Director, Web Platform Engineering
Allendale County, SC - USA
Job Summary
ABOUT GREYSTAR
Greystar is a leading fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management investment management development and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston South Carolina Greystar manages and operates over $350 billion of real estate in more than 260 markets globally with offices throughout North America Europe South America and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management including over $34 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more visit .
JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY
The Director Web Platform Engineering leads Greystars web platform team and owns technical direction for and the broader Sitecore-based web ecosystem a multi-year platform commitment whose primary job is turning visitors into leases and happy residents! You partnerwith the product lead who owns the roadmap and business direction as a technical peer a genuine technical counterpart to product on where the platform goes next.
This is a leader-doer role for a small but mighty strong team. Youll bring deep hands-on expertise in Sitecore AI while staying solutions-focused rather than platform-focused. Sitecore is the backbone of how we deliver not the default answer to every problem. Youll bring that same flexibility in how the platform approaches search and discovery and build culture of shared documentation and knowledge so expertise lives with the team rather than any one person. Youll also invest directly in developing the engineers on your team and work across our global organization.
Youll set technical direction stay hands-on and hold yourself and the team to a standard of collaborative decision-making. As part of the Data Digital and AI (D2AI) organization youll coordinate with fellow D2AI teams (data platform CI AI engineering) on how the web platform connects to broader data and AI capabilities.
JOB DESCRIPTION
What You Will Do
Technical Direction & Product Partnership
Own technical direction for the web platform partnering with the product lead as a peer toshape priorities and sequencing together.
Translate business priorities (leads and leases campaign enablement SEO
personalization and experimentation) into technical strategy.
Represent the web platform in enterprise technology planning aligning direction with therest of D2AI and broader Greystar priorities.
Lead From the Front
Stay hands-on: contribute directly and daily to architecture code review and developmentacross the platform.
Set the technical example for the team modeling the standard of work and collaborativedecision-making you expect from them.
Web Platform Architecture & Engineering
Bring deep hands-on expertise in Sitecore AI Vercel and any other evolving web-basedtechnologies across Greystars digital properties with as the flagship.
Own architectural decisions for personalization experimentation and content delivery onthe platform.
Guide the teams ongoing development staying current on the platforms roadmap andcapabilities as Greystars committed CMS.
Guide architecture and strategy for site search and discovery ensuring relevance andperformance keep pace with business goals.
Partner with the marketing team on content management and operations needs as theyevolve.
Coordinate with D2AIs data platform and CI teams on how the web platform consumesand exchanges data (Cosmos DB Salesforce Databricks) partnering on integration pointswithout owning that broader architecture.
AI-Forward Engineering Practices
Use AI-assisted development tools (Cursor Claude Code or similar) in your own day-today work modeling high-leverage AI-forward practices for the team.
Champion automated testing practices unit tests visual regression tests or similar as AIaccelerated development increases the pace and volume of change.
Evaluate and adopt AI-enabled tooling for content operations personalization and testing.
Coach the team on effective responsible use of AI in their own engineering workflows.
People Leadership Mentorship & Career Management
Lead coach and grow the existing team providing hands-on technical guidance andarchitectural thinking.
Own performance management career development and growth planning for each teammember; mentorship and career growth are core expectations of this role.
Hire selectively to complement the teams existing strengths as the roadmap requires.
Platform Documentation & Knowledge Distribution
Document architecture integrations and operational knowledge so it lives with the teamnot any single person.
Cross-train the team and distribute access and ownership so no one including youbecomes the only person who can operate a given part of the platform.
Production Support & Operations
Own break-fix resolution and production support (L2/L3) for the web platform in-houseensuring issues are resolved within SLA.
Maintain release processes deployment standards and on-call practices for the team.
How You Operate
Strong opinions weakly held: you can pivot fast when the situation calls for it no sacredcows no attachment to a decision just because you made it.
Youre comfortable moving forward when strategy is still taking shape and you dontneed every answer settled to make progress.
You look for pragmatic collaborative paths forward the phased rollout or the wellscoped experiment rather than forcing all-or-nothing choices.
You document and share knowledge as second nature and you take real satisfactionin building up the people around you.
You see the product lead as a genuine partner in shaping the platforms direction.
What You Bring
Web Platform Engineering Excellence
10 years of web platform or CMS engineering experience with deep current hands-onexpertise in Sitecore AI and headless implementations. This is not a role for someone whohas moved fully away from the keyboard.
Strong hands-on background in modern headless frontend architecture and Vercel orsimilar deployment platforms.
Deep experience with search platforms (Coveo Algolia Elasticsearch or similar) is amust. Coveo experience specifically is valued.
Proficient with Git and modern CI/CD practices; experience with GitHub and GitHubActions Azure DevOps.
Leadership & Communication
5 years leading engineering teams with a genuine demonstrable track record ofmentoring engineers and helping them grow their careers.
Experience partnering with a product lead or product manager who owns roadmapdirection in a peer relationship rather than a reporting one.
Strong executive communication skills with the ability to represent the platform to seniortechnology and business leadership.
AI & Modern Tooling
Deep hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools like Cursor Claude Codeor Copilot not just awareness of them.
Genuine enthusiasm for using AI to accelerate engineering work with real examples ofhow youve applied it.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience partnering with marketing teams on content management platforms andoperations.
Experience on a conversion-focused digital platform (lead generation or e-commerce notjust content/brand).
Experience operating a platform across multiple regions (this platform also supportsGreystars European operations).
Datadog or equivalent monitoring/observability expertise.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or equivalent
experience.
Tools & Technologies
Sitecore AI (App Router) Vercel Coveo Azure DevOps GitHub GitHub ActionsGit LaunchDarkly Datadog Figma Linear AI coding tools (Cursor Claude Code Copilot)
The salary range for this position is $150000 - $170000 USD Annually.
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Additional Compensation:
Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements prior experience current skills and geographical location.
- Corporate Positions:Inaddition to the base salary this role may be eligible to participateina quarterly or annual bonus program based onindividual and company performance.
- Onsite Property Positions:Inaddition to the base salary this role may be eligible to participatein weekly monthly and/or quarterly bonus programs.
Robust Benefits Offered*:
- Competitive Medical Dental Vision and Disability & Lifeinsurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.
- Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation 4 personal days 10 sick days and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.
- For onsite team members onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.
- 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).
- 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.
- Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Critical Illness Accident HospitalIndemnity PetInsurance and Legal Plans.
- Charitable giving program and benefits.
*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles compensation and benefits may vary from the listedinformation above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.
Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Greystar is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation and gender identity) national origin age disability genetic information military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
This position may be performed remotely anywhere within the United States except the state of Alaska.
Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@). If you receive suspicious requests please report them immediately to
ANTICIPATED CLOSING DATE
October 19 2026This date may be subject to change due to evolving business needs.
Required Experience:
Director
About Company
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