Director, Technology – AI Engineering Transformation

AT&T


Job Location:

Dallas, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 210600 - 316000
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.

We are seeking a Director Technology to lead the transformation of our software delivery organization through AI-accelerated engineering practices modern DevOps platforms and developer experience (DevEx) innovation. This leader will oversee cross-functional teams spanning DevOps/SRE Developer Tooling and Automation Engineering while driving enterprise-wide adoption of AI-assisted software development.

This highly visible role requires a blend of technical expertise organizational leadership and change management experience to modernize how software is built tested deployed and operated across the enterprise.

What Youll Do:

  • Lead the strategy and execution of AI-accelerated software development and delivery across engineering teams.
  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development tools agentic workflows and modern engineering practices to improve developer productivity and software quality.
  • Manage and develop teams responsible for DevOps SRE developer tooling release engineering and automation platforms.
  • Establish governance security controls and best practices for AI-enabled software development.
  • Own the engineering toolchain including CI/CD code quality release automation and cloud-native platform capabilities.
  • Define and measure engineering effectiveness through DORA metrics DevEx indicators platform reliability and operational performance.
  • Partner with product architecture security and business leaders to align technology investments with enterprise goals.
  • Lead executive communications business case development and organizational change initiatives supporting engineering modernization.

What Youll Need:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Systems or a related field or equivalent experience.
  • 8 years of progressive technology leadership experience including leading software engineering platform engineering or DevOps organizations.
  • 3 years managing teams focused on SDLC automation platform engineering release engineering or digital product delivery.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies Kubernetes and public cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP).
  • Expertise implementing CI/CD pipelines Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and modern software delivery practices.
  • Experience deploying and scaling AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot Cursor or similar AI coding platforms.
  • Proven success leading enterprise-scale technology transformations and driving measurable improvements in delivery performance.
  • Strong knowledge of platform reliability observability security compliance and operational excellence.

What Youll Bring:

  • Deep technical expertise in modern application architectures DevOps SRE and software engineering best practices.
  • Strong understanding of AI-native development workflows automation and engineering productivity platforms.
  • Experience with developer tooling ecosystems including GitHub Jira SonarQube Artifactory Backstage LaunchDarkly or similar platforms.
  • Exceptional communication and executive storytelling skills with the ability to translate technical strategy into business outcomes.
  • Demonstrated success leading organizational change and driving adoption across large engineering organizations.
  • Strong talent leadership including hiring coaching and developing high-performing engineering teams.
  • A data-driven approach to improving engineering velocity platform reliability and developer experience.
  • Passion for innovation and building modern engineering organizations capable of delivering at enterprise scale.

What Succes Looks Like:

  • AI-assisted development becomes a core capability across engineering teams driving measurable improvements in productivity and delivery speed.
  • Engineering teams consistently deliver secure reliable and scalable software through modern automated delivery practices.
  • Developer experience improves through streamlined tooling reduced friction and increased automation.
  • Platform reliability operational transparency and delivery performance improve across the organization.
  • Executive stakeholders understand and support the engineering transformation roadmap through clear business value and measurable outcomes.

Our Director-Technology jobs earn between $210600.00 - $316000.00 USD Annual. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography experience expertise and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:


  • Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition reimbursement program
  • 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
  • Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire at least 28 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

USA:TX:Dallas / Two AT&T Plaza (211 S Akard St) - Dat:211 S Akard St

Salary Range:

$210600.00 - $316000.00

It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.


Required Experience:

Director

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.We are seeking a Director Technology to lead the transformation of our software delivery organization through AI-accelerated engineering practices modern Dev...

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