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AccuWeather is seeking an experienced Senior Manager, DevOps to lead a small team of engineers responsible for the infrastructure, automation, deployment, reliability, and operational capabilities that support AccuWeather's consumer, enterprise, API, and internal technology platforms. This role combines people leadership with strong technical depth and cross-functional influence. The Senior Manager will establish priorities and direction for DevOps while remaining close enough to the technology to guide technical decisions, remove roadblocks, respond to operational issues, and partner effectively with Software Engineering, Product, Security, and other teams across AccuWeather. The ideal candidate continually looks for opportunities to improve reliability, simplify operations, increase automation, reduce cost, and enable engineering teams to deliver software more quickly and safely. RESPONSIBILITIES Lead, develop, and support a team of engineers including performance management, goal setting, career development, hiring, and resource planning Define and execute the DevOps roadmap in alignment with Technology and Business priorities Drive adoption of AI across DevOps to improve productivity, delivery, infrastructure management, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency Identify and implement opportunities to use AI and intelligent automation with measurable improvements in speed, quality, or efficiency Provide technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, deployment automation, observability, and production operations Ensure AccuWeather’s platforms and services are highly available, scalable, secure, maintainable, and recoverable Continuously improve the SDLC by reducing manual processes, improving deployment safety, and enabling greater developer self-service Establish and evolve standards and best practices for cloud infrastructure, configuration management, containers, automation, and operational tooling Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, application performance visibility, and overall observability across supported platforms Lead and improve incident response, root cause analysis, post-incident reviews, disaster recovery, and operational readiness practices Partner internally to identify and address technical debt, reliability risks, scalability constraints, and operational efficiencies Manage cloud and infrastructure capacity, utilization, and cost; identify opportunities to optimize technology spend without compromising reliability or performance Incorporate security and compliance requirements into infrastructure, deployment, access, secrets management, and operational practices Build strong partnerships across AccuWeather and help drive shared ownership QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience 8+ years of progressive experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, site reliability, software engineering, or a related field 3+ years of experience managing and developing technical employees Strong technical understanding of modern cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS and CDN’s such as Akamai or Cloudflare Strong technical understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, automation, networking, containers, observability, and production operations Experience supporting highly available web, mobile, API, data, or other large-scale platforms Experience with incident management, monitoring and alerting, root-cause-analysis, disaster recovery, and production reliability practices Demonstrated ability to balance reliability, delivery speed, security, technical debt, and infrastructure cost when making decisions Experience managing cloud or infrastructure spend and identifying cost-optimization opportunities Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical risks, options, and recommendations to both technical and non-technical audiences Strong collaboration skills and demonstrated ability to lead initiatives across teams Self-driven, adaptable, accountable, and committed to continuous improvement About AccuWeather AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones. AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee. AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally. Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs. Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

AccuWeather is seeking an experienced and highly collaborative Director, AFB Technologies to provide technical leadership for the platforms, applications, services, and data that power AccuWeather for Business (AFB). This role will be responsible for the technology strategy and evolution of the AFB web, mobile app, API, and data capabilities. The Director will develop a strong understanding of existing systems and business needs, work across Technology, Product, Security, Operations, and other teams to establish a modernization strategy, and lead its execution while continuing to support the needs of AccuWeather's enterprise customers. The ideal candidate combines strong technical depth, people leadership, strategic thinking, and a pragmatic approach to modernization. This leader will help simplify and modernize AFB technologies, strengthen security and operational practices, drive progress toward SOC 2 compliance, expand the use of AI across engineering and product capabilities, and identify opportunities for AFB technology investments to be reused across other AccuWeather platforms. RESPONSIBILITIES Provide technical and organizational leadership for the AFB web portal, mobile applications, APIs, and AFB-specific data capabilities Develop a deep understanding of existing AFB systems, integrations, dependencies, data flows, technical debt, and operational processes to establish a clear baseline for future investment Define and execute a technology strategy and modernization roadmap that balances new capabilities, customer commitments, reliability, security, technical debt, and sustainability Partner closely with Product, Technology, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders to translate AFB business and customer needs into scalable technical solutions and priorities Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools and workflows to improve software development, testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and overall productivity Identify and lead opportunities to incorporate AI into AFB platforms and workflows where it can create meaningful customer value, improve operational efficiency, simplify complex data, or enable new enterprise capabilities while maintaining appropriate security and governance Modernize applications, services, APIs, and data capabilities using approaches that improve maintainability, scalability, observability, developer productivity, and speed of delivery Identify opportunities to create shared services, APIs, data capabilities, components, and platforms that can be reused across AFB and other AccuWeather products Drive AFB technology toward SOC 2 readiness and compliance, partnering with Security and other teams to establish appropriate controls and practices around access, change management, delivery, monitoring, incident response, data protection, SLA’s, and processes Ensure AFB platforms are reliable, secure, performant, scalable, monitorable, and supportable for AccuWeather's enterprise customers Establish and continuously improve software engineering, testing, API, data, and delivery practices across the AFB technology ecosystem Lead, mentor, and develop engineers and technical contributors, establishing clear ownership, expectations, priorities, and opportunities for professional growth Define and monitor meaningful measures of platform health, engineering effectiveness, reliability, security, modernization progress, and delivery performance QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience 10+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, technology leadership, enterprise applications, digital platforms, or related disciplines 5+ years of experience leading and developing software engineering or technology teams