Remote Director of Engineering

Summary

Join our fast-growing, venture-backed startup as the Director of Engineering and lead our engineering team in shaping the future of the company.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or other technical field
• 5 years of experience as a software engineer with modern technical frameworks such as React and at least 2 years of experience as a manager
• Experience in a dynamic, high growth start-up environment
• Communication skills
• Ability to think with a company-first mindset and make difficult decisions that will benefit Pawlicy Advisor long term
• Self-motivated individual who is willing to roll up their sleeves and dig into complex problems as needed
• Experience leading both front end and back end engineering teams as well as multiple teams simultaneously
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
• Reside in the New York City area

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow an outstanding team of engineers by providing technical expertise, career guidance and coaching
• Ensure quality of code and speed of execution for the engineering team utilizing scrum methodologies, leading standup, engineering refinement and sprint planning
• Become a cross-functional leader through transparent communication and leveraging your expertise to provide feedback to shape the direction and strategy for the business
• Provide technical leadership and direction with architectural decisions, deployment strategies among other key decisions
• Partner with product and design leadership to guide and determine the product roadmap in the short and long term
• Represent Pawlicy Advisor in strategic conversations with our key partner to provide guidance on key engineering decisions
• Define and approve new tooling and integrations that can help Pawlicy Advisor expand its capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with marketplace based products
• Pet health care industry experience
• Familiarity working closely with data science teams
• Experience with developing and maintaining sorting algorithms

Benefits

• Competitive market salary (range $205,000- $225,000)
• Equity grants
• Yearly $1,000 stipend for career development
• Flexible (currently unlimited) vacation. We’re focused primarily on your output
• Top tier health, dental, vision insurance
• Full 3% 401k employer contributions