Gradle Project Lead

Summary

Join Gradle as a Project Lead for the Gradle Build Tool and help drive its evolution. This hands-on role requires technical depth, strategic thinking, and a product mindset. You will guide the technical and architectural direction, define and communicate the product vision, and foster collaboration among teams. You'll represent the project to stakeholders and partners, build relationships with key influencers, and contribute to strategic outreach efforts. The position involves working with the codebase, reviewing engineering work, and exploring technical directions. Gradle offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a learning and development stipend, hardware package, generous paid time off, and more.

Requirements

Submit your cover letter, answers to our application questions and resume via the form below

Responsibilities

• Guide the technical and architectural direction of the project as a part of Gradle Build Tool leadership
• Be instrumental in defining, driving, and communicating the Gradle Build Tool product vision
• Facilitate and foster collaboration and effectiveness between sub-teams in service of the overall product vision
• Represent the project internally with key stakeholders and externally with strategic partners
• Foster relationships with key influencers in the user community
• Collaborate with critical outreach efforts to clearly and effectively advocate for Gradle Build Tool
• Be instrumental in Gradle Build Tool leadership, which currently consists of the VP of Engineering and platform/team leads
• Help to build consensus and alignment in the Gradle Build Tool leadership team through productive collaboration, leveraging existing deep expertise, and integrating different perspectives
• Partner with key company stakeholders at a strategic level on Gradle Build Tool-related topics, especially with Develocity Engineering and Product, Marketing, and Developer Advocacy
• Collaborate with the Develocity project to identify and deliver value-increasing strategic initiatives in the service of both projects
• Influence Gradle Build Tool roadmap in a way that helps both the user community and the business
• Represent the Gradle Build Tool team at a strategic level with key external partners such as Google, JetBrains, Spring, GitHub, and Microsoft
• Help to develop and maintain productive relationships in collaboration with the VP of Engineering and the rest of the team
• Shape a more compelling narrative about our vision and deliverables, including mentoring the broader team on storytelling and directly contributing to strategic content
• Working with the codebase will be required to review critical engineering work and explore potential technical directions

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a similar role in a major developer tooling product

Benefits

• A focus on learning and development – Gradle offers an annual learning and development stipend and a monthly company-wide Learning Day, where we encourage all team members to focus on their professional development for the day
• A hardware package that includes a laptop, monitor, other peripheral hardware, and a home office stipend to make sure you are fully set up to work remotely
• Generous paid time off
• Paid public holidays
• Volunteer Day – We offer up to 8 hours of paid work time each year for team members to give back to their local communities