Remote Director of Engineering

Summary

Join Narvar as a Director of Engineering to build and grow the engineering team across consumer-facing SaaS products. Partner with the product team to develop experiences for clients and their end consumers, leading the production of product services and consumer-facing products that engage and delight users.

Requirements

• BS/MS in computer science, information systems, or equivalent
• 8+ years of software development experience and are an engineer at heart
• At least one year of experience working in a Director capacity which includes the following
• Experience managing a Manager
• At least 5 years of experience as a Manager
• Previous startup experience required
• You have successfully built and managed high performance distributed teams
• Can communicate technical designs and processes to both technical and non-technical audiences
• You have experience building high performance, scalable, highly available, and reliable consumer facing applications
• You have solid organizational and communication skills, the ability to prioritize tasks, keep projects on schedule & high quality standards along with capability to roll your sleeves when needed
• Extensive experience designing, building and integrating with RESTful APIs
• Experience with Frontend frameworks and technologies like React, Svelte, Typescript
• Experience designing and scaling relational and NoSQL database platforms (such as MySQL, Postgres, Cassandra, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticache)
• You have experience with cloud technologies (AWS or GCS), schema design, optimization, query analysis, and databases
• Deep hands-on expertise in one (Java) or more of the following server-side languages: Java, Python, Go, Scala, Rust

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the operational and directional aspects of your engineering team and help the members grow both technically and professionally
• Translate requirements to work streams for your team to design, estimate, develop, and launch new products & features
• Lead, inspire, teach, and influence your team to embrace modern engineering practices that enable them to frequently release high-quality services
• Work with the recruiting team to attract and retain high-quality and diverse talent
• Collaborate with other managers to ensure we are building products that provide a consistent and powerful experience
• Establish great rapport with Product Managers, Sales, and Success to maintain high levels of visibility, efficiency, and collaboration
• Provide production support for customer issues and proactively work to improve operational efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with rules engines and/or workflow engines
• Experience in e-commerce
• Ability to think like a Product Manager