AVP – Digital Engineering

AT&T

Lead digital engineering team for AT&T's web platforms focusing on performance and customer experience. Collaborate with product and business leaders to shape technology strategies and roadmaps.

Posted 5/31/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $227,600 - $382,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CassandraGraphQLJavaJavaScriptKafkaNext.jsNode.jsOraclePostgresReactRedisReduxSpringSpring BootSpringBootTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and scale a world-class web engineering organization responsible for designing, building, and operating high-traffic, customer-facing platforms.
Own the end-to-end engineering lifecycle for web platforms, ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and SLA compliance across environments.
Set technical strategy and roadmap in partnership with product and business leaders, prioritizing modernization, performance, and customer experience outcomes.
Drive agile delivery, vendor partnerships, and financial discipline to ensure initiatives are delivered on time and within budget.
Establish KPIs and operating metrics to measure site performance, platform health, delivery effectiveness, and customer experience impact.
Represent web technology in executive forums, communicating progress, risks, and opportunities while influencing enterprise digital strategy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Expertise in large-scale web platform architecture, performance optimization, and site reliability engineering.
Experience leading software development lifecycle execution across modern web technologies and agile methodologies.
Strong capability managing platform SLAs, incident response, and operational excellence for high-traffic digital environments.
Proven ability to partner with vendors, consultants, and internal teams to deliver complex technology initiatives.
Experience defining, tracking, and reporting KPIs related to platform performance, availability, and customer experience.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred).
10+ years of progressive leadership experience within engineering or IT organizations focused on digital platforms and customer experience.
Preferred experience in core web technologies: React, Redux, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML, Tailwind CSS, Bit, Java, Node.js, Spring Boot, Kafka, GraphQL, MuleSoft, Sanity.io, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, Cassandra, Akamai.
Demonstrated success leading large, multi-layered engineering teams and people managers.
Experience shaping long-term technology strategy and aligning engineering investments to business goals.
Strong stakeholder leadership with the ability to influence across business, product, and technology organizations.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 28 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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Hard Skills & Tools

web platform architectureperformance optimizationsite reliability engineeringsoftware development lifecycleagile methodologiesKPI trackingReactReduxNext.jsTypeScript

Soft Skills

leadershipstakeholder managementinfluencingcommunicationcollaborationstrategic thinkingfinancial disciplinevendor partnershipoperational excellencecustomer experience focus