Director of Engineering, Consumer Products

Job Description

As the leading independent modern media company, Vox Media ignites conversations and influences culture. Across digital, podcasts, TV, streaming, live events, and print, we tell stories that affect our audience's daily lives and entertain as much as they inform.

Our portfolio features influential and respected editorial properties including Vox, New York Magazine, The Verge, The Cut, Eater, Vulture, The Strategist, Polygon, SB Nation, Intelligencer, Curbed, Grub Street and Recode. Off-platform, the Vox Media Podcast Network offers one of the largest collections of popular podcasts, and Vox Media Studios produces and distributes the award-winning nonfiction shows. Powered by innovative technology that scales quality, the Chorus publishing platform and Concert advertising marketplace answer the always-changing needs of modern audiences, creators and marketers.

Vox Media has been named one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Companies in Media,” an Inc. “Company of the Year,” Digiday’s “Best Company for Parents,” and one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign.

About the team:

New York Magazine connects readers to indispensable content, experiences, and products. Our media is the starting point from which we provide innovative offerings across multiple platforms. The Consumer Products team delivers services that empower our audiences to access or purchase products and experiences.

About the role:

We’re seeking a seasoned, curious, engaging Director of Engineering to lead our platform and Consumer Products teams. Spanning eCommerce, subscriptions and service/utility offerings, these groups also support sites including NYMag, Vulture, The Cut, Intelligencer, The Strategist, and more.

The position will focus on building and maintaining team health and culture, advancing application testing coverage, and improving application reliability and performance. Working with both a local and nearshore team, the Director will own the vision and direction for the technology that delivers high-profile, delightfully designed products and experiences.

What you'll do:

• Work with the Chief Technology Officer as well as developers to instill best practices for software development, testing, and deployment.
• Lead and manage a team of engineers through mentorship, coaching, and direct support and education: Champion engineering excellence
• Implement advanced CI/CD tools and techniques
• Partner with Product, Design, and Research teams to deliver delightful products
• Ensure the team delivers sites that are accessible and forward-compatible through the healthy use of web standards
• Conduct application and architecture performance analysis across the full stack of our solutions from systems to code to cloud services.
• Project management: prioritization, planning of projects and features; stakeholder management, collaborating with our Product team, and tracking of external commitments.
• Develop and own the teams’ engineering roadmaps
• Cultivate a healthy, inclusive learning culture both within and between teams, and provide mentoring and guidance to junior and mid-level engineers

What you'll bring:

• A strong sense of ownership, accountability, urgency, and drive
• Experience in building and running distributed systems for 24x7 online services at scale.
• 10 years of work experience in software development, including at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Track record of data-driven decisions
• Knowledge of Enterprise Architecture principles
• Experience in defining and executing professional software engineering best practices for the full software development life cycle
• Strengths in problem-solving, issue resolution, ability to work in a deadline-driven work environment, attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
• Knowledge of Node.js/Express, AWS, Elastic, Redis, nginx, Postgres, Terraform, Docker, CircleCI, Spark, Google Big Query, and AWS
• Preferred experience working in a media environment

About working at Vox Media:

This is a permanent, full-time position with excellent benefits—including flexible hours and generous parental leave. Vox Media strives to provide comprehensive healthcare options for our employees and to ensure that our healthcare and other benefits are LGBTQ-inclusive. You'll be joining a group of focused, hard-working, creative people who are passionate about doing work that's challenging and fun—and who strive to maintain a healthy work/life balance.

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and everyone is encouraged to apply. Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law.