Vice President, Technology and Product Engineering

Vice President, Technology and Product Engineering—MUST COME FROM A  STARTUP

 

 

Job ID: Job-2628

Job Title:      Vice President, Technology and Product Engineering

location:       San Francisco, CA

Jobtype:        Permanent

 

Required Experience:

-          MUST HAVE prior experience as Software Director in an early stage startup. NO EXCEPTIONS

-          10-15 years of software development experience building and scaling web applications

-          Good command of most of the following or equivalent technologies Node.js (tracking), Java (back-end), DynamoDB and PostgreSQL (database), Python / Django / Tastypie (back-end), jQuery / Knockout.js / Bower (Front- end), all based on Git for version control

-          Demonstrated experience in leading the architecture, design, development, testing, delivery of highly available, large scale, high performance web applications.

-          Strong knowledge, UML modeling, ORM, Messaging Queue etc...

-          Track record of managing a motivated, efficient, effective offshore engineering team (India, Eastern Europe or South America)

-          Experience with cloud infrastructure deployment such as AWS

-          Experience in the development and delivery of products in a "SaaS" model

-          Experience with product life-cycle process from conception through development into production

-          Excellent written and verbal skills

-          BS/MS in CS, EE (preferred) or other technical discipline.

 

Responsibilities:

-          Provide engineering/technical leadership. A key element for this position will be developing our tracking application, infrastructure, decision engine and communication services with third-party suppliers (Customer Service, SMS, Push notifications, CRM, etc.) and our platform.

-          Set standards and guidelines for the development of the platform; creating a harmonic process between the product, its performance (measured against initially set standards), and innovation (drive improvements when and where needed).

-          Manage and motivate the engineering team in a hands-on capacity.

-          You must define, develop and participate in code.

-          Recruit and evaluate team members as needed.

-          Use external resources as needed to integrate high-quality web analytics features and develop the customer experience management solution.

-          Set the technical direction for the team, work with the CEO to drive the evolution of the system’s architecture and make appropriate technology decisions.

-          Responsible for defining and improving continuous integration & integration testing.

-          Manage the full development life cycle: develop project and resource plans/schedules; perform day-to-day project management to meet applicable timetables; assist team in accomplishing all tasks; and demonstrate ownership and accountability for the entire product delivery process.

-          Plan projects and timelines in detail and provide visibility into detailed tracking of project status, provide analysis of impacts of scope changes/resource reallocation towards release timelines.

-          In collaboration with the CEO, represent the technical team & initiatives during board & investor meetings, as well as events related to our industry.

 

Email resume in Word to JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. NOTE: WE WILL ONLY RESPOND IF YOUR RESUME APPEARS TO FIT A ROLE

 

NO PAID RELOCATION. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES. NO 3RD PARTIES. Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship from the employer for a visa.

 

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