Head of Engineering (GCP &PHP) — MarTech Video SaaS — 🦄 - remote

If you want to join a profitable, high-growth, bootstrapped MarTech SaaS, where you will lead our talented engineering team and be tasked with shipping code quickly and scaling the team as well as the product, then this is THE job for you. 

We’re Vidalytics.com. A video marketing platform for entrepreneurs. We’re 5 years old 🎂, growing 50-100% per year. 

This is actually a rare chance to step into a leadership role in a startup, where you can grow with us, but all the early pain of getting product-market fit, revenue, profitability and the team is already done. We’ve really done all of the hard work for you! You just need to show up and run the thing. 

Also, we are a team of easy-going, smart and hard-working people who are building a product we believe in.

Our hiring philosophy is simple: hire good people who are great at their craft. Give them fun problems to solve. Trust them to be their best. It’s a level of autonomy and respect that’s helped us bootstrap to 7 figures in revenue profitably in the very crowded video marketing space. We’re a small team of about 10 team members (growing quickly, though) who are located all around the globe. 

The engineering team is entirely in Eastern Europe (from Poland to the Balkans to Ukraine). 

Every month Vidalytics is doing… 

Last year, we tracked 140 million people who watched videos hosted on our platform

Manage Product Delivery — you ship features fast with minimal bugs or scalability issues, and work with our Head of Product to make sure estimates are as accurate as possible. 

Be the ultimate authority on our system (in time) — for how it works, so that you can dive in and help unravel any gnarly bugs and issues. 

Architecture — you’ll ensure our codebase is scalable. 

Lead &manage the tech team — you’ll be on top of all people’s work, deadlines and can answer why something is taking too long. 

Head up of tech strategy — you’ll need to balance between features and tech debt. While delivering value to our users and making sure our product is still reliable. 

Avoid excessive complexity and over-engineering — our system is complex, but we need it as simple as possible so that we can easily manage it and find engineers who can help. 

Hire new engineers — Our recruiter will supply you with candidates, your job will be to interview, evaluate and hire the best ones. 

Final line of support — you’ll be Tier 4 of support only for really gnarly bugs. When this comes up, you train the team and document the fix so we have a lasting solution for the next time it comes up. 

Empower and scale the team — We have great devs. Your job is to get them what they need with minimal hand-holding. 

1 -Meritocracy – we’re building a Meritocracy, where the best ideas win -- not based on who has the bigger title. The following values underpin this. You should embody these traits. 

2 -Direct &honest communication (transparency) – to be successful we have to face the truth and be honest. And that starts with each other. That means we give direct feedback. We want it in exchange. So feel free to argue your points, just be ready to get on board with decisions once they are made. 

3 -Ownership &Accountability – the best people are the ones who OWN their position, tasks and even things that go beyond their ‘ day-to-day responsibilities'. They never say, “that’s not my job.” Instead, they proactively spot problems and always try to think like the owner of the business. 

4 - Intelligence and smarts – we prize smart people. Who doesn’t? But it's not just book smarts but “business smarts” where you’re able to solve problems. Think for yourself. And don't be intimidated by any problem, no matter how complex. (Aka growth mindset). 

5 - Self-aware (personal growth) – we want people who can look at themselves objectively, admit their mistakes and be open to growth. When you bring this attitude to your profession, it becomes a place of personal development and self-actualization. 

6 - Integrity – trust is the glue that holds us together. We need to be able to trust you whether it is regarding the quality of your hours, the deadlines you set for yourself or anything else. 

7- Urgency – we’re a startup and you need to be able to meet deadlines. We need someone who pushes themselves when they need to and hits deadlines. And also knows how to prioritize the important things. 

8 - Hardworking – we’re trying to get shit done on a budget. If you’re looking for an easy job, go elsewhere. Instead, this job will constantly have challenges and opportunities to learn and grow professionally. But we try to have fun while we’re doing it and consider each other friends. 

9 - Data – whenever possible, we want to make decisions based on data, not emotions or opinions. 

10 - No assholes – Doesn’t matter how good someone is at their job, if they are going to make life suck for other people on the team, then it won’t work. 

If this sounds like the role for you, we'd LOVE to hear from you. Please get in touch!