Head of Engineering
New York, NY
About Us
Founded in late 2015 and headquartered in New York City, ExecThread, Inc., is a venture-backed start-up and premium network of highly qualified and carefully vetted executives and aspiring executives who discreetly share job opportunities with each other. ExecThread takes a unique, community-driven approach to accessing the “hidden job market” by crowdsourcing senior-level career opportunities from its members that aren’t publicly posted. ExecThread is now the largest aggregator of unpublished senior-level job opportunities. To sign-up for ExecThread, click here.
Job Description
We’re looking for a Head of Engineering who wants to work at an agile startup that leverages a unique crowdsourced approach and advanced technology to offer a differentiated & proprietary service to a highly engaged community of business influencers. Reporting directly to the CTO, you’ll be managing our talented engineering team to scale and monetize our premium service.
Responsibilities
- Delineate and manage all engineering activities across the business
- Evolve the product development process to optimize productivity and quality
- Continue the rapid development of the current service offering, building out key new features, fleshing out devops infrastructure, and automating business processes
- Drive software architecture decisions across all platforms
- Lead our current engineering team of 7
- Assist in recruiting and hiring development team members
- Evaluate and implement new technologies for the business
Skills & Requirements
- 10+ years of software architecture and development experience
- 3+ years of managerial experience
- Proven experience delivering high-quality scalable products
- Familiarity with the NodeJS, MongoDB, Angular and React
- Prior start-up experience is a plus
Benefits
- Autonomous & flexible work environment, with extremely smart and committed peers
- Great office location close to Bryan Park and close to multiple convenient transit options, 10-minute walk to Grand Central Station & Penn Station, 5-minute walk to Herald Square
- Competitive salary and equity-based compensation
- Dental, Health & Vision Insurance
- Pre-tax medical flex-spending account
- Pre-tax transit benefits
- Subsidized 401k program
- Subsidized professional development programs
- Unlimited Vacation
Send your info to resumes@execthread.com if you are interested!