VP of Engineering - Fintech

Our client is a leading provider of digital identity management and supports innovative fintech companies and banks to manage KYC, AML, and other components of client onboarding. They have recently raised Series B funding are seeking a VP of Engineering  

The role:

• Hire an incredible team that lives our values

• Improve the happiness and productivity of the team

• Takes care of Roadmapping, Technical Decisions, is People Oriented, a Strong Leader

• Hold weekly 1:1's and support the professional development of team members

• Drive code review, QA, release, and continuous deployment processes

• Manage agile projects in conjunction with our CTO to improve the platform our product is built on

• Communicate technical and product decisions to the right people, resolve blocking issues, and keep our development machine humming

• Embody technical ownership and spread that through your team to ship great features that everyone can be proud of

• Improve the quality, security, and performance of the product through the work your team does and how you prioritize work that isn't directly client-facing

Skills:

• 6+ years of engineering experience, at least 5 of which should be in an engineering leadership position

• Agile project management skills: experience leading sprint planning and execution

• Experience with mentorship and helping engineers grow to achieve their career goals

• Technical credibility: intermediate-to-expert capability writing Javascript and/or Python (our core languages), ability to give thorough code reviews and help engineers solve bugs

• Experience recruiting and hiring

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Humble - agrees with the philosophy of servant leadership; you lead by pointing people in the right direction and being there to help support them along the way, not by micromanaging or demanding

• Extra credit: Experience in high-growth product companies

Benefits and Perks!

• Unlimited PTO and we are remote until 2021*

• Company Paid Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits

• 401k with 100% match up to 4%

• WFH benefits

• Annual Professional Development Budget

• Annual Citi Bike Membership

• Monthly Commuter Budget 

• Monthly stipend for groceries from Public Goods

• Weekly lunch allowance on Seamless

• Contribution to Lifetime, NYSC, or ClassPass

• Four FreeTherapy Sessions