Director of Web Platform & Engineering

• Bachelor's degree (B. S.) in Computer related subject area or related business field and six (6) or more year’s experience in Information Technology and solution delivery, or equivalent combination of education and experience in similar fields is required.

We’re looking for a technology leader who combines strong web engineering expertise with excellent stakeholder and people leadership.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience leading web engineering, web technology or digital development functions.
• Strong track record of managing and developing engineering teams
• Experience owning complex websites or digital platforms across multiple brands, markets or technology environments.
• Strong understanding of modern web architecture, CMS platforms and headless approaches - putting the user’s needs first.
• Experience with WordPress, AEM (the platform we’re migrating from), AWS, Next.js and TypeScript is essential.
• Proven experience leading major website transformation, migration, consolidation or platform programmes.
• Strong understanding of web performance, SEO, accessibility, security and reliability.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate between technical, creative, marketing and commercial perspectives.
• Strong commercial awareness and an ability to connect technology decisions to measurable business outcomes.
• A strong track record in developing people and creating a high-performing engineering culture.
• The judgement to know when to lead through others and when to get hands-on to unblock delivery, guide technical decisions or raise engineering quality.
• Proficiency in Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and AI-native coding in VS Code.
• Expertise in GitHub Copilot Agent Mode and AI-driven debugging.
• .NET 6+ with C#
• SQL
• Git
• Unit Testing
• RESTful web services
• Messaging & queuing
• Front-end framework such as React
• MySQL
• Postgres
• Kubernetes