Head of Engineering

Roles and responsibilities

• Work and manage engineering team to build features and improvements for the platform
• Work and manage engineering team to increase the scalability of the platform
• Work with product team to guide the roadmap towards solving the most important problems

Engineers on the team

• Work with React (TypeScript), Python (Django), Postgres, and AWS.
• Are supportive when teammates are faced with new challenges
• Are able to autonomously figure out the solutions to their challenges
• Put themselves in the shoes of our users to craft a great experience
• Value clear communication
• Are curious and willing to take a step to learn something they don’t have experience in
• Feel a great sense of accountability to our users
• Uphold best practices in engineering, security, and design

Skills & experience

• Experience leading and managing an early stage engineering team
• 6+ years of experience working as a software engineer or engineering manager
• A fundamental understanding of the core technologies in our stack
• Proficiency in communicating complex technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences

Nice to have

• Familiarity with The Modern Data Stack