Director, Technology – AI Engineering Transformation
AT&T Services, Inc. · USA:TX:Dallas / Two AT&T Plaza (211 S Akard St) - Dat:211 S Akard St
$210,600–$316,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
USA:TX:Dallas / Two AT&T Plaza (211 S Akard St) - Dat:211 S Akard St
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering leadership role responsible for modernizing software delivery across a large enterprise, with a focus on integrating AI-assisted development tools, managing DevOps/SRE and automation teams, and owning the end-to-end engineering toolchain. The position suits an experienced technology leader with a background in platform or DevOps organizations who can drive large-scale transformation, measure outcomes through engineering metrics, and communicate strategy to executive stakeholders.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,150 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 1,900–4,750
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job posting explicitly states 'office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week' at the Dallas, TX location. The caller has overridden this to remote=true and requested no metro be inferred; that instruction has been followed, but hiring managers should be aware the posting itself is on-site only.
The 'Director' title maps to a people-management role (cross-functional teams, hiring, coaching, budget-level transformation) — classified as 11-3021. Seniority is assessed as Senior rather than Principal or Staff: while the scope is broad, Director-level single-org leadership at a large enterprise is a standard Senior band; the requirements (8+ years) and scope do not indicate org-wide technical authority across multiple divisions.
Degree requirement is None: the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' in lieu of the Bachelor's degree.
The 3+ years managing SDLC/platform teams is a secondary role-level gate; the primary gate is 8+ years of progressive technology leadership, captured in the overall years minimum.
GitHub Copilot and Cursor are listed as named examples of AI coding platforms under a required gate ('Experience deploying and scaling AI-assisted development tools such as…'); they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for the same requirement.
Developer tooling ecosystem items (GitHub, Jira, SonarQube, Artifactory, Backstage, LaunchDarkly) appear under the 'What You'll Bring' section, which reads as a secondary/preferred block distinct from the hard-gate 'What You'll Need' section.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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