Head of Engineering

WME is seeking a Head of Engineering to support the transformation of our Product & Engineering organization. This team member will be supporting all facets of the WME Group business within North America.

You should be a strategic, thoughtful, and savvy engineering professional with a background in leading technology transformations and a passion for the entertainment industries.

You must be detail-oriented, hands-on, possess exceptional relationship-building skills, and enjoy working in a highly iterative, agile, and fast-paced environment. Must be flexible and able to move quickly from one subject to another.

The role will report to WME’s SVP, Product & Engineering based in Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evolution of WME’s legacy technology stack into modern, modular, cloud-ready systems.

• Serve as both architect and player-coach: designing systems, prototyping solutions, and writing code while guiding teams.

• Introduce modern engineering practices such as agile delivery, CI/CD, automated testing, and infrastructure-as-code.

• Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers, shaping a collaborative and growth-oriented engineering culture.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Business leaders to ensure technical decisions align with strategy and operational needs.

• Establish enterprise coding standards, architecture patterns, and governance frameworks that support long-term scalability and quality.

• Balance modernization with pragmatism—evolving existing systems and processes incrementally to minimize disruption.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software development experience with 8+ years in architecture and solution design.

• Deep expertise in .NET (C#, .NET Core/6+, ASP.NET, Web API, Entity Framework) and familiarity with open-source and cloud-native technologies.

• Proven success leading large-scale modernization efforts and agile transformations in enterprise environments.

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred), APIs, microservices, data platforms, and distributed systems.

• Demonstrated technical leadership, coalition-building, and communication skills across engineering and business stakeholders.

• Experience recruiting, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineering teams.

• Background in entertainment, media, or related industries strongly preferred.

Success in 12 Months

Within a year, WME’s Head of Engineering will have established the foundation for both a modern technical platform and a high-performing engineering organization. Legacy systems will be evolving into modular, cloud-ready services, and agile and DevOps practices will be embedded in daily work. A strong, collaborative engineering culture will be in place—delivering faster, more reliably, and in closer partnership with Product, Design, and the business.

Per local requirements and in the interest of transparency, the hourly rate shown below reflects the prevalent current hiring range for this position. Hiring pay rates are based on a number of factors, including location and may vary depending on job-related qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience. The company strives to provide locally competitive rewards packages, which include base rate along with, as applicable, short- and long-term incentives, growth and developmental opportunities, and robust benefits, such as health care, retirement, vacation and other paid time off, and additional offerings.

Hiring Rate Minimum:

$260,759 annually (minimum will not fall below the applicable state/local minimum salary thresholds)

Hiring Rate Maximum:

$347,679 annuallyWME is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, or religion or belief.