Vice President of Engineering

VP of Engineering

As the VP of Engineering, you will be responsible for assisting in leading the vision and strategy for software engineering and DevOps as well as act as a senior leader across the organization.

Essential Job Functions

• Manages software development teams providing technical oversight
• Continually monitors and drives process improvement initiatives as they relate to

improving efficiency, visiEffity, and accountability within the Engineering department

• Works to ensure consistent processes across teams
• Acts as liaison b/t Product and Engineering
• Strives to ensure implementation of modern software development best practices

within the Engineering department

• Leads architectural discussions for new products / refactors of tech debt
• Serves as a central point of contact for cross-team collaboration
• Champion software engineering best practices including but not limited to design,
• architecture, code re-use, performance, testing, quality, and scalability
• Ensure that product architecture and technology decisions support emerging trends,

business strategies, and future direction of products. Provide technical & functional

guidance.

• Work closely with engineers and staff to implement the best technical

designs/approaches for current/new products

• Lead DevOps and Test-Driven Development process
• Manage vendors and outsourced relationships, including selection, performance

relationship management, and scalability

Requirements

• Proven leadership, project management, and coaching skills.
• Ability to succeed with minimal guidance. Manage multiple time-constrained priorities simultaneously.
• Deep understanding of .NET, Ruby on Rails, React, or the front-end/back-end languages and frameworks as well as API architecture.
• Conversant in common Internet technologies and protocols (HTTP, SSL, OAuth, REST, JSON, XML, etc.) Experience launching high-performance and scalable services and applications.
• Experience in modern build and release practices, Agile, and DevOps
• Strong proficiency in database systems and design.
• Highly organized, adaptable, and flexible.
• Ability to influence and collaborate at all levels of the organization.
• Great at developing efficient processes that reduce friction, increase velocityand quality, and deliver great user experiences.
• Skilled at hiring and retaining top talent.