AVP-Digital Engineering

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted.

Build a more connected world by transforming how customers experience AT&T online. Our Digital Engineering teams power the platforms millions of customers rely on every day to explore, purchase, and manage AT&T services. Through modern engineering, scalable platforms, and a relentless focus on performance, we deliver digital experiences that fuel growth, loyalty, and innovation.

Job overview

As an Assistant Vice President - Digital Engineering, you will lead the engineering strategy, delivery, and operations for AT&T's web platforms, including att.com. You will build and scale a high-performing digital engineering organization while driving an engineering-first mindset across the web channel. Partnering closely with product, digital, and business leaders, you will translate business priorities into a multi-year technology roadmap that modernizes platforms, improves customer experience, and accelerates AT&T's digital ambitions.

What you'll do

• Lead and scale a world-class web engineering organization responsible for designing, building, and operating high-traffic, customer-facing platforms.
• Own the end-to-end engineering lifecycle for web platforms, ensuring performance, scalability, reliability, and SLA compliance across environments.
• Set technical strategy and roadmap in partnership with product and business leaders, prioritizing modernization, performance, and customer experience outcomes.
• Drive agile delivery, vendor partnerships, and financial discipline to ensure initiatives are delivered on time and within budget.
• Establish KPIs and operating metrics to measure site performance, platform health, delivery effectiveness, and customer experience impact.
• Represent web technology in executive forums, communicating progress, risks, and opportunities while influencing enterprise digital strategy.

What you'll need

• Expertise in large-scale web platform architecture, performance optimization, and site reliability engineering.
• Experience leading software development lifecycle execution across modern web technologies and agile methodologies.
• Strong capability managing platform SLAs, incident response, and operational excellence for high-traffic digital environments.
• Proven ability to partner with vendors, consultants, and internal teams to deliver complex technology initiatives.
• Experience defining, tracking, and reporting KPIs related to platform performance, availability, and customer experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred).
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within engineering or IT organizations focused on digital platforms and customer experience.
• Preferred experience in core web technologies: React, Redux, Next.js, TypeScript, HTML, Tailwind CSS, Bit, Java, Node.js, Spring Boot, Kafka, GraphQL, MuleSoft, Sanity.io, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Redis, Cassandra, Akamai
• Demonstrated success leading large, multi-layered engineering teams and people managers.
• Experience shaping long-term technology strategy and aligning engineering investments to business goals.
• Strong stakeholder leadership with the ability to influence across business, product, and technology organizations.

Assistant Vice President - Digital Engineering, earns between $227,600 - $382,300 annually. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.

Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 28 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
• Long Term Grants and Deferred Compensation
• 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