Head of Publishing Platform Engineering

Condé Nast; New York (NY); On-site; USD 210,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Media experience

Rights management familiarity

Platform consolidation experience

Job summary

Condé Nast is seeking a Director of Engineering for the Publishing Platform in New York. The role leads a globally distributed team responsible for CMS, rights, editorial planning, and content APIs across brands and sites.

You will set technical direction with principal engineers, own the platform roadmap, and partner with product, design and editorial teams to deliver scalable, AI-native publishing experiences for our world-renowned brands.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and growing engineering teams accountable for delivery and quality.
• Experience owning content management or publishing platforms.
• Led distributed teams across locations and time zones.
• Ability to review designs and code and mentor engineers.
• Strong architectural judgment for content systems and APIs.
• Proven collaboration with product, design and editorial partners.
• Experience driving AI-native workflows in production environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead global engineering teams across CMS, rights, planning, and APIs.
• Set platform roadmap with product and editorial stakeholders; manage architectural direction.
• Foster strong partnerships with editorial, product, and brand teams.
• Advance AI-native authoring and editorial workflows across the platform.

Skills

Team leadership

Content platform

Distributed teams

Hands-on engineering

Architectural judgment

Cross-functional collaboration

AI-native workflows

Platform health vs speed

Leadership communication

Job description

Condé Nast is seeking a Director of Engineering for the Publishing Platform in New York. The role leads a globally distributed team responsible for CMS, rights, editorial planning, and content APIs across brands and sites.

You will set technical direction with principal engineers, own the platform roadmap, and partner with product, design and editorial teams to deliver scalable, AI-native publishing experiences for our world-renowned brands.