Director of Engineering, Conductor
Search & content intelligence platform
Open for applications
Search & content intelligence platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To transform marketing into a force for improving people’s lives.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- 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
Desirable
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Our take
The internet is increasingly becoming a walled garden, with content and vital market intelligence hidden away on social media sites, gaming environments and apps. And with increasing regulaion in the data protection space such as GDPR, it can be harder for marketing teams to gain insight into what potential customers exist, and what they want.
Conductor exists to change that. Taking advantage of the power of search ("No one ever lies to a search engine", in the words of the company's CEO and co-founder), it utilises data from search traffic to help marketing teams build more effective campaigns. Able to help optimize search results, track keyword rankings and measure performance, it has led to doubling the rate of conversions and site traffic among its customer base, which includes the likes of Citibank, athenahealth and Canon.
With a record of substantial funding and growing revenue from its customer base, Conductor is continuing to invest in its technology, making strategic acquisitions to help it expand. For instance its acquisition of ContentKing allowed it to add real-time website auditing and monitoring to its platform, and its 2023 acquisition of Searchmetrics is aimed at accelerating its growth in Europe. As the SEO space enters a period of consolodation it seems that Conductor is well positioned to remain at the top of the search results.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2021
$150m
LATE VC
Oct 2017
$7m
SERIES D
Total funding: $216.6m
Company benefits
- Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
- Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
- Perks & Discounts
- Professional Development Benefits
- Retirement and Stock Option Benefits
- Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
Seth Besmertnik
(CEO)Previously CEO of LinkExperts (market leader in link building for Fortune 500 brands).
Jeremy Duboys
(Founder)With a BA in Media Studies, they went onto become a Founder for many companies such as Professional Taste Printing, Prinly/All Business Cards and most recently RxGo.com/Medication Discount Card LLC.
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