Remote Vice President of Software Engineering

Job is Expired
Location: Nationwide
Compensation: Hourly
Staff Reviewed: Mon, Nov 26, 2018

Job Summary

The VP of Engineering will manage a team of 5-15 Software Engineering Managers and ensure the team solves their challenging software problems. You must continuously improve the quality of your team's performance by coaching the low contributors and replacing them with top global talent when necessary.

The individual will leverage their technical depth as a former developer and architect to push the team towards a high standard of technical excellence, and achieve the organization's quality bar.

It is expected that you will be monitoring the team's daily and weekly performance using our proprietary tools. The responsibility is to identify obstacles and offer coaching to improve productivity.

The VP of Engineering will be expected to run deep-dives into problem-solving with their teams and leverage past technical expertise in Software Development, Quality Assurance, Cloud Infrastructure, and automated deployments using CI/CD tools.

The individual will work closely with our Fortune 500 customer executives as well as key executives within ESW Capital. The candidate is expected to be a seasoned professional with excellent English communication skills who can effectively manage executive relationships.

The VP of Engineering will report to an SVP and will serve as a vital member of the global executive team of an affiliated ESW Capital company.

Candidate Requirements:
This is a global leadership role for a seasoned software development leader, not a first executive role for a manager
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science is mandatory (MS or Ph.D. preferred)
Minimum of 15 years of software engineering experience
Minimum of 2 years in a senior software engineering management position such as CTO, Head of Development, or VP of Engineering
Minimum of 5 years in a hands-on development role in C++, Java or .NET architecture
Led a team of at least 50 software engineers within the last 3 years where you were responsible for goal setting, performance measurement, and hiring/ firing decisions (direct reporting lines)
Proven experience in building high-performance teams and scalable best-practices in an engineering organization
Recent experience with DevOps teams
Proven ability to use metrics as a key driver in your decision-making processes
Proven and recent experience of setting aggressive goals for your teams using SMART principles
At least 1 year of experience managing an organization that makes use of IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS
An advanced level of English


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