This role is with one of our portfolio companies, and we will also evaluate for roles in other portfolio companies.
Role description:
- The Director/Head of Engineering will be leading, building, and operating exciting products with a passionate team.
- We are looking for someone who has developed and deployed software with a strong focus on end-user experience. and someone with proven experience and a proven track record of shipping web-scalable products.
- The ideal candidate will have a track record of building and delivering cloud solutions with delightful consumer experiences, combined with ease of implementation/reliability.
- Experience with massively scalable distributed compute product architectures.
- Experience with micro services-oriented architectures, Experience with scaling Big Data infrastructure.
- Experience delivering platform technology and creating an ecosystem of applications and services across multiple verticals and solution offerings
- Experience successfully scaling technology infrastructure to support rapid customer /data growth.
- Experience with fast-paced, rapidly-iterating, design-forward, product-focused companies.
- "Roll-up-your-sleeves" entrepreneurial, start-up attitude, team player with a record of leading and mentoring employees
Requirements
- BS/MS/Ph.D. degree in engineering/technology.
- Ideally, 4+ years leading a small team of 6-12 members in engineering team.
- He/she should have prior work on large-scale mobile & web complex products.
- Strong track record of being able to develop and set release plans, track deadlines, deliverables, resource allocations, issues/risks and create mitigation strategies as needed to deliver quality products on time.
- Strong technical and architectural skills in wide areas of platform engineering with a proven ability to dive deep into any area as needed.
Skills Required
- BS/MS/Ph.D. degree in engineering/technology
- 4+ years leading a small team of 6-12 members in engineering
- Experience on large-scale mobile & web complex products
- Strong track record of developing and setting release plans and resource allocations
- Strong technical and architectural skills in platform engineering
What We Do
At Elevation Capital, we evaluate and understand the exponential nature of technology, how it evolves, how it affects us, and we invest in ideas. Ideas that will become the future. Our investment choices relate to the individuals we represent in our portfolio. We look for individuals that have a solid vision of the future they want to create and a deep understanding of the technology of their endeavour. The future impact of AI is perhaps the most important issue the human race has ever faced. Instead of passively drifting, we need to steer a course. We at Elevation Capital chart the submerged rocks of the future.
