VP of Software Engineering at Amitruck

About the Role

You will manage and recruit a team of Backend and Frontend Software Engineers. As a coach and mentor, you will guide the team towards advancing Amitruck’s mission and business objectives. As a leader within the Engineering Department, you will ensure consistent practice of Amitruck’s engineering processes and standards. You will report to the CTO and collaborate cross-functionally with all teams across the continent.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of Back-end and Front-end Software Engineers to execute on current roadmap
• Recruit, mentor, coach and level-up a team of backend and front-end engineers
• Effectively partner with Product management team to achieve Key Results
• Review design documents, do code reviews and weigh in on tech implementation choices
• Support and collaborate with cross functional teams (Operations and Customer Service, Product, Sales ,Growth and Finance ) to ship scalable software solutions
• Work on High Level Technical approach and feasibility review for new key initiatives
• Effectively manage and drive the engineering team to achieve results while adhering to Engineering principles
• Provide guidance on squad staffing changes, comfortably handle change management and reduce context switching for the team.
  Review architectural changes to our platforms and provide guidance on the same

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on technical management
• 5+ years coding in one of the following languages: Java, Python, Node JS
• 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager with People management skills
• Demonstrated ability to recruit and manage technical teams, including performance management
• Developed and launched large scale consumer applications on Cloud infrastructure (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) using microservices architecture paradigm
• Experience with designing tables/schemas in relational database (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or MS SQL)
• Working knowledge in REST API development for Mobile/Web use
• Hold your own in technical discussion, be a subject matter expert, and have strategic influence
• Expert proficiency in Agile development process
• Excellent ability to prioritize and communicate in a fast-paced environment
• BS/BA degree in Computer Science or related fields
• Bonus: Experience in predictive analysis and machine learning
• Bonus: NoSQL databases