Senior Engineering Manager, Search Insights

At Siteimprove, we are the leader in agentic content intelligence. Siteimprove.ai is a unified platform that brings together accessibility, analytics, SEO/AEO, and content strategy into a single, continuous flow. Our AI agents work alongside marketing and digital teams—not instead of them—helping create high-performing, accessible content that's easy to discover by both humans and AI. As our Senior Engineering Manager for the Search Insights team, you will lead a distributed engineering team of ~7 engineers responsible for one of our core capabilities: SEO and AEO (Answer Engine Optimization). Your team owns the foundations of enterprise search performance—tracking rankings, monitoring technical SEO health, and proving search impact through clear reporting and actionable insights for enterprise marketing teams. This role requires a technical leader who can flex both engineering and management muscles. You'll provide architectural oversight and technical decision-making while leading your team through the evolution from traditional SEO to the emerging world of Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), where visibility extends beyond Google to AI-powered platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews. You will play a pivotal role in modernizing our technical approaches, evolving codebases and integrated technology platforms, and establishing patterns for delivery excellence. If you're passionate about leading engineers, solving complex technical challenges, and delivering measurable customer value, this role is for you!What we will be doingTechnical Leadership and Vision - Provide hands-on technical leadership and architectural oversight for the Search Insights team. Collaborate with engineers to build solid technical strategy, drive adoption of service-oriented architectures, and modernize approaches across our .NET, TypeScript, React, and AWS stack. End-to-End Delivery - Own the team's end-to-end delivery, ensuring timely execution of the development lifecycle from concept to launch while meeting business goals. Establish and maintain patterns for delivery excellence across a distributed team. Team Leadership and Development - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of ~7 engineers including both full-time employees and long-term contractors. Hire and manage engineering performance, fostering a collaborative, high-performing team culture across time zones. Product Partnership - Partner closely with Product Management to own the product roadmap and delivery outcomes. Ensure the team delivers true customer value by translating business requirements into technical solutions that prove SEO impact through clear reporting and metrics. Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with product teams across the Search Pillar (including Content Optimization), other platform pillars (Accessibility, Analytics, Content Strategy), data science and AI teams, and go-to-market teams to deliver innovative search features that drive measurable outcomes for enterprise customers. Technical Modernization - Modernize existing Siteimprove codebases and integrate acquired technology platforms. Drive adoption of industry-standard patterns and open-source solutions over bespoke technologies. Data-Driven Decision-Making - Leverage data insights to prioritize features and enhancements that help customers monitor indexability, site structure, content discoverability, and search performance across traditional and AI-powered search experiences. What we will require of youBachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related field. 8+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years managing engineering teams. Proven experience with microservices and service-oriented architectures. Demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership, architectural oversight, and hands-on technical involvement when needed. Experience hiring, developing, and managing engineering performance across distributed teams. Track record of partnering with Product Management to own roadmaps and deliver customer outcomes. Strong analytical skills, using data to guide technical and business decisions. Excellent communication and leadership abilities across cross-functional teams and time zones. Experience delivering software solutions in enterprise SaaS or B2B environments. What we will love about youExperience with .NET, TypeScript, React, and AWS cloud infrastructure. Deep understanding of SEO principles, search engine algorithms, and search performance optimization. Experience managing teams in search technology, SEO platforms, or marketing SaaS products. Background in technical modernization efforts, legacy system migration, or platform consolidation. Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK. Understanding of AI/ML applications in search ranking, answer engine optimization, or content discovery. Experience managing mixed teams of full-time employees and contractors. Proficient with software development tools and platforms (e.g., Jira, AWS). Strong understanding of modern software architecture patterns, particularly microservices and service-oriented design. Experience with cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. Siteimprove is an equal opportunity employerAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or other legally protected status.Siteimprove is a global corporation that has developed data practices to ensure your personally identifiable information is appropriately protected. 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