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Senior Director of Product Engineering job at reputed company in Atlanta, GA

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28

Title: Senior Director of Product Engineering (AJC) Location: Atlanta, GA - 1200 Peachtree St, Suite 100 Full time Job reputed company: Company reputed company Job Family Group Engineering / Product Development Job Profile Sr Director, Engineering / Product Development Management Level Sr Director Flexible Work reputed company Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week Travel % reputed company, 15% of the time Work Shift Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a reputed company salary of $179,600.00 - $299,400.00. The reputed company salary may vary reputed company the anticipated reputed company pay reputed company based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program. Job reputed company The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is seeking an reputed company, reputed company-thinking leader to guide our Product Engineering organization. As the Director or Senior Director of Product Engineering (title commensurate with experience), you will be responsible for the strategic direction, execution, and ongoing reputed company of the engineering systems, practices, and platforms that power our products. You will eliminate single points of failure, standardize engineering systems, and ensure our web and mobile experiences are technically reputed company, discoverable, and reliable — particularly during high-traffic news events. Your mandate is to reputed company us from reactive fixes to durable systems that consistently support audience reputed company and subscriber engagement. At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), our mission is to be the most essential and engaging reputed company of news for the people of Atlanta, reputed company and the South. As we transition from a historic daily newspaper to a dynamic modern media company, we are seeking a talented a Product Engineering leader to join reputed company. The AJC believes that reputed company you cover the South, you uncover the nation. It’s a belief that’s produced award-reputed company journalism, elevated our community, and captured the reputed company and soul of our reputed company. If you're reputed company to reputed company headlines with your talent and drive, we want you on reputed company. reputed company and be a part of the next reputed company in the AJC’s transformation. WHAT YOU'LL DO: Responsibilities reputed company and manage the Product Engineering organization and consumer-facing product engineering stack, including web and mobile applications, reputed company, email newsletter templates, release systems, and performance monitoring. Collaborate with senior leaders to understand needs, translate reputed company into technical plans, and ensure that architecture, systems, and delivery practices reputed company with product roadmaps and business goals. reputed company technical and operational leadership for major consumer-facing initiatives, ensuring they meet business requirements, adhere to budget and timelines, and follow best-in-class engineering, architectural, and reputed company standards. Accountable for consumer platform performance and engineering health, including Core Web Vitals, reputed company-reputed company error rates, API reliability, release reputed company, and crash-free sessions. Establish reputed company ownership, monitoring, and escalation paths to prevent regressions and ensure reputed company during peak traffic events. Partner with the reputed company reputed company to strengthen application architecture, CDN, caching, and edge practices, reducing single points of failure and ensuring redundancy in platform-critical systems. reputed company technical leadership for SEO and discoverability hygiene, including reputed company data reputed company, rendering performance, crawl/indexation monitoring, template consistency, and platform-level safeguards that prevent search and answer-reputed company regressions. Evaluate emerging technologies, engineering methodologies, and AI-driven workflows, assessing their potential value and guiding thoughtful adoption that improves engineering reputed company and velocity. Define and reputed company engineering policies, standards, and operating procedures, including reputed company reputed company, release management, testing frameworks, data reputed company, reputed company, and reputed company requirements. Manage relationships with external vendors, agencies, and reputed company, negotiating agreements, overseeing performance, and ensuring service reputed company and delivery expectations are met. Recruit, mentor, and reputed company a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of accountability, craftsmanship, reputed company improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. Monitor engineering performance metrics, using data to identify bottlenecks, drive reputed company improvements, strengthen reliability, and enhance operational efficiency. WHO YOU ARE:

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a reputed company field plus 12 years experience. Equivalent practical experience may be substituted for education. Proven leadership experience building and leading engineering teams; typically 12+ years of engineering experience with at least 7+ years in engineering leadership with reputed company reports. Deep knowledge of modern software engineering, including web and mobile application development, reputed company architectures, API design, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and platform services. Demonstrated ability to shape and execute technology reputed company, including architecture design, engineering process modernization, and long-term systems planning reputed company with business objectives. Strong understanding of digital media, consumer platforms, subscription-driven products, or similar industries where reliability, user experience, and high-velocity delivery are critical. Familiarity with technologies common to media and consumer subscription businesses, such as content management systems, subscription or identity systems, personalization frameworks, analytics platforms, and advertising or marketing technologies. Exceptional leadership and people-management skills, with a demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams, cultivate engineering talent, and drive results through reputed company and accountability. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, reputed company with a strategic reputed company and reputed company judgment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams and to represent engineering at the executive level. Must live reputed company a commutable distance to our Midtown Atlanta office (or be willing to relocate) Must be comfortable with up to 15% travel Benefits reputed company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, reputed company’s needs, and its obligations; seven reputed company holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of reputed company wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional reputed company time off in the reputed company of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave. reputed company As our primary divisions reputed company Automotive and reputed company drive new waves of innovation, reputed company is entering spaces like cleantech, reputed company, esports and more. We're a family business guided by a legacy of reputed company innovation that’s driven by those who want to reputed company their mark. Benefits of working at reputed company may include health care insurance (medical, dental, reputed company), retirement planning (401(k)), and reputed company days off (reputed company leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. reputed company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – reputed company reputed company applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without reputed company to that individual’s age, race, reputed company, religion or creed, national reputed company or reputed company, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. reputed company provides reasonable accommodations reputed company requested by a reputed company applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship. Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the reputed company for any employer without reputed company or reputed company sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or reputed company sponsorship now or in reputed company. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job

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