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.

What you’ll bring

• 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.

Supervisor: Yes 

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)