Director, Engineering, Publishing Platform

Conde Nast
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 210,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Architectural judgment","Cross-functional partnership","Mentorship"]

Lead the Publishing Platform engineering team that builds and operates a multi-tenant content management system, rights management, editorial planning, and global content APIs used by internal editors and brand teams. Drive technical direction, architecture, roadmap alignment, and delivery quality while managing a globally distributed group across CMS, rights, planning, and content API systems. Partner closely with product, design, and editorial stakeholders, and advance AI-native authoring and editorial workflows.

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Director, Engineering, Publishing Platform

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Job Summary

Lead the Publishing Platform engineering team that builds and operates a multi-tenant content management system, rights management, editorial planning, and global content APIs used by internal editors and brand teams. Drive technical direction, architecture, roadmap alignment, and delivery quality while managing a globally distributed group across CMS, rights, planning, and content API systems. Partner closely with product, design, and editorial stakeholders, and advance AI-native authoring and editorial workflows.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage and grow a global group of engineering teams across CMS, rights, planning, and content API systems to ensure delivery and operational excellence.
  • •Recruit, mentor, and develop engineers and managers while raising the technical and delivery bar for the group.
  • •Own the publishing platform roadmap in partnership with platform product management, balancing brand demand and technical debt.
  • •Partner with principal engineering on key architectural decisions including content model/format strategy, API contracts, and authoring toolchain consolidation.
  • •Drive AI-native evolution of authoring and editorial workflows, making AI-assisted ways of working the default in production tooling.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 210,000 - 240,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Proven experience leading and growing engineering teams building and running platforms as products with accountability for delivery and quality.
  • •Experience owning content management, publishing, or comparable internal-platform systems.
  • •Track record leading distributed teams across multiple locations and time zones.
  • •Hands-on depth to review designs and code, engage credibly with senior ICs, and contribute directly when needed.
  • •Strong architectural judgment in content systems, including content modeling, API design (GraphQL/REST), and platform integration seams.
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationArchitectural judgmentCross-functional partnershipMentorship
Tech Stack:JavaScriptTypeScriptNode.jsGraphQLRESTMongoDBAWS LambdaKafkaS3AWSDockerKubernetesTerraformGitGitHub

Company Brief

Conde Nast
Conde Nast is a global media company publishing premium magazines, digital brands, and video content across fashion, lifestyle, culture, and luxury sectors. It creates editorial, advertising, and branded-content experiences for audiences and marketers worldwide.
Industry: Publishing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 1909
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