Engineering Manager, Web

Overview

As Engineering Manager – Web, you lead and grow the web engineering team responsible for economist.com. You blend people leadership with hands-on engineering to deliver fast, accessible experiences for millions of users, with emphasis on mobile web. You partner with product, design and QA to translate roadmaps into reliable, scalable web features while upholding quality and performance. You shape technical direction, drive measurable outcomes, and foster an inclusive, high-performing culture. This role offers impact on a trusted global brand and the opportunity to influence how users access trusted insights at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• pension or 401(k)
• private health insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work From Anywhere
• paid parental leave
• volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of web engineers with mentorship and career growth
• Remain hands-on: review code and contribute to architecture while coding when needed
• Own team delivery: plan work, manage dependencies, remove blockers
• Collaborate with Product, Design, QA and platform/backend teams to convert roadmap into a plan
• Refine requirements with product/business needs and make trade-offs explicit
• Use metrics (registration, conversion, engagement) to prioritize work
• Set and uphold engineering standards for quality, testing, accessibility, security and release practices
• Improve mobile web performance and Core Web Vitals across devices
• Maintain operational health: observability, incident response, debt reduction, reliability
• Enhance CI/CD, release safety, feature flags and experimentation for rapid learning
• Recruit, interview and onboard engineers and foster an inclusive environment
• Represent the team in cross-team discussions and manage dependencies

Key requirements

• Proven experience as an engineering manager or technical lead with people management
• Hands-on background in modern web development and code review, with React, Next.js, Node.js and TypeScript
• Track record in shipping high-traffic, consumer-facing web products
• Strong mobile web fundamentals including Core Web Vitals, rendering strategies, CDN and caching
• Experience with automated testing, CI/CD, observability, secure development and WCAG accessibility
• Strong product judgement and ability to make data-driven trade-offs
• Excellent communication across product, design, QA and other engineering teams

• Clear communication
• Collaborative mindset
• Mentorship and people development
• React
• Next.js
• Node.js

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