Director of Engineering

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At Prolegis, we're on a mission to inform policymakers and empower citizens to level up democracy.

 

Prolegis provides free, non-partisan, world-class tools that help policy professionals to legislate, regulate, and govern smarter, and offers free public resources which demystify government and shed light on constantly evolving policy issues.

 

Launched by invitation in 2020, Prolegis is steadily growing its user base within the federal public policy community. Feedback from our current community of users confirm that our products save people time, surface comprehensive information that is difficult to find, and provide useful insights into complex topics.


As Director of Engineering, you will be working within a tight-knit team of engineers to help push the Prolegis application forward. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining our server-side architecture and your work will directly impact the work of policy professionals engaged in the complex effort of debating and crafting legislation and regulations.


Qualities We're Looking For


Problem Solving: Our product is solving novel problems. You can break down large problems into a clean plan, and you can work with your teammates to systematically find the right solution


Pragmatism: You believe pragmatism trumps novelty, and can choose frameworks and libraries without losing sight of the tradeoffs in any architectural decision. You put aside ideologies to work towards the bottom line


Empathy: You always approach your work with the mindset of the user, and focus on their needs with everything you build. You consider dissatisfaction to be a weakness of the product, not a weakness of the user


Strong Communication: You communicate well in an asynchronous format. You know when to ask for help, and how hard to push. You clearly articulate technical decisions, and you take creative risks when brainstorming ideas. During disagreements, you understand others' perspectives and thoughtfully work towards a solution


Growth Mindset: You are intrigued by new challenges, approach your work with joy, and have an indelible eagerness to learn


Key Responsibilities


Lead, manage, and recruit a growing team of world-class engineers


Translate business requirements into engineering plans in close collaboration with the Product team and CEO


Foster a fun and fulfilling working environment among a remote and DC-based team


Design and implement features, improvements, and fixes


Pursue knowledge about the stack, the product, and the user's needs


Test your work in the form of automated tests, as well as working through edge cases and self-QAing your work


Give thoughtful feedback during code review, and thoughtfully receive feedback


Minimum Qualifications


Strong working knowledge of OOP, design patterns, relational databases, and API design

5+ years experience with MVC frameworks in a production environment

Expert knowledge of at least one OO language

Working knowledge of at least one scripting language

Understanding of postgresql, knowledge of relational db optimization best practices

Strong knowledge of testing principles

Experience with Git, continuous integration and regular deployments

Passion about American government, the United States Congress, and the federal public policy ecosystem


Preferred Qualifications


Deep knowledge of Ruby on Rails (6+ years experience preferred): You can describe the framework’s weaknesses and can keep a large codebase organized and understandable

Familiarity with NLP techniques and tools

Experience using Elasticsearch

Experience using and explaining data structures and their various tradeoffs

6+ years of experience shipping real-world products in a similar role

Startup experience highly preferred but not necessary


Our Stack


Prolegis uses a variety of technologies throughout our product. They include:

Ruby on Rails

Python

Elasticsearch

Javascript

Typescript

React

Postgresql

Git

AWS

Heroku


Compensation and Benefits


Competitive salary

Stock options in an early-stage, fast-growing start-up

25 days of annual paid time off

Regular compensation reviews

Comprehensive health insurance for you and your dependents

More Information on Prolegis
Prolegis operates in the Other industry. The company is located in Washington , DC. Prolegis was founded in 2017. It has 17 total employees. To see all jobs at Prolegis, click here.
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