Head - IT - Startup

Skills and Knowledge:

- Minimum 8 years of experience in a senior technical/engineering leadership job, experience as a lead/head software engineer.

- Proven track record of rising through the ranks of a rapidly expanding technology firm

- Led a team of 20 or more engineers and technologists, and should have established teams in a variety of technology roles.

- Knowledge and experience in AI and Machine Learning-based Personalization and Recommendation

- Worked as part of a multi-functional team (Product Management, Design, Test, Operations, and Developers)

- Hands-on experience developing large-scale, high-availability production mobile app infrastructure

- Strong architectural principles knowledge for a fast-paced technology product

- Entrepreneurial scale experience (ex Tech Co-Founders / CTOs / CTO-1 level) is preferred.

- Ability to recruit technology talent from the startup ecosystem at the middle and junior levels

- Desire to construct a large-scale solution that will influence millions of people

- Strategize, Plan, and Execute AI and ML applications in Personalization and Recommendation with the business team

- Represent the organization in the media to share thought leadership around the Engineering capabilities of the company

- Develop and manage multi-year Product roadmap and strategy in collaboration with the Product partner in a multi-function team environment

- Represent the engineering team in product requirement negotiations, schedule creation, and budget management.

- Across the whole engineering team, create, improve, and drive operational excellence, quality, security, and privacy initiatives.

- Own the delivery of high-quality software on time, in partnership with product management, making decisions that combine business goals with technological restrictions. Provide staffing projections and participate in all hiring activity

- Represent engineering at the executive level and manage realistic stakeholder expectations