You’re an architect, an evangelist, a designer and a compulsive
tinkerer. You grasp market needs, love our vision, and live for
technical orchestration. A maestro with the codebase, you want to give
life to great ideas as they arise - and you want contribute to a
rewarding, and meaningful project.
1/ Where We Stand
Hively was created in April 2016 by two founders with international
and complementary experience. We're projected to launch in Q2 2017, and
can count on early financing to cover both product development -
currently in completion - and initial marketing efforts. Our central
London offices are housed in a dynamic digital start-up community.
2/ What We Stand For
At Hively, we won't hire for cultural fit - we'll always seek
cultural contribution. There are no leashes here. You have the freedom
to approach, own, and solve problems creatively. Every day, we think
about how to raise standards and meet objectives, and failing forward is
how we get over the humps.
3/ Your Role as CTO
Build, manage and validate the Tech Roadmap:
- Based on customer validation, market needs, feature sets and priorities;
Pilot the full product lifecycle
- Idea generation, design, prototyping, planning, execution, and shipping;
Deconstruct improvements into a goal-structured timeline.
- Manage QA resource from our software development agency;
Improve the stability and scalability of our systems.
- Drive adoption of best practices, build tools, automate processes;
Get your hands dirty in the social graph and back-end.
- Undertake reviews of code quality to avoid “deployment embarrassments”
4/ Your Skills to Succeed
You think and act in a creative & pragmatic way.
- We’re serious about lean processes, automation and product innovation
You connect market needs with product.
- You understand our strategic priorities, growth drivers and its technical enablers
You are a strong coder.
- We need someone highly proficient in JavaScript who can write clean, effective code
You care about great design.
- Not only in products and visual presentation, but in code and technical architecture as well
You are adaptable and resilient.
- We work in a high-paced environment, with dynamic objectives and shifting deadlines
You enjoy collaboration with others.
- Our work isn’t carried out in a vacuum, and everyone contributes to get the job done
You are also comfortable managing people.
- You’ll need to grow the right team, so we’ll look for willingness to learn and to teach
You embrace our philosophy.
- Our mission matters to us, so we’re careful to make sure that the fit is right on both sides
5/ The Specs
Our Technologies:
- Back-end: Ruby/Rails
- Front-end: Ionic - Angular (Phonegap/Cordova)
Our Requirements:
- B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Math, Physics, or equivalent
- 2+ years development experience, building, coordinating, releasing scalable web & app products
- A strong focus on data, to create a friendly, smart ecosystem for analysis and BI
- Knowledge of payment processing and understanding of security best practices
- Excellent communications skills, both with technical and non-technical audiences
6/ Your Benefits
We’re looking for the perfect fit for this Executive role, and we’ll
go a long way to attract you. We’ll expect a strong commitment to long
term success, perhaps at the expense of short term riches. You can
expect a lot of autonomy, and plenty of equity upside (we mean it). And
yes, we know circumstances and preferences differ, so we worked out a
sliding scale of competitive compensation. So treat yourself.
7/ The Next Steps
If becoming an integral part of a family of shakers and movers is a
challenge you see yourself taking on, we want to hear from you. For more
information, visit hively.co.uk.
Time to tango.
