Senior Director. Software Engineering (100% Remote, Anywhere in USA)

GOBankingRates.com is a leading destination for personal finance news and information. 

Launched by Jeff Bartlett and Brett Rossmann in 2004, GOBankingRates (formerly ConsumerTrack) connects people with products and services that help them to lead a richer life.

We are a multi-media content platform covering all aspects of your personal finance journey. Our curated editorial content, videos and podcasts utilize expert insight to teach readers the six key principles of financial literacy: how to earn, save, invest, spend, borrow and protect money. We strive to give readers the confidence they need to feel empowered about making smart financial decisions today, tomorrow and into the future

Join GBR’s Engineering function and take on a key leadership role where building and developing a high-performing content engineering team is your primary focus. As the Senior Director of Software Engineering, you will lead our Engineering teams across the WordPress and Publisher Website Squads. With a dynamic team of approximately 15 talented individuals, you will create an inspiring and collaborative environment that champions creativity, promotes continuous learning, and supports professional growth. You’ll mentor, guide, and inspire a diverse group of engineers while fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and excellence that empowers your team to deliver impactful solutions.

In this engineering leadership role, you will drive strategic transformation and solve complex challenges for high-traffic media sites. You will have overall ownership of the technical strategy and execute a roadmap that delivers significant business impact. Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders, including the Head of Audience Development, you’ll align on strategies that drive traffic, engagement, and content performance across our media sites.

This is your chance to put your name to mission-critical projects, including modernizing our infrastructure and addressing key engineering challenges. We’re looking for someone excited to lead from the front, shape the future of engineering, and scale impactful solutions at a high-growth media company.

We offer a competitive salary in the range of $250,000 - $275,000 annually, plus a bonus, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

WHAT YOU’LL TACKLE

• Team Leadership and Development: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing content engineering team, fostering a collaborative environment that nurtures creativity, growth, and a commitment to excellence. Provide guidance to help team members expand their skills and advance in their careers, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability. This is the core of your role.
• Drive Technical Innovation to Support Audience Growth: Collaborate closely with the Head of Audience Development to ensure that engineering solutions align with content and audience strategies. Implement scalable, reliable architectures and optimize technical infrastructure to enhance website performance, improve SEO, and support targeted content marketing initiatives. This role plays a crucial part in enabling audience growth through engineering excellence, ensuring that all systems meet high standards for speed, reliability, and SEO performance to facilitate traffic and engagement improvements.
• Elevate Engineering Standards: Lead discussions on engineering best practices and quality standards, empowering your team with tools and processes that enhance efficiency, reliability, and skill development. As a key player in the engineering leadership, you’ll foster a culture that values high-quality work and continuous improvement.
• Build and Manage a World-Class Development Team: Prioritize talent acquisition to fill critical skill gaps and implement strategies to retain and develop existing team members. Foster a culture of innovation and accountability to make GBR a place where engineers can thrive and continually improve team performance, technical expertise, and collaboration.
• Champion New Technologies: Drive technical solutions for new business capabilities and product integrations, evaluating opportunities for AI and advanced technologies to enhance content delivery and performance.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Drive Technical Innovation: Lead the technical roadmap for our media sites, identifying opportunities to innovate with AI, automation, and cutting-edge technologies. You’ll be responsible for designing scalable solutions that grow our audience and enhance engagement.
• Ensure Performance Excellence: Lead efforts to optimize SEO, improving site speed and reliability while resolving complex issues like caching to ensure high performance.
• Develop High-Performing Teams: Cultivate leadership within the engineering organization by providing technical direction and fostering a culture of accountability and ownership.
• Lead Decoupling Initiatives: Architect and execute the decoupling of our WordPress CMS from front-end websites, creating a flexible architecture that enhances speed and scalability.
• Optimize Infrastructure & Monetization: Enhance caching performance and optimize ad integration to ensure sites perform at peak efficiency while driving revenue growth.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 8+ years of experience leading high-performing remote engineering teams with a proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional projects and fostering a culture of accountability and ownership.  History of success in driving technical transformations and enhancing team performance.
• 10+ years in software engineering with demonstrated ability to deliver with similar tech stacks (ours includes HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Node JS, React, PHP, MySQL).
• Experience with CMS or other digital asset management or information management systems.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies and AI/machine learning, with a focus on innovative problem-solving.
• Strong collaboration with stakeholders across various functions to make strategic decisions that drive business impact. Ability to align technical strategy with business goals, effectively managing technical and people challenges.

Bonus points for:

• Experience managing blended onshore, nearshore, and offshore teams.
• Experience with WordPress.

Benefits

• 100% Remote 
• Competitive salary with excellent growth opportunity; we pride ourselves in having a team that exudes leadership, high initiative, creativity and passion.
• Awesome medical, dental and vision plans with heavy employer contribution
• Paid maternity leave and paternity leave programs
• Paid vacation, sick days and holidays
• Company funding for outside classes and conferences to help you improve your skills
• Contribution to student loan debt payments after the first year of employment
• 401(k) -- employees can start contributing immediately. After the first year, GOBankingRates matches your contribution up to 4% of your salary

We are an equal-opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.