Demonstrated experience defining technology strategy and leading the modernization of existing applications, services, APIs, or data platforms Strong technical understanding of modern web applications, mobile applications, APIs, cloud technologies, distributed systems, data platforms, and software delivery practices Experience supporting business-critical or enterprise-facing technology platforms with demanding reliability, security, performance, and customer requirements Experience with security, compliance, and technology control frameworks; direct experience supporting SOC 2 readiness or compliance is strongly preferred Strong understanding of API design, integration patterns, data architecture, and approaches that enable capabilities to be shared and reused across products Experience applying AI-assisted development tools and a strong understanding of the opportunities, risks, and practical applications of AI within software engineering and digital products Demonstrated ability to evaluate legacy systems, technical debt, and competing priorities and develop pragmatic, incremental modernization strategies Ability to operate effectively across organizational boundaries, influence technical direction, and lead complex initiatives involving multiple teams and stakeholders Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to technical, business, and executive audiences Self-driven, adaptable, collaborative, and comfortable taking ownership of complex technology challenges About AccuWeather AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones. AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee. AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally. Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs. Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Want to be part of a team that keeps real-time weather alerts and observations flowing reliably to hundreds of millions of people? We are looking for a Software Developer II who displays a deep interest in and passion for backend architecture and problem solving; someone who likes to build reliable processing systems and help identify areas of improvement. Reporting directly to the Manager, Data Engineering, this position will be responsible for designing and developing backend software that processes real-time weather data flows — including alerts, observations, and AccuWeather Alerts — powering AccuWeather's consumer and enterprise products. Leveraging relational databases, functional programming, and cloud technologies, you will build new processing services and workflows that improve the reliability and scalability of our real-time weather platforms. You will demonstrate skill in multiple backend technologies, monitor the systems you own, and collaborate with peers and stakeholders in an Agile-based environment, to deliver best of breed real-time processing that caters to a global audience. We are open to hiring candidates to work from our global headquarters in State College, PA, USA, or remotely. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES · Design, develop, test, and maintain backend software processors that ingest, validate, transform, and distribute real-time weather data. · Collaborate with software engineers, data operations, product managers, and business stakeholders to design and implement processing solutions that support AccuWeather's consumer and enterprise products. · Develop new processing capabilities and enhance existing processors to support new weather data providers, data formats, business requirements, and product features. · Design and implement database schemas and supporting SQL objects used by backend processing applications. · Develop software that is reliable, maintainable, testable, and observable, with a focus on successful deployment and operation in production environments. · Collaborate with Enterprise Database Administrators and other platform teams to test, deploy, and maintain database changes in production. · Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects, production issues, and operational incidents affecting weather data processing systems. · Write and maintain technical documentation for software components, processing workflows, system changes, and operational procedures. · Revise and enhance existing software to improve functionality, performance, reliability, and maintainability. · Stay current with emerging technologies and software development best practices, applying them where appropriate to improve team capabilities and processing systems. · Contribute to the continuous improvement of team workflows, quality assurance practices, documentation, and development processes. QUALIFICATIONS · Required Qualifications: - Bachelor's or Masters degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. - 3+ years of experience designing and developing backend services. - Experience developing software using Scala or Java, with exposure to functional programming concepts. - Experience developing and deploying applications in cloud environments such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. - Experience working with relational databases, including database schema design and SQL. - Experience processing structured and semi-structured data formats such as XML and JSON, working with RESTful APIs, and using regular expressions. · Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with event-driven, distributed, or message-based systems. - Experience working with weather, environmental, geospatial, or other Earth science data. - Experience with Microsoft SQL Server. - Experience developing applications on Microsoft Azure. - Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced development environment. · Skills & Competencies - Excellent verbal and written communication skills. - Ability to collaborate effectively as both a member of a team and an independent contributor. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw sound conclusions. - Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and data processing workflows to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve complex production issues. ABOUT ACCUWEATHER AccuWeather, recognized and documented as the most accurate and most used source of weather forecasts and warnings in the world, has saved over 12,000 lives, prevented injury to over 100,000 people, and saved companies tens of billions of dollars through better planning and decision-making. Billions of people around the world rely on AccuWeather’s proven Superior Accuracy™ across our consumer digital platforms. AccuWeather.com is the #1 weather destination and one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, and our award-winning AccuWeather app delivers detailed real-time forecasts to millions of smartphones. AccuWeather forecasts also appear on digital signage, in 700 newspapers, are heard on over 400 radio stations, and viewed on 100 television stations. The AccuWeather Network and AccuWeather NOW® reach an audience of over 125 million on cable and streaming platforms including DirecTV, Charter Communications - Spectrum, Verizon, Philo, Frndly TV, Comcast’s Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Stream, Roku, Xumo, Rockbot, LG, and Amazon Freevee. AccuWeather For Business serves more than half of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of other businesses and government agencies globally. Dr. Joel Myers, Founder and Executive Chairman, established AccuWeather in 1962 and is considered the “father of modern commercial meteorology.” Myers, a leading creative thinker and visionary, has been called “the most accurate man in weather” by The New York Times and has been recognized as one of the top entrepreneurs in American history by Entrepreneur’s Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurs.. COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION AccuWeather is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEO is the Law poster here and its supplement here. The pay transparency policy is available here. AccuWeather is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to human.resources@accuweather.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.