NextUser is looking for a VP of Engineering/Lead Architect to join our team in San Francisco. The VP of Engineering/Lead Architect will be a key member of NextUser’s executive team reporting to the CEO, responsible for scaling our products and engineering team to find innovative solutions for a complex web platform.
About You:
- You are ready and able to drive innovation for a complex digital marketing platform.
- You are a seasoned “full stack” developer, love to experiment on the latest technologies, and strive to constantly deliver the most robust cutting edge solutions
- You have a solid experience in successfully building technical architectures and have extensive operations experience
- You are comfortable guiding a team of 10 developers, while collaborating with Business Development, Product Management, Quality Assurance, and the CEO in order to contribute towards making the vision in the company a reality
- You have some experience with the development of a digital analytics platform
- You are attracted to a fast-paced work environment, take pride in meeting deadlines, and are not afraid to state your opinion
Your Role & 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.