VP of Engineering - remote

Datapad
Posted 2 years ago
We Work Remotely
Intro

We’re on a mission to enable data-culture for teams of all sizes.
So we set out to build the world’s easiest data solution.
Recently raised $1m in pre-seed, backed by 500 Startups.
Forming a founding team of A-Players.
Position
  • Role: VP of Engineering
  • Salary: >$6,000
  • Stock: >2%
  • Fully Remote
  • Flexible Work Hrs

Challenge &Opportunity
  • Build a world-class product from the ground-up
  • Form a team of A-Players
  • Shape the initial culture &vision of the company
  • Autonomously own &lead all tech initiatives
  • Help discover product-market-fit via iterations
  • Build this thing into a Unicorn ->get very generous stock rewards
Work
  • Report to the CEO
  • Build a team of 4-5 talented engineers
  • Own, build &maintain the entire tech-stack
  • Come up with creative solutions to business &technical problems
  • Set the initial tech-culture &processes in the company
  • Provide mentorship to team
Requirements
  • 6+ Yrs Experience in multiple team management
  • 5+ years of experience in large-scale applications
  • Strong knowledge of Javascript(ES6+), Typescript, Node.js, React
  • Experienced in creating RESTful Apis &microservice architecture
  • Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
  • Experience with document-oriented databases (i.e. MongoDB, Couchbase)
  • Professional experience of cloud platform hosting via AWS
  • Excels in industry best-practices &standards
  • Up-to-date &ahead of modern-technologies
  • Takes a results/value driven approach (no over-engineering)
  • Passionately wants to be in a startup environment
  • Eagerness to work in a fast-paced environment
  • High-proficiency in English
Our Values
  • Iterative &lean product development
  • Data, research, customer driven
  • Autonomous team of A Players
  • Hackers, makers, creators
  • Simplicity &elegance >complexity
  • Customer value >engineering challenge
  • Positive attitude