TEGNA · 1 day ago
Engineering Manager - CTV Apps
WBIR-TV Knoxville
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expTEGNA Inc. is a media company that provides trusted local news and services. They are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead their Streaming Applications domain, focusing on CTV platforms like Roku and Apple TV, ensuring high-quality delivery and operational health across their streaming app teams.
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Responsibilities
Own delivery outcomes and operational health for streaming applications across CTV platforms
Lead execution across Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung, and related platforms
Ensure consistent playback behavior, reliability, and performance across devices
Translate product priorities into executable plans across streaming app teams
Balance feature delivery with platform stability and technical debt reduction
Directly manage CTV and streaming focused Team Leads
Coach Team Leads on execution, release ownership, and people leadership
Ensure teams have clear ownership, priorities, and accountability
Support career development and performance management for Team Leads
Accountable for release outcomes for streaming applications
Ensure teams follow shared release standards and rollout strategies
Partner with Team Leads during release windows and post release validation
Review post release analytics, crash reporting, and playback metrics
Ensure issues discovered after release are triaged and addressed quickly
Act as an escalation point for streaming application incidents
Partner with infrastructure and backend teams during playback or delivery issues
Support incident response and post incident reviews for streaming related problems
Drive improvements in observability, logging, and monitoring within CTV apps
Identify systemic playback or reliability risks and prioritize remediation
Partner with native app, backend, streaming infrastructure, and QA teams
Coordinate dependencies between app teams and streaming services
Communicate risks, tradeoffs, and timelines clearly to stakeholders
Ensure alignment between app level behavior and backend streaming capabilities
Partner with Product and leadership on the streaming applications roadmap
Own capacity planning and hiring needs for streaming app teams
Balance short term delivery needs with long term platform health
Contribute to technical direction for playback frameworks and shared CTV components
Qualification
Required
7 plus years of experience in software engineering with a focus on client applications
3 plus years of experience in an engineering management or senior technical leadership role
Strong experience with CTV platforms such as Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung, or similar
Deep understanding of video playback, streaming behavior, and app level failure modes
Experience managing delivery across multiple teams or pods
Proven ability to lead teams through releases and production issues
Strong communication skills and ability to partner across disciplines
Preferred
Experience with live streaming, VOD, and ad supported playback models
Familiarity with streaming metrics such as startup time, rebuffering, and error rates
Experience working in media, OTT, or broadcast environments
Background partnering closely with backend or streaming infrastructure teams
Benefits
TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families.
TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.
Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.
Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.
TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year.
Company
TEGNA
Tegna provides local news and services through its television stations and offers marketing solutions for businesses.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2025-08-19Acquired
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Dhanusha Sivajee
CEO
David Loving
President & General Manager
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