Vice President - Engineering - EdTech Startup

 - Responsible for the Organisation's Technology team and defining technical road map

- Responsible for applying quality software engineering practices through all phases of development and

into production

Client Details : 

Our Client is an online skilling app targeted towards the tier 2 and tier 3 towns audiences in India. They have above 1 Million downloads with 150K+ paying users with course modules in English, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Bangla covering a
number of topics from soft skills to graphic designing

Description :

As the VP Engineering, your role would include managing the entire technical team of 8-10 members in the below areas:

- Determining project requirements and developing work schedules for the team.

- Identify technical process gaps across multiple product lines and ensure seamless execution.

- Delegating tasks and achieving daily, weekly, and monthly goals.

- Own up key Technical KPIs and build strong engineering teams.

- Liaising with team members & management to ensure projects are completed to standard.

- Identifying risks and forming contingency plans as soon as possible.

- Analysing existing operations and scheduling training sessions and meetings to discuss improvements.

- Keeping up to date with industry trends and developments.

- Updating work schedules and performing troubleshooting as required.

- Motivating the team and creating a space where they can ask questions and voice their concerns.

- Being transparent with the team about challenges, failures, and successes.

- Writing progress reports and delivering presentations to the relevant stakeholders.

- Apply quality software engineering practices through all phases of development and into production

- Ensure resilience and stability through quality code reviews, unit, regression and user acceptance testing, devops and level two production support.

- Contribute to an agile development team working with designers, analysts, users and leads

- Have the necessary people management skills to carry out tech-manager roles at ease - build teams, take part in hiring actively, collaborate and execute larger ORG goals.

Profile :

- At least 8-10 years of strong experience in computer engineering

- At least 2 years of leadership experience in handling multiple deliverable of a team of 5 -6 engineers

- Past experience of hiring engineers and building a tech team

- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent from premier institutes Strong in problem-solving, data structures, and algorithm design. Strong experience in system architecture, Web services development, highly scalable distributed applications.

- Good knowledge of Python, Java and Django

- Deeply conversant in technologies like Postgres, Redis, RabbitMQ, Firebase

- Have working experience with AWS, Lambda, RDS, EC2, S3

- Working knowledge in Java & Android

- Ability to operate in a very fast-paced, constantly changing and evolving environment

- Self-starter with a strong work ethic and determination to accomplish goals

- Effective organisational, stakeholder management, project management, data analysis, and communication skills

- Contribute to an agile development team working with designers, analysts, users and leads

- Have contributed to an agile development team working with designers, analysts, users and leads

Job Offer:

- Opportunity to be part of the growth story of a growing Ed Tech company

- Senior leadership role with high accountability and ownership

- Competitive compensation package

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Priyanka Menon on +91 124 452 5493.

Contact - Priyanka Menon - +91 124 452 5493

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