Engineering Manager, Web
Core
Lead a team of web engineers to build, maintain, and optimize the digital experience for economist.com, focusing on mobile performance, reliability, and user engagement.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (Web)
Builds
High-traffic consumer web products (economist.com) including discovery, registration, subscription conversion, reading, navigation, and personalization features.
Domain
Media & Information Services / Web Engineering
Required skills
People management, hands-on web development (React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript), architectural decision-making, mobile web optimization, CI/CD, observability, automated testing, accessibility (WCAG), product trade-off analysis.
Preferred skills
Consumer subscription/paywall experience, technical SEO, generative engine optimization, design systems, AI tool integration.
Technologies
React, Next.js, Node.js, TypeScript, Core Web Vitals, CDN, WCAG, CI/CD pipelines.
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of web engineers; review code and contribute to architectural decisions; own delivery planning and dependency management; partner with Product, Design, and QA; improve mobile web performance and Core Web Vitals; manage operational health (observability, incident response); enhance CI/CD and deployment safety; recruit and onboard engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management