Director, Web Platform Engineering

Job description

Accountabilities: Own the technical direction and architecture of the web platform, partnering as a peer with product leadership to shape priorities, sequencing, and long-term platform strategy. Translate business objectives—including lead generation, leasing, SEO, personalization, experimentation, and campaign enablement—into practical technical strategies and scalable solutions. Remain hands-on in architecture, development, code reviews, technical design, and engineering standards while serving as the technical example for the team. Lead the evolution of a Sitecore-based, headless web ecosystem, including personalization, experimentation, content delivery, and modern frontend architecture. Guide strategy for site search and discovery, ensuring relevance, scalability, performance, and user experience remain aligned with business goals. Partner with marketing and content teams to evolve content management and operational capabilities. Coordinate with data, AI, and infrastructure teams on integrations involving platforms such as Cosmos DB, Salesforce, and Databricks without owning the broader enterprise architecture. Champion AI-assisted development through tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Copilot, establishing responsible and high-leverage practices across the engineering team. Strengthen automated testing through unit testing, visual regression testing, and other quality practices that support faster AI-assisted development. Evaluate and adopt AI-enabled capabilities for content operations, personalization, experimentation, and testing. Lead, mentor, and develop engineers through technical coaching, performance management, career planning, and targeted hiring. Build a culture of shared ownership by documenting architecture, integrations, operational procedures, and platform knowledge while cross-training team members. Own L2/L3 production support, break-fix resolution, release processes, deployment standards, and on-call practices, ensuring platform issues are resolved within established SLAs. Represent the web platform in enterprise technology planning and collaborate across global teams to align technical direction with broader organizational priorities. Requirements: 10+ years of experience in web platform or CMS engineering, with deep and current hands-on expertise in Sitecore AI and headless implementations. Strong experience with modern headless frontend architectures and Vercel or comparable deployment platforms. Deep expertise with enterprise search technologies such as Coveo, Algolia, Elasticsearch, or similar; Coveo experience is particularly valuable. Strong proficiency with Git and modern CI/CD practices, including experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, and/or Azure DevOps. At least 5 years of experience leading engineering teams, with a demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and support long-term career development. Proven experience partnering closely with product managers or product leads in a peer relationship to jointly shape technical and product direction. Hands-on experience using AI-assisted engineering tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Copilot, with concrete examples of how AI has improved development workflows. Strong understanding of automated testing, observability, deployment practices, and production support for enterprise web platforms. Excellent executive communication skills and the ability to explain technical strategy, architecture, risks, and trade-offs to senior technology and business stakeholders. A pragmatic and adaptable leadership style, with the ability to make decisions in ambiguous environments and adjust quickly when circumstances change. Strong collaboration, documentation, knowledge-sharing, and mentoring skills, with a commitment to distributing technical ownership across the team. Experience partnering with marketing teams on content management and digital operations is preferred. Experience working on conversion-focused platforms such as lead-generation or e-commerce products is a plus. Experience supporting platforms across multiple geographic regions is advantageous. Datadog or comparable monitoring and observability experience is preferred. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience, is preferred. Benefits: Competitive annual base salary of $150,000–$170,000 USD. Potential eligibility for quarterly or annual performance-based bonus compensation. Remote work opportunity anywhere in the United States except Alaska. Competitive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance benefits, including low-cost employee-only medical coverage. Generous paid time off, including 15 vacation days, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays for new hires. Additional vacation accrual based on tenure and a birthday day off after one year of service. 401(k) plan with company matching of up to 6% of pay after six months of service. Paid parental leave and lifetime fertility benefit reimbursement of up to $10,000, including adoption and surrogacy. Six-week paid sabbatical after 10 years of service and every five years thereafter. Employee Assistance Program and additional insurance options, including critical illness, accident, hospital indemnity, pet insurance, and legal plans. Charitable giving program and related employee benefits. 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You may exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, objection) at any time. #LI-CL1 This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Web Platform Engineering based in United States. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role responsible for the technical direction of a large-scale, Sitecore-based web platform and its broader digital ecosystem.You will partner closely with product leadership to translate business priorities such as lead generation, SEO, personalization, experimentation, and conversion into scalable technical solutions.The role combines architecture, coding, engineering standards, people leadership, and production ownership.You’ll help shape modern headless web experiences using technologies such as Sitecore AI, Next.js/React, Vercel, and enterprise search platforms.You’ll also drive AI-forward engineering practices, automated testing, knowledge sharing, and integration with broader data and AI capabilities.As a leader-doer, you’ll remain close to the technology while coaching engineers, strengthening team capabilities, and guiding architectural decisions.This is an opportunity to influence a globally used digital platform while building a pragmatic, collaborative, and continuously improving engineering culture.