Director, AI & Software Engineering

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Dallas, TX
Senior level
AdTech • Agency • Digital Media • Marketing Tech • Social Media • Analytics • Consulting
PMG is a global independent marketing services and technology company.
The Role
The Director, AI & Software Engineering will lead 2-4 distributed engineering teams, providing technical oversight and guiding architectural decisions. Responsibilities include delivering features on schedule, evolving the product roadmap with the Product team, staffing qualified engineers, and maintaining a balance between new features and technical debt.
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We are PMG
Named Ad Age Best Places to Work for 9 years in a row and Fast Company Best Workplaces for Innovators since 2022, PMG is a global independent marketing services and technology company that seeks to inspire people and brands that anything is possible. Driven by shared success, PMG utilizes business strategy and transformation, creative, media, and insights—as well as its proprietary marketing intelligence platform, Alli—to deliver cutting-edge digital solutions and innovative media strategies. Our team comprises over 900 employees globally, and our work for ambitious brands like Apple, Best Western Hotels & Resorts, CKE Restaurants, Experian, Intuit, Kohler, Nike, Sephora, Therabody, and Whole Foods spans 85+ countries.

PMG’s Alli is a cloud-based suite of AI-powered tools for digital marketers. Last year, Alli enabled ad delivery to over 1 billion consumers in 80+ countries for some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Apple, Nike, and McDonald’s. 

Established in Fort Worth in 2010, PMG was profitable from day one and has grown with no outside investment to 700+ employees currently working in 7 offices and remotely. The company is defined by its people-centered culture and has led AdAge’s annual Best Places to Work list for 8 years in a row. 

As PMG is transitioning into an AI-first organization, we are looking for engineers who want to build the impossible. Our team doesn't just dream up futuristic platforms - we ship them! 

Technology we use:

  • AWS and GCP; 
  • Docker and Terraform;
  • PHP, JavaScript, Go, Python and React; 
  • Redshift, BigQuery, Postgres, Mongo, Redis;
  • OpenAI, Bedrock, Vertex, LangChain;
  • GitHub, Jira, Confluence;
  • SCRUM-inspired agile development process.

We are looking for engineering leaders who have:

  • Passion for solving challenging problems by delivering clean and performant code;
  • Profound understanding of distributed system design and data intensive applications;
  • Familiarity with the current GenAI tech landscape and trends; 
  • SOLID software engineering expertise (OOA/OOD, TDD, CI/CD);
  • Strong adherence to agile values;
  • Team-first, proactive approach to work and great communication skills.
  • Planning and guiding towards a multi-year product roadmap
  • Ability to continually motivate and inspire team productivity and success

Responsibilities: 

  • Leading 2-4 distributed teams; each team consists of a manager and 3-9 engineers, each team is responsible for 1-3 products within the Alli suite;
  • Providing technical oversight to the teams, leading (and/or participating in) the process of making key architectural decisions;
  • Making sure the teams deliver required functionality on time based on the current product roadmap; partnering with the Product team to evolve the roadmap based on customer feedback and team capacity; coordinating with the key internal and external stakeholders; maintaining a balance between developing new features and addressing technical debt;
  • Assessing the current and upcoming needs for the product development, acting to staff teams with qualified engineers by both upskilling current ICs and hiring new ones, making sure team bandwidth and velocity keeps increasing over time while constantly raising the quality bar.

Skills & Experience

  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • At least 5 years of experience in a senior engineering IC role; 
  • At least 3 years of experience in an engineering manager role while still being hands on; 
  • Experience in a manager-of-managers role;
  • Deep expertise with modern technologies for building highly scalable data-intensive applications, good familiarity with at least 60% of our tech stack;
  • Good understanding of MarTech domain
  • Based in Dallas (or willing to relocate)

Additional Preferred Requirements: 

  • Hands-on experience, or working interest in GenAI, Large Language Models, Big Data, OpenAI, Gemini, Bedrock, etc.
  • Interest or familiarity working in the Digital Marketing industry
  • Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef or Puppet
  • Master’s Degree 

Additional Perks and Benefits of Working at PMG:

  • A competitive compensation package (base salary, bonus, 401k, etc.);
  • Leading benefits package (including full medical/dental/vision coverage);
  • Amazing offices (with the best baristas in the tech industry);
  • Support for conferences, courses, and certifications;
  • Exciting projects with partners like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft;
  • And more…

What We Offer

  • Professional Development: Take advantage of our learning and development programs, mentorship opportunities, and career advancement support.
  • Generous PTO: Benefit from our generous paid time off policy to recharge and spend time with loved ones.
  • Parental Leave: We provide paid parental leave to support your family during important life events.
  • Retirement Plans: Plan for your future with our competitive 401(k) matching program.
  • Fertility and Family Support: Access fertility benefits for all team members and their spouses.
  • Pet Insurance: Protect your pet's health and your finances.
  • Lifestyle Spending Accounts: Enjoy 100% company-funded accounts to promote healthy habits and well-being.
  • Annual Bonus: All employees are eligible for an annual bonus.
  • Volunteering Opportunities: Receive 8 give-back hours to volunteer in your local communities.
  • AI Enterprise License: Access AI Enterprise accounts and participate in weekly AI training sessions to empower and ensure AI safety.

What Sets Us Apart

Being part of PMG means joining a company culture that’s unmatched in digital. We're dedicated to working hard to serve our employees and clients, delivering value, results, and innovation—which often requires true grit and agility. We believe in taking care of ourselves and each other to continuously improve in every way.

In alignment with our core values to be inclusive and always change for the better, PMG is committed to creating a more diverse and inclusive culture, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that we only change for the better by bringing diverse perspectives to our company. PMG recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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The Company
HQ: Dallas, TX
0 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2010

What We Do

PMG is a global independent marketing services and technology company that seeks to inspire people and brands that anything is possible. Driven by shared success, PMG brings together business strategy and transformation, creative, media, and insights, all powered by our proprietary marketing intelligence platform, Alli.

With 11 office hubs worldwide, including in Dallas, Austin, Dusseldorf, London, and New York, our team is made up of 900 employees globally, and our work for brands like Apple, Nike, CKE Restaurants, Dropbox, Experian, Intuit, Kimberly-Clark, Kohler, Sephora, Travelex, and Whole Foods has received top industry recognitions including Cannes Lions and Adweek Media Plan of the Year.

PMG has grown through commitments to continuous improvement, business integrity, and cultivating dynamic relationships. We're proud to have been named Agency of the Year multiple times by Digiday, MediaPost, Adweek, Campaign US, and Ad Age; rank among Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators; and be the only company named to Ad Age’s Best Places to Work nine years in a row.

Why Work With Us

PMG is a place where technologists, innovators, professionals, parents, allies, mentors, and new grads alike can continuously learn, grow and challenge themselves every day. From day one, our people are empowered to do meaningful work, to flex their agility, and to help us live our values as we strive to always change for the better.

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