Director, Web Engineering

insightsoftware

Director of Web Engineering leading web platform innovation at insightsoftware. Overseeing architectural standards, team leadership, and quality processes for analytics platforms.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $184,000 - $231,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AngularGraphQLJavaScriptNode.jsReactTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and own the overall web platform architecture, making key decisions around frontend frameworks, design patterns, performance strategy, and scalability
Actively participate in hands-on design and code reviews, prototyping critical systems and setting the standard for implementation quality
Drive the evolution of the core platform including rendering patterns (SSR/SSG/CSR), design implementation and micro-frontend architecture
Establish and enforce standards for accessibility (WCAG), performance budgets, and cross-browser compatibility
Own technical debt decisions — identifying , prioritizing, and resolving systemic engineering issues
Architect and lead development of embedded web experiences including in-app webviews , iFrame -based integrations, embedded SDKs, and white-label platforms
Ensure embedded platform solutions meet strict performance, security, and sandboxing requirements across a variety of host environments
Define communication protocols between embedded web layers and native or third-party host applications
Drive standardization of web components and design system integration for use across embedded contexts
Define and own the engineering quality framework — including testing strategy (unit, integration, e2e, visual regression), CI/CD pipelines, and release processes
Establish SLOs/SLAs for web platform reliability, performance, and availability; lead incident response and blameless post-mortems
Champion a culture of documentation, observability, and operational readiness
Implement and iterate on engineering practices including code review standards, sprint rituals, and technical planning processes
Lead, mentor, and grow a team of senior engineers, tech leads, and engineering managers across web engineering disciplines
Own hiring for the web engineering organization, setting the bar for technical assessment and cultural fit
Partner with engineering leadership on roadmap planning, headcount strategy, and cross-functional OKRs
Represent web engineering in executive forums, communicating technical strategy and trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 years in a senior engineering leadership role (Director, Principal Engineer, or equivalent)
Deep, hands-on expertise in modern web technologies: TypeScript, React (or Vue/Angular), Node.js, GraphQL /REST, and browser platform APIs
Proven track record designing and scaling production web architectures serving high-traffic, global audiences
Demonstrated experience building and shipping embedded web products ( webviews , SDKs, iframe integrations, widget platforms)
Deep understanding of web performance optimization — Core Web Vitals, rendering strategies, bundle optimization, caching, and observability
Extensive experience with modern CI/CD practices, automated testing frameworks, and DevOps tooling

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

TypeScriptReactNode.jsGraphQLRESTweb performance optimizationautomated testing frameworksCI/CD practicesmicro-frontend architectureaccessibility standards

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationtechnical assessmentincident responsedocumentationoperational readinessstrategic planningteam growth