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R&D Innovation Developer



Overview

TEN2 Media is hiring an R&D Innovation Developer — a hands-on technical builder who will research emerging technologies, develop experimental systems, and turn promising ideas into tested, practical solutions for the company.

This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, applied research, product development, and operations. 


You will work within the Technology team but cross-functionally across Operations, Content, Creative, Rights Management, and Client Services to identify high-value problems; form technical hypotheses; build prototypes and proof-of-concepts; run structured experiments; evaluate results; and advance validated solutions toward reliable internal products, tools, and infrastructure.



Ideal Profile

A multidisciplinary engineer and systems thinker who thrives in ambiguity and learns through experimentation. You combine strong software-development fundamentals with product judgment, operational awareness, and curiosity about emerging technology. You can translate a loosely defined business problem into a testable technical concept, build enough of the system to prove or disprove the idea, and determine the appropriate next step based on evidence.

You balance speed with rigor. You know when to create a lightweight prototype, when to deepen the architecture, when to involve domain experts, and when to stop an experiment that does not demonstrate sufficient value. You communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and can guide a successful concept from early exploration toward production readiness.



Key Responsibilities

  • Own early-stage technical R&D from problem definition and hypothesis formation through research, prototyping, experimentation, validation, and recommendation

  • Design and build proof-of-concepts, experimental applications, internal tools, automations, integrations, data products, and AI-enabled workflows

  • Create structured test plans with defined assumptions, success criteria, benchmarks, risks, and measurable outcomes

  • Run rapid experiments, collect qualitative and quantitative evidence, analyze performance, document learnings, and recommend whether to iterate, scale, transfer, or stop

  • Partner cross-functionally with Content, Creative, O&O, CMS, Client Services, and Operations to uncover high-value use cases and translate departmental needs into technical experiments

  • Demonstrate prototypes and findings to stakeholders, explain tradeoffs clearly, and build alignment around evidence-based next steps


Core R&D Focus Areas

Build and validate high-impact internal solutions through rapid experiments — spanning AI/agents, automation + integrations, data pipelines + analytics, and content/media tooling — ability to scale what proves out on accuracy, reliability, cost/latency, security, and real business usefulness.



Required Skills & Experience

  • Strong software-engineering fundamentals and hands-on experience building functional applications, prototypes, automations, or technical systems

  • Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Golang with the ability to learn new languages and frameworks as needed

  • Experience working with APIs, webhooks, databases, data pipelines, and system integrations

  • Working knowledge of SQL, PostgreSQL or comparable databases, data modeling, and analytical workflows

  • Experience using modern development environments and AI-assisted engineering tools for rapid prototyping and iteration

  • Demonstrated ability to design experiments, define success criteria, test assumptions, analyze evidence, and make clear technical recommendations

  • Experience progressing concepts from early ideation through proof-of-concept, user testing, technical validation, and implementation planning

  • Familiarity with Git/GitHub, collaborative development workflows, testing practices, technical documentation, and deployment fundamentals

  • Ability to translate operational and business needs into technical requirements without losing the original problem or user context

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders

  • Strong initiative, curiosity, resourcefulness, and comfort working on open-ended problems across multiple disciplines


Preferred

  • Full-stack development experience and familiarity with cloud infrastructure, serverless systems, containers, CI/CD, logging, and monitoring

  • Experience with AI/ML systems, LLM applications, RAG, agents, model evaluation, computer vision, or multimodal workflows

  • Familiarity with Google Apps Script, Notion, YouTube APIs/CMS, media asset systems, creative tooling, or content-delivery platforms

  • Experience developing internal products or innovation programs within media, entertainment, technology, or a high-growth operating environment

  • Knowledge of data security, permissions, privacy, and responsible AI practices

  • Experience moving prototypes into maintainable production systems or creating clear handoff specifications for engineering partners

  • Understanding of music and digital-media workflows, metadata standards, content rights, channel operations, or audience analytics


This role represents an opportunity to build TEN2 Media’s applied R&D capability from the ground up — creating the experimental systems, technical foundations, and evidence-driven practices that help the company test faster, learn earlier, and turn emerging technology into durable competitive advantage.

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