Director, Technology – AI Engineering Transformation
Dallas, Texas
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 You'll 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 You'll Need:
- Bachelor's 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 You'll 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:
$210,600.00 - $316,000.00It 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 law. In 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.
Job ID R-114432 Date posted 07/01/2026
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