Director of Engineering, Large-scale Analytics platform
at Verticalmove in California-Silicon Valley/San Jose
These are full-time, permanent, direct hire roles. Candidates MUST have valid US work authorization. Please only local Bay Area candidates
Contact me for any questions jlevie (@) verticalmove (dot) com
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| Compensation | $160,000 - $200,000 plus bonus and options |
| Location | United States, CA - 95014 |
Client Introduction
We are one of the most watched, small yet established internet companies in Silicon Valley and continually make the news of the hottest small companies poised to IPO. We are looking for a talented charismatic leader to oversee the team that drives our analytics platform serving all of our customers. This new leader will both manage and grow a team of world class big-data scalable systems engineers and serve as its architect.
Job Description
The Director/Architect will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer and will be responsible for the architecture and management of the existing platform and new green-field and areas of research. This is a hands-on role and requires an extensive mathematics background.
Job Responsibilities
As Director will be called upon to:
- Oversee the development, deployment, and overall support of the company's analytics platform.
- Recruit, motivate and mentor world class engineering talent
- Instill an engineering culture in his/her team
- Directly manage the engineering teams
- Solve complex problems, not relying on delegates, able to make the tough calls when necessary
- Effectively prioritize resources and represent the Engineering team
- Implement transparency and process to development process
Job Experience
We are seeking someone results orientation with figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality
Someone who is a Technology Leader: Developers will respect and learn from
Someone who holds themselves to a high Standard of Excellence: Able to keep bar high - both team and product
You must be personable. A+ people skills, humble and fun to be around
Passion, you have a natural curiosity and desire to excel
The ideal individual is entrepreneurial: Flexible, resourceful, figure-it-out-and-get-it-done mentality
You are a Leader: Recognized as an effective leader and a disciplined motivator and mentor
You are a solid communicator, an excellent listener and a proven collaborator with superiors, peers and staff
You are an over achiever: Consistently attained/exceeded individual and team goals
Be the ultimate team player, capable of motivating the various stakeholders to work towards same goal
Possess a high level of integrity. Be quite skilled in conflict resolution
You must have a hands-on style: You have to show us you are able to roll up his/her sleeves and remove obstacles from engineerss paths
Have a strong work ethic: This is not a 9-6 environment
You display flexibility to work in a dynamic culture
You are practical versus academic (e have a weekly product release cycle)
You are confident: Secure in your own capabilities and working with people smarter than themselves
You are resourceful. There might be many tasks and complex technologies but with limited resources
Required Experience
The ideal candidate for the position will have:
- Superb communication skills
- Strong engineering and technology background
- Enthused about technology: a tinkerer, a builder, tech hobbies - any of these a plus
- Ability to straddle business as well as technology requirements
- Track record of delivering against aggressive product commitments
- Strong desire to make a big impact and name for him/her self
- Built and managed a highly scalable analytics service - have lived the proverbial hockey-stick of growth, not just step-by-step increments
- Technical prowess particularly when earning credibility and respect of engineering team
- Experience running and supporting online services
- Familiarity with technology stack and architecture, particularly for large data set analysis
- Experience in media/advertising is very important
- Strong process background with great organizational skills
- Strong people and management skills; world-class recruiter and mentor
- Ability to drive decisions through consensus building
- Experience with large and small teams, as well as managing through growth
- Not a micro-manager or a "manager of managers"
- Experience in start-up environments
Required Education
A strong education in Mathematics is required
