VP Engineering

Key Responsibilities:

• Execute the engineering roadmap that supports our strategic objectives and product development plans.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including product management, sales, and marketing, to align engineering efforts with business needs.
• Drive the adoption of best practices in software development, system architecture, and project management.
• Provide strategic and technical direction and leadership to the engineering team, ensuring alignment with our vision and goals.
• Optimize engineering processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Oversee the design and architecture of scalable, robust, and secure solutions.
• Guide the team in building high-performance systems that handle large-scale data processing and real-time analytics.
• Lead efforts to enhance the scalability of products to support business growth and expanding customer base.

We expect

• Depth of knowledge in cloud architecture and development in SaaS companies, desire to be hands-on involved.
• Proven ability to design scalable, robust, and secure systems: experience with microservices architecture, ability to design systems that handle high traffic and large data volumes, involvement in research and development initiatives.
• Proven track-record of increasing engineering output and velocity: day to day management.
• Ability to set and execute a long-term engineering strategy: Specific examples of scaling operations and challenges faced and solutions implemented during growth phases. 50% New product vs. 50% maintenance.
• Ability to work effectively with Product, Marketing, Sales, and other departments: experience working in international and distributed teams with Product Management located in the US, ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience dealing with external stakeholders, including investors and partners.
• Understanding of business operations and key performance metrics. Demonstrates a clear focus on achieving return on investment for engineering projects.
• Strong opinions loosely held, no ego and 100% Ownership: Missionary and not waiting for people to tell him what to do.