Director, Technology – AI Engineering Transformation
Job Location:
Dallas, TX - USA
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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.
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:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
USA:TX:Dallas / Two AT&T Plaza (211 S Akard St) - Dat:211 S Akard StSalary Range:
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