Director of Engineering

The Director of Engineering will be responsible for scaling our technology and data infrastructure. Reporting directly to the CEO, the Director of Engineering will be responsible for architecting, developing and deploying scalable applications using MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, React, Node and AWS. This person will also implement and manage DevOps in a multi-container environment for a platform that has >115,000 active & engaged members, and is profitably growing by +2000 new members every week. You will also be responsible for documenting procedures & processes used during deployment cycles, and manage a small team of talented developers, while also contributing to ongoing recruiting efforts. This is a great opportunity to join a profitable & fast-growing tech startup, and have an immediate impact. Qualifications: - 5+ years of software architecture and development experience - Prior managerial experience (preferred, but not required) --> Whether this is a lateral move, or the next step-up in your career, we care most about your ability to do the job, your energy & excitement level, and your ability to help us scale. - Experience with maintaining & scaling AWS cloud infrastructure - Experience writing code to automate monitoring (in ME(A/R)N stack) and managing deployments - Strong knowledge of microservices & distributed application architecture such as containers / Docker; and ability to automate CI/CD pipelines - Experience with Node.js and Express - Experience with setting up & maintaining APIs - Hands-on experience working with Git - Interest in mentoring other engineers - Prior start-up experience is a plus