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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Director of Software Architecture - **Company:** Insight Global - **Location:** Burbank, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $190,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Encodings, Continuous Integration, Customer Data Management, Software Design Patterns, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Software Architecture, Recommender Systems, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Transcoding, Web Platforms, Media Technology, Reliability of Systems, Technical Debt, Backend, MPEG-DASH, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Low Latency, Video Streaming, Api Design, Data Pipelines, Serverless Computing, Microservices - **Published:** July 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.insightglobal.com/jobs/find_a_job/california/burbank/director-of-software-architecture/job-552776/ ## About the Role * 12+ years of experience in Software Engineering and/ or Platform Engineering including 5+ years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role * Proven experience designing and supporting large scale consumer-facing digital platforms within streaming, OTT, SVOD, AVOD, FAST, media, entertainment, subscription, membership, or eCommerce environments * Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud architecture, API design, microservices, event-driven architectures, data pipelines, identity and access management, observability, and DevOps/SRE best practices * Hands-on experience with video streaming technologies including HLS, MPEG-DASH, DRM, encoding/transcoding, packaging, CDN delivery, playback services, player SDKs, and quality-of-experience monitoring * Experience designing scalable & secure cloud-native architectures that support millions of users and multiple device ecosystems * Experience establishing architecture standards, reference architectures, reusable design patterns while evaluating architectural tradeoffs across performance, scalability, security, reliability and cost * Experience with modern engineering practices including containerization, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, automated testing, monitoring, alerting, and incident response * Experience with subscription management, commerce, billing, identity, entitlement, personalization, recommendation engines, loyalty, rewards, customer data, or marketing technology platforms Nice to Have Skills & Experience * Familiarity with multi-CDN strategies, content steering, edge delivery, low-latency streaming, live event scaling, SSAI/ad tech, analytics instrumentation, and experimentation platforms * Experience working with third-party streaming vendors, systems integrators, media technology providers, and SaaS platforms ## Description Insight Global is seeking a Director of Software Architecture to define and lead the technical architecture strategy for a large-scale streaming and membership platform. 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