**This is a Clarksburg, MD, based position that works both in-office (4 days/week) and remotely. #LI-Hybrid** The Product Development Engineer I is an early-to-mid career engineering role responsible for designing, developing, integrating, and evolving DIRECTV for Business entertainment platforms, cloud services, and technology solutions. As part of the Product Engineering organization, you will help modernize next-generation entertainment experiences, develop cloud-native services, build automation solutions, and deliver innovative commercial and hospitality video, advertising, and media technology capabilities that enhance customer experiences and drive business growth. This role provides the opportunity to work across product engineering, platform development, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, advertising technology, and business operations while contributing to scalable solutions that support DIRECTV for Business customers across commercial and hospitality markets nationwide. We're looking for a curious, hands-on engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, embraces emerging technologies, takes ownership of engineering initiatives, and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. **What's In It For You** + Help shape the future of DIRECTV for Business products, platforms, and cloud services. + Work with modern cloud, platform engineering, automation, and advertising technologies that directly impact customers and business growth. + Gain hands-on experience building scalable cloud-native services, APIs, automation solutions, and modern engineering platforms. + Collaborate with experienced engineers while expanding your expertise across software development, cloud computing, DevOps, product development, and platform engineering. + Enjoy a hybrid work environment with access to more than 28,000 square feet of advanced networking, video, cloud, and technology lab facilities in Clarksburg, Maryland. **Here's what you'll do:** **Product Development & Platform Engineering** + Design, develop, integrate, and enhance DIRECTV for Business products, cloud platforms, APIs, and technology solutions that deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative customer experiences. + Build new product capabilities, platform services, automation tools, and technology integrations that support business growth and operational excellence. + Collaborate with Product Management, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps, Operations, Ad Sales, Data & Analytics, and Architecture teams throughout the product lifecycle. + Develop technical requirements, solution designs, implementation plans, engineering documentation, and best practices. + Participate in proof-of-concept initiatives, technology evaluations, product launches, and platform modernization efforts. + Evaluate emerging technologies and engineering approaches that improve product capabilities, operational efficiency, and customer experiences. + Take ownership of technical initiatives from concept through deployment, ensuring successful delivery and long-term platform reliability. **Advertising Technology & Media Platforms** + Develop, integrate, and enhance DIRECTV Advertising and Ad Sales platform capabilities supporting Connected TV (CTV), streaming, and digital advertising solutions. + Enhance advertising technology capabilities including audience targeting, campaign management, ad delivery, measurement, reporting, analytics, and monetization platforms. + Validate platform enhancements, integrations, and end-to-end advertising workflows to ensure reliability, operational readiness, and successful business outcomes. + Partner with Product Management, Ad Sales, Engineering, and Data teams to deliver scalable advertising technology solutions. **Cloud, Automation & DevOps** + Develop and support cloud-native services and infrastructure powering DIRECTV for Business platforms. + Build automation tools, APIs, and engineering solutions using Python and other modern programming languages to improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and platform reliability. + Design automation solutions and deployment processes that improve scalability, reliability, software quality, and operational excellence. + Participate in CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), software releases, platform monitoring, observability, security, compliance, and vulnerability remediation initiatives. + Leverage modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development tools and automation techniques, to improve engineering effectiveness. **Cross-Functional Collaboration & Technical Excellence** + Partner with Product Management, Software Engineering, Cloud, DevOps, Operations, Ad Sales, Data & Analytics, and external technology partners to deliver scalable technical solutions from concept through production. + Evaluate emerging technologies, validate integrations, and provide technical recommendations that improve platform capabilities, reliability,