[Hiring] Executive Director, Technology @Endpoints News

Role Description

This is a leadership role. You lead the technology function across engineering, delivery and operations: setting the standard, making the calls, growing the people, running the work, and answering to the business for what it delivers.

You also ship. The team is small and everyone at Endpoints is an IC at some level, including the people who lead. You'll be in the codebase every week and carrying real work of your own, because that's how things get built here and because it's the only way to lead a team this size credibly.

You'll report to the SVP, Design, Product and Technology and work alongside them daily. A lot of the job is the two of you thinking out loud: what's worth building, what it would take, what it would cost. You'll help shape the technical strategy together (architecture direction, build-versus-buy, where the platform goes next), with the SVP owning the final call and the direction for product and design. The technical thinking is yours, and we'd much rather hear "here's how we could do that" than "here's why we can't".

You'll be the technology counterpart to editorial and commercial leadership. The remit is wider than engineering. Delivery, technical program management, the operational layer, the business systems the company runs on, and the vendors who extend the team all sit with you, and the team beneath you will grow to reflect that.

This role is based in the United States and is fully remote.

What You'll Do

• Lead and grow the technology team across engineering, delivery and operations.
• Own the people side fully — hiring, performance, development and the hard conversations.
• Shape the technical strategy with the SVP — architecture direction, build, buy and integrate calls.
• Turn product direction into shipped work.
• Run delivery across the technology function.
• Answer for what the team ships.
• Ship code every week.
• Stand up new products and evolve the existing ones across news, subscriptions and identity.
• Lead security across everything we run.
• Own the content and data spine.
• Own the operational layer — environments, CI, previews, observability, and the road to production.
• Own the internal systems and tooling the business runs on.
• Direct the contractors and vendors who extend the team.
• Get sound AI-assisted work from non-engineers live quickly.
• Partner with editorial and business leadership to turn ideas into shipped features.

Technical Requirements

• Hands-on, every week.
• TypeScript, Node.js, modern tooling.
• Payload CMS on PostgreSQL, or equivalent depth in a headless, code-first CMS.
• Content modeling and API design — GraphQL and REST.
• Next.js, and Astro with React islands.
• Application security — authentication and authorization, secrets management, dependency hygiene.
• LLM-native workflow — AI tools as a core part of how you and your team build.
• Identity and payments — SSO/OIDC (we run Logto), Stripe, entitlements, paywall logic.
• AWS — Lambda via OpenNext, S3, CloudFront, IAM, RDS — and containers on Kubernetes.
• Security operations — attack surface and asset inventory, decommissioning, access lifecycle.
• Incident response — containment, evidence, and reporting.
• Privacy and compliance — GDPR and CCPA, consent and tracking, data retention.
• PHP, MySQL, Python/FastAPI, Elasticsearch, message brokers.

What We're Looking For

• A leader first. 5+ years leading technical teams.
• A builder every week. Writing and shipping production code regularly.
• Leadership beyond engineering. Owning delivery, operations, vendor relationships.
• Ability to translate business intent into technical requirements.
• Real backend and infrastructure depth.
• Experience where designers ship their own code.
• Experience directing contractors and vendors.
• A thinking partner for the SVP.
• Comfortable being the technical voice in a room of editorial and commercial leaders.
• A background in media or publishing is a strong plus.

Compensation

Total compensation opportunity: ~$215,000, inclusive of ~$175k base and ~$40k annual bonus.

It's important to note that salary information provided in job descriptions is subject to change and may be dependent on a variety of factors such as location, experience, and qualifications.

Benefits

• Work From Anywhere!
• Positive, Supportive, and Collaborative Work Culture.
• Generous PTO is offered annually, plus 12 company holidays and 2 floating holidays!
• Endpoints pays 70% of premiums for employee, spouse, and/or dependents.
• Fully-Paid Benefits for Employees: Dental and Vision insurance, Short-Term and Long Term Disability, $50,000 Basic Life and AD&D Insurance.
• MDLIVE: See a doctor, mental health professional, nutritionist, or dermatologist on your time and online!
• All employees are eligible for fully-paid Primary or Secondary Caregiver Leave for the birth or adoption of a child.
• Paid Volunteer Days: Provides employees with the opportunity to engage in community service & volunteer activities.
• Endpoints will match 100% of the first 3% of an employee's contribution; followed by 50% match of the next 2%.
• Equipment Provided: Laptop, monitor, and additional equipment needs.
• $75 per month to cover the costs of working from home.
• $500 annually to help you create your dream office.
• Discounted products for employees such as other insurances, family planning & support, behavioral health, wellness, pet insurance, and financial wellness.
• Discounted legal plan for our employees.