Vice President of Engineering
Quartzy United States
Date Posted: 12 Jan, 2023
Work Location: Hayward, CA, United States
Salary Offered: $200000 — $265000 yearly
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 11+ years
Remote Work: Yes
Vacancies: 1 available
Quartzy is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to work collaboratively with the rest of the leadership team to help bring to life our vision for the “Connected Lab,” an integrated (SaaS/eCommerce) platform for the biopharma industry that accelerates the pace of research worldwide.
Quartzy is entering a new stage of growth, and we are looking for an Engineering Leader who has experience managing agile development teams. You will grow and manage the entire team of engineers including engineering Directors, Architects, QA Engineers and Site Reliability Engineers. You will partner with our product team on roadmapping and then ensure you have the resources and the structure necessary to hit our timelines. You will ensure the engineers are well mentored and excited to tackle the technical challenges ahead of us.
Quartzy is a 100% distributed team so this role can be done anywhere in the world.
About You
You are an action-oriented engineering leader who has built engineering teams from the ground up. You have worked collaboratively with others on the leadership team to identify growth opportunities for the business, as well as proactively mitigated risk. You have taken part in annual planning processes and influenced the plan and the roadmap. You have learned how to build happy productive remote teams from engineers all over the world. You have start-up experience and love the challenges that come with getting things done with limited resources rapidly.
What You'll Do
- Work with the executive leadership team to set and execute against the annual plan
- Lead, manage and mentor a team of engineers
- Recruit and develop top engineering talent (US & International)
- Develop standards and procedures to ensure quality standards are met and maintained
- Maintain and optimize budgets to meet goals
- Understand and collaborate on complete product lifecycle from concept to execution
- Recommend new technology and ideas to improve sprints and efficiency
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years experience managing high performance engineering teams of more than 20 engineers and including managers
- Exceptional communication: Your written communication is concise and you can verbalize why certain choices were made and the pros/cons of any alternatives you considered. You motivate and excite people when you communicate
- An open mind - You take feedback without defensiveness and will incorporate other people’s perspectives if they make sense
- Unwavering work ethic: You can predict problems before they arise and prevent them from happening. You are willing to put in the hours to achieve the company’s goals
- Experience structuring teams to align with company objectives, and measuring their performance
- Experience developing engineers to realize their full potential
- A bias for action: You like to move quickly, and are always iterating on ideas
- An ownership mentality: You possess a natural tendency to take initiative
What We Offer
- Great Culture - Participate in our fun events like speaker series, virtual happy hours & company/department off-sites
- Remote Team - We’re 100% distributed
- Transparency - Weekly all company stand ups, monthly town halls, quarterly state of the start ups and anytime access to co-founders
- Generous Time Off - Take the time you need, when you need it
- Internet Stipend - Quartzy provides a monthly stipend for your internet service
- Great Gear - We’ll set you up for success with the latest tech and help you outfit your home office.
Quartzy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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