Solutions Engineer

Job Title: Solutions Engineer 

Department: Corporate Information Technology

Reporting To: Vice President, Data & Commercialization

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: New York or Philadelphia - Hybrid 

The anticipated starting salary range for individuals expressing interest in this position is $140,000.00/Yr. 

Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and location of the applicant, as well as internal and external equity.

Audacy offers employees who are eligible for benefits with a comprehensive benefits package which includes: a health care coordinator, medical, dental, vision, mental health, telemedicine, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, disability, life insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, paid time off (sick, flex-time away/vacation days, personal, parental, volunteer), 401(k) retirement plan, legal assistance, life assistance program, identity theft protection, discounted home and auto insurance, and pet insurance.

Overview:

Audacy is seeking a talented and inventive Mid-Level Solutions Engineer to join our forward-thinking Technology & Innovation team. This role is not only about optimizing processes—it is about creating entirely new capabilities, intelligent tools, and audio experiences, and seeing them through to execution.

Operating as a hybrid between systems design and hands-on coding, this role is roughly 60% architecture and platform engineering, and 40% software development. You will spend the majority of your time designing robust cloud platforms, data pipelines, and infrastructure, while actively developing applications, APIs, and AI prototypes to run on those systems. Ideal candidates are both visionary architects and delivery-focused builders who love to ideate with stakeholders, engineer scalable infrastructure, and write the code that brings their creations to life in real-world environments.

This is a rare opportunity to work at the cutting edge of audio, automation, and AI inside a fast-paced media environment.

What You'll Do:

• Platform Engineering & Cloud Architecture (60%): Architect, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS). Coordinate with Platform Engineering and DevOps to establish secure deployment routes, manage infrastructure as code (IaC), and oversee CI/CD pipelines.
• Data Architecture & Movement: Design and manage data integrations, robust ETL pipelines, and NoSQL/SQL database schemas (e.g., Firestore, BigQuery) to support complex data ingestion, movement, and intelligent applications.
• Application Development & AI Integration (40%): Act as the hands-on technical lead to build intelligent applications and APIs. Develop rapid prototypes and proofs-of-concept integrating Generative AI (Google Vertex AI, OpenAI) to validate new business ideas.
• Operationalization & Scale: Transition successful prototypes into maintainable production solutions, ensuring high performance, proper logging, and architectural reliability.
• Cross-Functional Teaming & Agile Leadership: Collaborate across engineering, data science, product, and business stakeholders. Drive agile development processes by creating user stories, defining Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), and establishing standard code-branching strategies.

More About You:

Required:

• 5-7 years of experience in solutions engineering, cloud architecture, software development, or a related technical role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Strong Platform & Cloud Experience: Deep understanding of cloud environments (GCP, AWS). Proven experience working with DevOps, implementing CI/CD deployment pipelines, and using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Data Engineering Expertise: Proven experience with data movement, organization, and integration, including building ETL pipelines and working with NoSQL databases (e.g., Firestore) and data warehouses (e.g., BigQuery).
• Software Development Skills: Strong programming fundamentals with an emphasis on web and AI-driven application development (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, or C#) and experience developing and consuming modern RESTful APIs.
• Applied AI Integration: Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and hands-on experience integrating with platforms like Google Vertex AI or OpenAI, including practical knowledge of prompt management and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to work independently in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
• Entrepreneurial mindset: curious, inventive, and comfortable designing in unstructured spaces while being focused on delivering results.

Preferred:

• Experience with enterprise systems relevant to media (e.g., CRM, ERP, scheduling and traffic systems, digital audio distribution, and broadcast technology).
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and experience managing technical workflows in Jira.

Please be aware that Audacy will never ask you to send money at any point during the hiring process. Communication from legitimate Audacy representatives will only come from email addresses ending in @audacy.com. If you receive any suspicious requests or communications, please verify their authenticity before responding.

Audacy is a leading audio content and entertainment company. As champions of audio, we connect with people in the moments that matter — delivering trusted local news, passionate sports and your favorite music across 220+ radio stations, premium podcasts, live events and digital experiences that reach more than 200 million listeners every month.

We create compelling content, foster deeply engaged audiences and deliver outcomes that matter for advertisers. Learn more at www.audacyinc.com and join the conversation on LinkedIn, X, Facebook and Instagram.

Audacy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Audacy affords equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals regardless of their race, color, religion or religious creed, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (over 40), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or other classification protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, and to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Consistent with our commitment to equal employment opportunity, we provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance in applying electronically for a position with Audacy, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship. To request a reasonable accommodation for this purpose, please call 1-610-660-5614. Please note that this phone number is to be used solely to request an accommodation with respect to the online application process. Calls for any other reason will not be returned. Reasonable accommodation requests are considered on a case-by-case basis.