Remote Director of Engineering

Summary

Join Pawlicy Advisor as the Director of Engineering, reporting directly to the Head of Product. This is our most senior engineering position, where you will lead a team of engineers and shape the future of the company by driving key architectural decisions.

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. - you will be relied upon by the leaders of this company to provide technical expertise and appropriate roadmap timings and tradeoffs for major strategic work
• 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 San Francisco Bay area

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow an outstanding team of engineers (currently five 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