Job Title : Vice President of Engineering (NodeJS/FinTech/Cryptocurrency)

Category : Directore / CEO / GM / Higher Management

Black Pen Recruitment

Posted Date : 04/23/2022

Job Description :

Vice President of Engineering (NodeJS/FinTech/Cryptocurrency)

Our Client

Our client is an American-based company that is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Their mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all.

Job Type: Remote | Full-time

Current technology stack: NodeJS, VueJS, Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, AWS SQS, AWS IoT, AWS EC2, ELK Stack, Jest, Flutter.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience working in engineering leadership roles
• Strong experience in the FinTech or Cryptocurrency industry
• Strong experience in the Startup environment
• Strong technical foundations, especially with microservice architectures
• Drive to create groundbreaking products, and create exponential success as part of a high performing team
• Ability to effectively lead and coach teams across a variety of functional roles and technical problems
• Past track record of recruiting and developing a high performing engineering team
• Ability to manage multiple teams, projects, and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Experience leading deeply technical engineering initiatives and aligning business strategy and technology delivery
• Proven change agent and a strong strategic thinker
• Proven track record of clear communications with C-suite stakeholders and across cross-functional teams
• Data-driven method for decision making using KPIs and metrics

Responsibilities

• Maintain multiple roadmaps in-line with company vision & strategy
• Determine appropriate headcount/skills/structure to achieve current and future goals
• Lead the iteration of refinement for interview process for ICs and managers alike
• Instil a high bar of A-player engineers and coach managers on how to hire and grow engineers to A-player level
• Ensure all teams have the necessary resources and opportunities to grow in the career and deliver with the highest quality
• Regularly evaluate org. structure to ensure the team is able to scale and meet demands of the business
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and marketing teams
• Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the success products and identify areas for improvement
• Collaborate across teams to communicate engineering strategies with internal stakeholders and adjust priorities according to feedback
• Establish and enforce best practices (i.e. testing, code reviews, pair programming)

Do we spark your interest? Then send us your CV today!

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

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Blackpen Recruitment is a global recruitment agency that targets European, African and American Markets with headquarters based in Malta and Cape Town. Blackpen specialises in FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Startup and iGaming Recruitment.

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