Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States · On-site
$220k–$240k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Platform Architecture, Video Streaming, HLS/DASH, DRM, CDN
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States · On-site
$200k–$235k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Fundamental Analysis, LLM Workflows, Prompt Engineering, Structured Extraction, Programming
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States · On-site
$125k–$170k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Product Management, B2C Subscription, Fintech, Retail Investing, Customer Discovery
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States · On-site
$125k–$170k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Product Management, B2C Subscription Growth, Customer Discovery, Equity Research, AI Product Development
Singapore, Singapore · On-site
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Event Production, Team Leadership, Strategic Planning, Vendor Management, Budget Management
New York, New York, United States · Hybrid
$115k–$150k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Event Production, Location Scouting, Budget Planning, Contract Negotiation, Logistics Planning
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$110k–$160k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React, Vue
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$110k–$160k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React, Vue
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$110k–$160k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML/CSS, React, Vue
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · On-site
$26/hr–$31/hr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Administrative Support, Television Production, Scheduling, Travel Planning, Expense Reporting
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States · On-site
$120k–$150k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Program Management, Technical Program Management, AI/ML Solutions, Data Platform Management, Stakeholder Management
New York, New York, United States · Hybrid
$115k–$135k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Event Production, Logistics Planning, Location Scouting, Budgeting, Contract Management
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$93k–$110k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Breaking News Production, Script Writing, Video Editing, Journalism, Research
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$115k–$125k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Line Producing, Live Television, Editorial Skills, Story Development, Research
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Editorial Judgment, Guest Booking, Copywriting, Financial Market Knowledge, Storytelling
London, England, United Kingdom · On-site
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Editorial Judgment, Guest Booking, Copywriting, Storytelling, Financial Market Knowledge
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States · Hybrid
$140k–$165k/yr
Company Description About StockStory VERSANT is an independent, publicly traded company that brings together powerhouse brands such as CNBC, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), USA Network, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Golf Channel along …
Skills: Machine Learning, AI Architecture, Python, TypeScript, Java
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$93k–$110k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Breaking News Production, Script Writing, Video Editing, Journalism, Research
New York, New York, United States · On-site
$115k–$125k/yr
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: Line Producing, Breaking News Coverage, Show Rundown Building, Control Room Management, Editorial Judgment
New York, New York, United States · On-site
Company Description VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four …
Skills: vMix, Riverside, Live Streaming, Podcast Production, Audio and Video Signal Flow
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Lead the architecture, delivery, and operation of the service and video platform ecosystem across broadcast and digital products. Own the end-to-end content delivery stack, including playback experiences, authentication flows, and video processing pipelines.
Requires over 12 years of experience in software engineering or streaming platforms within media or OTT environments. Must possess deep expertise in video protocols, system design for enterprise scale, and strong leadership capabilities.
VERSANT (Nasdaq: VSNT) is an industry-changing media and entertainment business and home to trusted brands that shape culture, inform audiences, and build lasting connections. It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.
Versant’s Software Engineering team provides core services to our business, underpinning our strategy and execution of linear & digital distribution of content, platforms, and data. As a leader of our engineering team, you will have a direct role in defining our roadmap towards our future vision in the video landscape.
The Senior Director, Platform Engineering is a senior technology lead responsible for the architecture, delivery, and operation of VERSANT’s service & video platform ecosystem across broadcast and digital products.
This role owns the end-to-end content & video delivery stack, including client integrations and playback experiences, TV Everywhere (TVE) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) authentication and user flows, live and on-demand video pipelines, and observability across playback and streaming systems.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Strategy
Client & Playback Engineering
Video Processing & Delivery Pipelines
Authentication, Authorization & User Flows
Analytics, QoS & Observability
Engineering Leadership & Delivery
12+ years of experience in software engineering or streaming platforms supporting media, broadcast, or OTT environments.
Significant experience with system design & architecture, especially in serverless and event driven ecosystems with enterprise level scale and resilience.
Deep expertise in HLS/DASH, DRM, CDNs, encoding/transcoding, and player frameworks.
Familiarity with ad-supported video (AVOD) and monetization workflows.
Experience building large-scale video platforms for live and on-demand content.
Strong understanding of Identity, Personalization, Authentication and Subscription systems.
Expertise with analytics, observability, and performance monitoring.
Strong leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills. We value growth and mentoring to encourage personal growth and development of our teams.
Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to operate at both executive and engineering levels.
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
VERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.
VERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by VERSANT as a result of the referral or through other means.
Where What If Becomes Wow
Versant is an integrated branding firm that captures authentic experiences and connects with our clients’ target markets through storytelling. We are experts in finding and telling the organic, engaging story that draws the audience in to learn more. We refer to this approach as “Branding from the Inside Out.” It is the intersection of the consumer and employer brand, creating a branding solution that is creative, innovative and impactful. Its authenticity connects at a deep level, whether the audience is a business or consumer. With clients ranging from small businesses to global companies, Versant is known for turning “What if? Into wow!”
Offices: 207 E Buffalo St, Suite 100, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, US
Where What If Becomes Wow
Versant is an integrated branding firm that captures authentic experiences and connects with our clients’ target markets through storytelling. We are experts in finding and telling the organic, engaging story that draws the audience in to learn more. We refer to this approach as “Branding from the Inside Out.” It is the intersection of the consumer and employer brand, creating a branding solution that is creative, innovative and impactful. Its authenticity connects at a deep level, whether the audience is a business or consumer. With clients ranging from small businesses to global companies, Versant is known for turning “What if? Into wow!”
Offices: 207 E Buffalo St, Suite 100, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, US
