Head of Engineering - Digify｜Meet.jobs

WHO WE ARE

Digify is a cloud-based document security and data room software that allows customers to control, protect and track important documents after sharing them. Companies use Digify to protect confidential information for fundraising and due diligence, secure intellectual property, and protect sensitive communications.

Digify is used in 138 countries today. We have more than 300,000 users worldwide.

THE ROLE

As the Head of Software Engineering, you’ll report to the CEO and be responsible for managing our engineering teams through our full software development lifecycle (SDLC) – from estimation to delivery. You will also have direct report responsibility for our engineering staff.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Set technical standards and SDLC processes
• Provide technical and career mentoring and coaching for the engineering organization
• Understand software delivery in a startup environment, balanced with the rigor needed for sustainable and maintainable products
• Work with your engineering team to plan and track development of all projects, delivery to production
• Troubleshoot engineering issues
• Regularly communicate project status information to the Product team
• Coordinate estimation of operational costs associated with updated/new functionality with our systems organization
• Cultivate a culture of testing and automation throughout the engineering organization
• Assure that security and accessibility continue to be primary goals in construction of any software
• Collaborate with the product and design teams to improve visibility, processes, and communication mechanisms

Requirements

• A successful track record working as an engineering leader across multiple teams
• Experience leading and contributing to software architecture
• Experience providing project visibility to senior management
• Full stack software development experience and capability
• Deep expertise and a successful track record in scaling systems
• Experience profiling and optimizing code on all tiers of an application
• Experience with AWS and NoSQL/DynamoDB is a plus
• Exceptional critical thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to quickly understand complex systems and data
• Passion for data driven decision making and continuous process improvement.