Director, Software Engineering – Legal

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🗽 New York – Remote

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💵 $180k - $230k / year

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NBCUniversal

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10,000+ employees

Founded 2004

📱 Media

Media • Entertainment

NBCUniversal is a leading global media and entertainment company known for creating and distributing content across a variety of platforms. With over 100 years of experience, it is a part of Comcast and encompasses brands like Peacock, NBC Sports, and many others to educate, entertain, and empower audiences around the world. The company is involved in television broadcasting, film production, and theme parks, and is also recognized for its initiatives in technology and corporate social responsibility. NBCUniversal is committed to innovation and social impact, making it a vibrant workplace for media and tech professionals.

📋 Description

• Lead the Legal Engineering delivery pillar within the Legal, Privacy & Compliance Engineering organization • Lead engineering teams building, integrating, and operating technology for contract lifecycle management, legal document management, eDiscovery and legal hold, intellectual property management, eBilling, and AI agentic workflows • Own a portfolio combining enterprise SaaS platforms, bespoke software, interoperability layers, and custom applications • Own end-to-end delivery of legal technical solutions across jurisdictions • Hire, retain, assess, develop, and coach engineering managers, staff engineers, architects, contractors, and interns • Own engineering delivery, technical health, reliability, and quality across the legal technology portfolio • Drive architecture reviews, code quality, CI/CD, automated testing, and operational readiness • Steer complex concurrent programs and projects, including decisions, escalations, and delivery health • Establish software quality, legal architecture, engineering standards, and cyber guidelines • Lead interoperability strategy across SaaS platforms and bespoke software, including APIs, data integration, workflow orchestration, and shared services • Ensure enterprise architecture, security, privacy, and data governance compliance • Communicate program status, risks, and engineering trade-offs to senior executives • Represent the organization in regulatory discussions, audits, and external partner engagements • Partner with Product Management, Legal, Legal Operations, Cyber, Principal Architects, and technical program teams • Manage system reliability, performance, defects, enhancements, problems, incidents, root cause analysis, SLAs, support metrics, and data integrations • Build a high-trust, high-accountability engineering culture and grow leaders through feedback and coaching

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience • 12+ years of experience in software engineering • 7+ years in engineering management or senior technical leadership • 5+ years of experience leading ML and automation solutions • 3+ years of hands-on experience with AI, including building or leading agentic workflows and/or agent orchestration • Deep legal technology experience in a large enterprise environment • Working knowledge of application security fundamentals, including SSO/IAM, API security, secure SDLC, and security review practices when integrating SaaS • Strong track record leading cross-functional programs with legal stakeholders • Ability to influence and communicate at SVP/VP levels • Experience managing and growing engineering teams in a matrixed Fortune 100 or equivalent environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance • 401(k) • Paid leave • Tuition reimbursement • Discounts and other perks • Bonus eligible • LTI eligible • Fully remote work arrangement