Director of Engineering

Grovo

(New York, New York)

Full Time

Job Posting Details

About Grovo

Grovo is reinventing learning for the 21st century workforce and we want your help! We’re looking for passionate hackers, thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators to bring our vision to life.

Responsibilities

Help us double the size of the team by the end of the year
Nurture the team as they progress as individual contributors or managers
Create a smooth platform onboarding process to help new team members find their bearings
Procure the right tools and balance new feature work within the team
Recognize effort separate from the results, especially when that effort is not getting accolades from the rest of the company
Built a test culture, and focus on driving automated QA
Define the vision of our next-generation architecture
Own quarterly planning for your team and collaborate with product on roadmap prioritization
Step back and observe the broader organization and its process as it grows
Speak at meetups and contribute to the open source community with Grovo’s logo on your back
Get your hands dirty by jumping into the codebase when necessary

Ideal Candidate

- 14+ years of combined experience in software engineering and management
- Computer science degree from a top tier university
- Active participant in the open source community
- Software programming skill set and sound knowledge of enterprise application design patterns
- Experience in building modular architecture
- Experience in designing and building a service oriented or microservices architecture
- Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD)
- Advanced understanding of SQL and a solid understanding of NoSQL technologies
- Advanced understanding in SDLC and STLC
- Advanced understanding of Agile methodology
- Strong problem solving skills
- Experience with newer web technologies (Web Workers, Web Sockets, Queues, Streams, Canvas, etc.)
- Masters degree in computer science or any related engineering field
- Experience with distributed systems
- Smart: You have a broad skillset and learn new technologies quickly
- Passionate: You’re driven to build great things and put it into the world
- Collaborative: You excel working both within a team and cross-functionally with other teams
- Loyal: You will take up arms (Nerf guns) to defend your teammates against attackers
- Learner: you’re not afraid to learn from failure and tell others about your mistakes

14+ years of combined experience in software engineering and management
Computer science degree from a top tier university
Active participant in the open source community
Software programming skill set and sound knowledge of enterprise application design patterns
Experience in building modular architecture
Experience in designing and building a service oriented or microservices architecture
Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD)
Advanced understanding of SQL and a solid understanding of NoSQL technologies
Advanced understanding in SDLC and STLC
Advanced understanding of Agile methodology
Strong problem solving skills
Experience with newer web technologies (Web Workers, Web Sockets, Queues, Streams, Canvas, etc.)
Masters degree in computer science or any related engineering field
Experience with distributed systems
Smart: You have a broad skillset and learn new technologies quickly
Passionate: You’re driven to build great things and put it into the world
Collaborative: You excel working both within a team and cross-functionally with other teams
Loyal: You will take up arms (Nerf guns) to defend your teammates against attackers
Learner: you’re not afraid to learn from failure and tell others about your mistakes