DIRECTV is an American digital entertainment services provider delivering sports, news, movies, family, and local programming channels. Backed by Space Capital.
About the role
This role requires, but is not limited to, approximately 10% travel. Please note that the salary ranges reflect base salary only and do not include bonus or benefits - when you consider all of these together, it represents a pretty impressive total compensation package. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5 – 7 years of progressive software, systems, platform, or architecture experience, including hands-on ownership of production services
- Proven experience building and deploying agentic AI or GenAI systems beyond proofs of concept
- Demonstrated experience leading solutions from discovery through production and making end-to-end technical decisions
- Strong coding experience in Python and proficiency in at least one additional modern language such as TypeScript, Java, Go, or C#
- Deep knowledge of LLM applications, multi-agent orchestration, tool use, structured outputs, memory, RAG, context engineering, evaluation, and human-in-the-loop controls
More about this role
This position is based in New York City, NY and requires in-office attendance two days per week. Candidates must be able to meet this hybrid work requirement. Company-paid relocation assistance is not available. Candidates applying from outside the New York City area should clearly indicate in their resume that they are willing and able to relocate at their own expense.
This position requires an in-person interview in New York City, NY .
DIRECTV is seeking a Principal, System Engineer 2 to design, build, and operationalize sophisticated agentic AI systems across our Advertising
Technology ecosystem. This is a senior individual contributor assignment for a hands-on systems engineer who can move between architecture, production code, platform services, and direct engagement with business users.
The ideal candidate brings broad experience across AI, distributed systems, backend engineering, data, product delivery, and enterprise integration. This person will provide end-to-end technical ownership for secure multi-agent systems and collaborative AI work environments where business users and agents can plan, reason, use tools, share context, and complete complex advertising and media...
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