Head of Engineering

SocialPilot is looking for an experienced technical leader to manage the core product and the engineering team. Our team uses a variety of web technologies to build highly scalable software that is used by over 100,000 users across the world.

In this role you will be enhancing user experiences by utilizing modern day software development practices and guiding engineers in their careers.You will be responsible for complete planning and delivery of projects that are related to product requirements.

Ideal Candidate

• Must have worked at an IT Product Company (preferably SaaS)
• At Least 8+ years of experience in leading a software development team
• Must have a proven track record of building and mentoring high-end engineering teams and driving results at scale
• Must have managed a team of 10 or more software engineers/ developers
• Experience of working in Agile methodology at product companies (preferably SaaS)
• Project management skills to keep projects, processes, and the entire engineering team on track
• Must have Hands-on experience on ReactJS, NodeJS, AWS, MongoDB etc
• A decent understanding of JavaScript frameworks and Cloud
• Preferred skills include SDLC,Project Management, Agile Methodologies,Scrum,Jira, Six Sigma, Project Management, Release Management, Product Delivery

Responsibilities

• Serve as the engineering leader and technical expert
• Manage all engineering activities including design, architecture, development, production, and testing
• Provide directions for designing technical strategy and roadmap; execute the strategy by creating success metrics
• Manage the software development team and assign tasks to optimize the overall productivity of the department
• Hire, train, and supervise engineering team members
• Resolve escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments
• Collect requirements from cross-functional teams like - Product/Support /Marketing/Engineering etc.
• Analyze requirements to understand the impact of the proposed requirement across the product and mobile apps
• Plan the sprint, assign tasks to the developers from within the sprint
• Define the Quality Assurance process and devise other processes to ensure zero downtime;
• Coordinate with customer support, product and marketing teams for release planning
• Fix bugs and finalize the release plan; Ensure release of the feature as per plan