and clarity to their biggest challenges – in entertainment, technology, lifestyle, sports, and gaming.  Together, we create with confidence.

We’re proud of our company’s values – these values guide us as we navigate sunny days, gray skies and everything in between:   

• Do what you love. With conviction.
• Where discovery lives. And impact drives.
• Celebrate difference. Cultivate belonging.
• Big thinking. Collectively inspired.
• Embrace the journey. Be human.

Our engineering organization is evolving to support increasingly sophisticated AI-enabled, data-driven products. We’re hiring a Director of Engineering to lead platform engineering across data platforms, shared services, and core application systems that underpin product delivery. You’ll raise delivery reliability, establish clear ownership, and drive architectural direction that enables scalable, AI-capable products – turning ambiguity into structured execution and measurable outcomes.

• Own platform strategy and execution across data infrastructure, shared services/APIs, and core systems while improving delivery predictability and systematically reducing technical debt.
• Strengthen and evolve the platform engineering operating model to support scalable growth and increasing product sophistication.
• Elevate and enforce standards for operational readiness, performance, security, observability, and SDLC discipline.
• Champion pragmatic adoption of AI across engineering workflows and product systems – accelerating developer productivity, enabling intelligent data-driven features, and ensuring the platform can support emerging AI capabilities.
• Lead and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, setting high expectations for accountability, ownership, and cross-functional leadership.

What Success Looks Like

• Engineering execution is predictable, disciplined, and aligned with company priorities.
• Clear ownership and sound judgment reduce friction across teams and stakeholders.
• Platform investments materially improve product capability, reliability, and development velocity.
• Engineering is viewed by senior leadership as a decisive, accountable, and strategic partner.

• Required technical qualifications

• 10+ years in software and/or data engineering, with significant experience in platform or shared-services environments.
• 4+ years leading engineering managers and senior technical contributors across multi-team, cloud-based architectures.
• Proven ability to improve execution discipline, organizational effectiveness, and cross-functional alignment at scale.
• Experience defining platform strategy and operating models while balancing modernization, disciplined technical debt reduction, and ongoing delivery commitments.
• Experience operating in data-intensive, analytics-driven product environments is strongly preferred.

• Technical Environment & Architectural Expectations

• NRG’s engineering platform spans modern front-end applications, backend services, and warehouse-native data systems in cloud environments. Our stack includes React applications, Java/Spring and Python-based backend systems, shared APIs, dbt-based data platforms, orchestration workflows, Snowflake and BigQuery analytical warehouses, and Postgres databases. 
• The Director of Engineering is expected to have sufficient technical depth to:

• • Evaluate architectural trade-offs across front-end, backend, and data systems.
  • Drive coherent platform evolution, balancing modernization and disciplined technical debt reduction with active delivery commitments.
  • Raise the bar on engineering rigor across reliability, data modeling, CI/CD, and observability.
  • Ensure platform investments enable scalable analytics and AI-driven product capabilities while aligning with business priorities.

• Your degree(s) – B.A./B.S. degree in Computer Science or a related field – or equivalent work experience.
• Communicator and relationship builder – You’re adept at conveying technical complexity to non-technical team members.
• Project management and organizational skills – You possess goal tracking, priority setting, and metrics competencies, supporting oversight of multiple concurrent project initiatives across the enterprise.
• Analytic thinker – You solve complex problems, which support and enable sound decision making, and you have the desire to brainstorm future-thinking ideas.
• Curious learner – You’re up to date on the latest best practices and technologies, are willing to experiment with new technologies.

This is a full-time, exempt position.

We embrace the current era of work and what it means to be a best-in-class employer. We understand the flexibility that is required to recruit and retain incredible talent, whether it’s empowering you to do your best work from anywhere you desire or supporting you if you need to take a mental health day for self-care and rest. Below is a unique blend of benefits tailored to meeting the ever-changing professional landscape.

• Flexible/Remote work with optional usage of our great offices in Culver City or New York
• Unlimited PTO, volunteer days and a generous number of recharge days including a full office closure during the week of Christmas and New Year’s
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K with company match
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Regular performance evaluations with opportunities for promotions and merit increases
• Educational and training reimbursement plan and other training and professional development opportunities
• Employee perks program (includes discounts on travel, hotels, cars, fitness, movie tickets and more)
• Resources available for mental health, inclusive care and family building
• NRGratitude – our company-wide employee recognition program
• Regular team/company events and activities including annual summer and holiday parties
• Pet friendly headquarters and pet insurance options

Diversity, equity, and inclusion is at the center of all our practices to ensure that NRG is a place where people from all identities and backgrounds can thrive. NRG is committed to recruiting and retaining diverse talent by supporting their growth through learning programs, internal mobility, affinity group participation and leadership development. Our differences make us a stronger workforce and enhance our creativity and innovation. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

In order to comply with equal pay and salary transparency laws in various locations, we believe the target range of base compensation in all locations within the United States for this role is $170,000-$200,000. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and location.