For our Engineering Team in Amsterdam we are looking for an experienced VP of engineering, who feels right at home in a fast-paced environment. You enjoy leading a team of motivated engineers, whilst driving the technical direction of Secfi’s current and future products. This is a great opportunity for an experienced engineering manager that wants to take on the VP challenge of scaling a successful product and team. Naturally we expect you to proactively try to improve the developer experience, guard code quality and maintainability.
In this role you will need to:
- Manage and build a team of engineers, helping them grow as professionals
- Grow the engineering team from 10 to 30 in the near term
- Gain a deep understanding of the Secfi tech stack and workflow
- Proactively find and implement tech stack improvements and ways to streamline the engineering team’s workflow
- Fully comprehend the nature of Secfi’s business and associated processes
- Create a technical roadmap through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to identify pain points
- Guide the team to successfully build features, write automated tests and refactor code
Core Qualifications:
- 5 to 7 years of experience in an engineering leadership role for a company at scale
- Excellent people and managerial skills
- Demonstrated passion for building comprehensive, intelligent and elegant solutions
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, CI/CD and automated testing
- Hands-on experience with, or strong interest in, the following technologies: Python, Node.js, TypeScript, React, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Postgres, Graphql (or similar)
- Strong record of professional achievement, work ethic, and positive attitude
- Fun person to work with
- Fluent in English
Your benefits include:
- Competitive salary, retirement benefits
- Employee-friendly equity plan
- Attractive and flexible vacation & parental leave policy
- Company sponsored lunches, snacks, drinks and team events
- Customized workstation
- Great work environment designed to help your professional growth
- And last but not least, a great and fun experience
Principals only. Please do not contact us with unsolicited services or offers