Director of Engineering – Marketing Agent Platform

Attentive

. Build engineering systems for an autonomous marketing agent .

Posted 10/26/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • United StatesLead💰 $340,000 - $390,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and leading high-performing engineering teams while developing scalable, intelligent systems that leverage behavioral data and machine learning. Possesses strong technical leadership skills to influence architecture and product direction in a fast-paced environment.

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Engineering ManagementTechnical LeadershipDistributed Systems ExpertiseAgentic Systems DevelopmentBehavioral Data Analysis

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Hard Skills

Code WritingEngineering ExcellenceMachine Learning IntegrationData-Heavy SystemsEvent-Driven SystemsAPIs DevelopmentProduct EngineeringHigh-Volume Data ProcessingTechnical Direction SettingArchitecture Influence

Soft Skills

Team LeadershipAccountability BuildingCuriosityOwnershipFeedback Provision

Industry Keywords

Autonomous Marketing AgentMarketing IntelligenceReal-Time Behavioral SignalsExperimentationPlatform CapabilitiesMCPEmail ProvidersAdvertising PlatformsProduct RoadmapHigh Performance Bar

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build engineering systems for an autonomous marketing agent
Develop systems involving agentic planning, real-time behavioral signals, platform capabilities, experimentation, and reliable execution at massive scale
Turn sophisticated AI systems into dependable products making and acting on millions of marketing decisions
Extend marketing intelligence through APIs and MCP across external email providers, advertising platforms, websites, and custom agents
Help evolve Attentive from a messaging platform into one coordinating and continuously improving broader brand marketing programs
Hire and lead an A+ engineering team
Set technical direction and influence architecture, roadmap, and product engineering
Partner with ML and data science teams
Track industry developments and make informed technology decisions
Write code and provide direct feedback while building accountability

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years managing engineers
8+ years of engineering experience
Experience building engineering excellence at a top-tier organization
Ability to hire and lead an A+ engineering team
Strong technical opinions and curiosity to challenge assumptions
Understanding of the interface between product engineering, ML, and data science
Experience shipping agentic or LLM-backed systems
Knowledge of production tradeoffs involving tool use, orchestration, and retrieval
Expertise in distributed, data-heavy systems, including streaming, event-driven systems, and cost-aware inference
Ability to write code
Experience hiring, giving direct feedback, maintaining a high performance bar, and building accountability
Experience building intelligent systems using high-volume behavioral data
Technical and product leadership experience
Ability to move quickly, embrace ambiguity, and take ownership

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive perks and benefits
Health and wellness benefits
Equity
Employee resource groups through AWAKE
Reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities