iHeartMedia

Director of Software Architecture – Scheduling and Playout

iHeartMedia

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Austin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United States

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AnsibleAWSCloudDistributed SystemsDockerDynamoDBJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesMicroservicesMongoDB.NETNode.jsNoSQLTypeScript

About the role

  • Lead the development and integration of software applications aligned with business strategy
  • Translate business and technical requirements into enterprise-scale, future-ready solutions
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders, serving as a credible voice in shaping broadcast and digital solutions
  • Champion Agile development practices and enterprise-grade toolsets to deliver highly available, horizontally scalable systems
  • Design and implement abstraction layers and frameworks that support long-term transformation and modernization
  • Oversee complex production deployments, coordinating across delivery teams to minimize business disruption
  • Establish a culture of data-driven decision-making, continuous improvement, and operational discipline
  • Stay ahead of industry standards and advocate for adoption of technologies aligned with organizational vision
  • Drive hands-on solution design in microservices, real-time APIs, and production-grade metrics
  • Apply Continuous Delivery, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) principles

Requirements

  • Proven track record leading enterprise-scale software engineering or platform development teams employing microservices
  • 7+ years of experience delivering software in Agile environments (Scrum or Kanban)
  • 5+ years of experience leading technology teams and leveraging cloud IaaS, specifically AWS
  • Strong background in content systems, playout platforms, broadcast/digital media, or adjacent domains
  • Experience designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native solutions with distributed systems and intuitive web-based UIs
  • Ability to influence and collaborate across executive, technical, and operational teams
  • Strong people leadership skills—able to mentor, motivate, and build high-performing teams
  • Proficiency in one or more of the following: .NET Core/C#, Node.js, AWS CLI, as well as its knowledge of its managed services (lambda, Appsync, etc), JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks (Jasmine, Karma, Protractor), Messaging systems (IOTCore, EventBridge, SQS, SNS), NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB, DocumentDB), CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, Ansible, AWS Pipelines), Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Git/GitHub and Agile project tools (Jira)
Benefits
  • Employer sponsored medical, dental and vision with a variety of coverage options
  • Company provided and supplemental life insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick time
  • Paid company holidays, including a floating holiday that enable our employees to celebrate the holiday of their choosing
  • A Spirit day to encourage and allow our employees to more easily volunteer in their community
  • A 401K plan
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost – services include telephonic counseling sessions, consultation on legal and financial matters, emotional well-being, family and caregiving
  • A range of additional voluntary programs, such as spending accounts, student loan refinancing, accident insurance and more!

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
microservices.NET CoreC#Node.jsAWS CLIJavaScriptTypeScriptNoSQL databasesCI/CD pipelinescontainers
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationinfluencementoringmotivationteam buildingcommunicationdata-driven decision-makingcontinuous improvementoperational discipline