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