Vice President, Engineering
Valimail
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Posted:
August 11, 2023
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Remote
About the position
The company is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead their department and drive innovation in their Email Authentication as a Service platform. The VP of Engineering will provide strategic direction and technical leadership, collaborate with cross-functional teams, lead product development, and ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of their solutions. They will also be responsible for building and mentoring a high-performing engineering team, driving architectural decisions, and implementing best practices for software development. The ideal candidate should have a strong technical background, experience in SaaS or cybersecurity, and exceptional problem-solving and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to the engineering team
- Develop and execute the engineering roadmap to align with C-Level strategy and objectives
- Collaborate with product management and cross-functional teams to define requirements and roadmap
- Lead end-to-end product development, ensuring on-time and high-quality delivery
- Lead the design and development of the API first architecture to improve velocity, scalability, and extensibility
- Build and mentor a diverse, engaged, and high-performing engineering team
- Translate company strategy into clear goals and performance expectations
- Drive architectural decisions for scalability, reliability, and security
- Implement best practices for software development, delivery, and quality assurance
- Have 8+ years of engineering leadership in SaaS or cybersecurity
- Have a strong technical background in software development and cloud-based architectures
- Implement and scale an API-first development model
- Manage highly scalable infrastructure handling critical business data or transactions
- Manage and scale diverse engineering teams, driving to business goals
- Possess exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with team members, peers, and management.
Requirements
- 8+ years of engineering leadership in SaaS or cybersecurity
- Strong technical background in software development and cloud-based architectures
- Proven success implementing and scaling an API-first development model
- Proven success managing highly scalable infrastructure handling critical business data or transactions
- Experience managing and scaling diverse engineering teams, driving to business goals
- Exceptional problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with team members, peers, and management
Benefits
- Competitive pay + participation in employee stock option plan
- Comprehensive health, dental, + vision coverage
- Eight weeks of paid maternity leave & Four weeks of paid paternity leave
- Remote First Company, you can work anywhere within the US
- Unlimited and flexible PTO