SVP of Engineering — Global AdTech / CTV / AI Platform

Location: NY or East Coast preferred (UK also considered)

Compensation: $350,000–$375,000 base + executive bonus

A fast-scaling, global advertising technology company is seeking a Senior Vice President of Engineering to lead its next phase of platform innovation, automation, and CTV expansion. The organization powers premium, brand-safe digital advertising for hundreds of the world’s largest brands and agencies, operating across YouTube, CTV/OTT, paid social, and emerging channels.

This is an executive-level role with ownership of architecture, delivery, infrastructure, and engineering culture—ideal for a technical leader who blends system design expertise with strategic vision, AI fluency, and operational excellence.

Why This Role Stands Out

• Own the entire global engineering organization, spanning product engineering, data engineering, DevOps, QA, and security
• Lead the evolution toward a truly agentic, AI-driven, automated platform powering guaranteed client outcomes
• Highly visible role collaborating with Product, Data Science, and Commercial leadership
• Global team with an execution-oriented culture and strong investment in modernization, automation, and scale
• Technology powering mission-critical, enterprise-grade advertising workflows across 20+ countries

What You’ll Lead

Technology Vision & Architecture

• Develop and execute a multi-year engineering roadmap focused on automation, scalability, cloud modernization, and real-time decisioning
• Build a modular, API-first ecosystem powering cross-platform campaign orchestration across CTV, YouTube, Meta, TikTok, Snap, and future environments
• Partner with Product and Data Science to deliver systems infused with contextual intelligence, ML models, and measurement frameworks

Engineering Delivery & Excellence

• Own all software engineering from data pipelines and ML services to user-facing apps and client APIs
• Drive modern delivery practices—microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and high-availability architecture
• Define engineering KPIs and SLAs for reliability, latency, release cadence, uptime, and scale

AI, Automation & Innovation

• Lead the buildout of agentic AI systems automating campaign setup, optimization, classification, and reporting
• Operationalize ML models into production environments with real-time feedback loops and model accuracy governance
• Deploy GenAI tools to elevate productivity, system intelligence, and workflow automation across teams

Infrastructure, Data, DevOps

• Own cloud strategy, Kubernetes/microservices architecture, cost optimization, and global data pipelines
• Oversee platform observability, incident response, disaster recovery, and security practices
• Ensure compliance with privacy and security frameworks (GDPR, SOC 2, industry safety standards)

Leadership & Organizational Growth

• Lead and mentor a globally distributed engineering team of senior ICs, managers, and architects
• Establish standards for hiring, coaching, technical design reviews, and succession planning
• Champion transparency, blameless post-mortems, high accountability, and continuous learning

Business & Industry Impact

• Translate complex technical decisions into business outcomes: client success, reliability, margin, and speed to market
• Serve as a strategic partner to the Executive Team on investment decisions, forecasting, and scaling
• Represent the technology vision externally to clients, partners, and industry organizations

Ideal Experience

• 15+ years in software engineering leadership; 7+ leading large, global teams
• Built and scaled cloud-native, AI-driven, data-intensive platforms (ad tech strongly preferred)
• Deep hands-on knowledge of distributed systems, data engineering, microservices, and ML infrastructure
• Experience integrating with major digital advertising ecosystems (CTV/OTT, YouTube, TikTok, Meta, Snap, etc.)
• Proven track record implementing DevOps, CI/CD, observability, automation, and platform reliability at scale
• Executive presence—able to influence and communicate at C-suite and Board level
• Entrepreneurial mindset with high ownership and passion for building at speed

Compensation & Benefits

• $350,000–$375,000 base + executive bonus
• Full benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life)
• Cell phone & Wi-Fi reimbursement
• Gym/wellness stipend
• Flexible working model—performance and impact matter more than hours or location

Why High-Caliber Engineering Leaders Love This Company

• Global scale with the agility of a high-growth environment
• Massive proprietary data sets and AI-driven classification models powering real-time decisions
• Product directly impacts ROI, suitability, and safety for some of the world’s largest brands
• Leadership team that embraces experimentation, innovation, and fast execution