Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering – Website Monitoring Pillar

Conductor is a leading Website Optimization & Intelligence platform. Today’s top brands use Conductor to create and optimize digital experiences that get found organically in search engines and drive value for customers. The platform provides actionable SEO, content, and technical website intelligence paired with real-time website monitoring to help customers accelerate—and protect—digital growth.

Conductor is a mission-driven company with a commitment to innovation, customer success, and culture. For Conductor, success is improving the lives of all the people in our orbit—our customers, our customers' customers, our employee-owners, and our communities.

What are we looking for?

Conductor is seeking an experienced, product-focused Director of Engineering to lead our Website Monitoring engineering pillar. This role, reporting to the VP of Global Engineering, will be responsible for overseeing the development and scalability of our real-time web monitoring SaaS platform, which continuously checks hundreds of millions of URLs 24x7. The successful candidate will drive technical excellence, mentor engineers, and foster a culture of innovation and high performance.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical background in distributed systems, PHP development, and cloud-based architectures. They possess excellent leadership skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for solving complex technical challenges in the web monitoring space.

Responsibilities:

• Technical Leadership & Execution
  
  
• Lead and manage and develop a team of high-performing software engineers, ensuring the successful execution of projects.
  
  
• Guide the design, development, and maintenance of low-latency distributed systems to ensure high availability, scalability, and cost efficiency.
  
  
• Collaborate with other engineering leads, principal ICs, and cross-functional teams to define and execute the technical roadmap.
  
  
• Drive best practices in software development, architecture, and operations.
  
  
• Team & People Management
  
  
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Conduct performance reviews, provide regular feedback, and set clear career development paths for team members.
• Recruit as needed new members to the team.
• Champion a culture of inclusion, collaboration, and psychological safety within the team.
  
  
• Strategic Planning & Innovation
  
  
• Align engineering goals with business objectives, ensuring efficient resource allocation and prioritization.
  
  
• Drive process improvements and engineering excellence initiatives across the Website Monitoring pillar.
  
  
• Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation within the platform.
  
  
• Cross-functional Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
  
  
• Work closely with Product, Platform Engineering, and other Engineering teams to ensure seamless execution of product initiatives.
  
  
• Collaborate with senior leadership to define long-term technical and strategic goals.
  
  
• Communicate complex technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  
  

Who You Are:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5+ years in an engineering leadership role.
  
  
• Proven track record of managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
  
  
• Strong expertise in PHP 8, RabbitMQ, ElasticSearch, MySQL, Redis, and other distributed systems technologies.
  
  
• Deep understanding of modern software development practices, including agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps.
  
  
• Experience designing and maintaining low-latency, high-availability systems.
  
  
• Strong understanding of HTTP protocols, bare metal and cloud-based infrastructures (AWS preferred), and microservices architectures.
  
  
• Excellent problem-solving skills with a data-driven, results-oriented approach.
  
  
• Exceptional communication skills – able to articulate technical solutions to both engineers and business stakeholders.
  
  
• Passionate about SEO technologies, web monitoring, and driving innovation in the space.
  
  

Nice to Have:

• Experience with observability and monitoring tools.
  
  
• Prior experience in SaaS or SEO-related technologies.
  
  
• Familiarity with PHPStan or Psalm for static analysis.
  
  
• AWS experience is a plus.
  
  

This is a unique opportunity to lead a critical engineering pillar at Conductor, shape the future of web monitoring technology, and work with cutting-edge distributed systems at scale.

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Conductor LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Bringing in diverse perspectives and challenging our assumptions is the clear key to growth; it drives innovation, creativity, faster problem-solving, and stronger decision making. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, train, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. 

Conductor does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion or religious creed, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, military or veteran status, or other characteristics protected by state or federal law or local ordinance.  In addition, it is the policy of Conductor to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances where a particular employee works.