Director of Engineering for HOT Mobile Start up in Palo Alto
About the Company
A rapidly growing tech start-up company offering a renewable membership via a mobile app or physical coupon book comprised of a bundle of deals. Members get to buy all the deals, all at once, for a low price, for use whenever they want to use them, unlike daily deal websites that solicit members daily via email to purchase singular coupons.
We are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our development team as we seek to build a solid infrastructure to capitalize on the growing popularity of mobile e-commerce. We are culture first, team oriented company and this is a great opportunity for a creative, motivated and talented individual who is looking for a fast-paced and challenging environment whilst looking to grow with a company with a lot of potential. We offer a competitive salary and options package.
Responsibilities:
- Manage day-to-day development operations, with the ability do coding
- Take features and functions from concept to technical spec, and ultimately see projects through implementation
- Help in building and leading an A+ team of engineers
- Help make the engineering team as productive as possible, while maintaining a level of quality
- Collaborate with various teams to help define project scope, priorities, and timelines
Qualifications:
- Passion for building and delivering a world-class product geared towards elegantly simple solutions
- Experience as a senior Engineer or leading teams in a fast and agile environment
- Ability to communicate design decisions, trade-offs, code walk-throughs, and bugs clearly and concisely
- In depth working knowledge of most of these technologies: Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP5, Symfony Framework, etc
- Knowledge of iOS and Android app development: Objective-C, Cocoa Touch, JSON
- Develop a highly flexible well-intergrated CRM
- Experience working at a growth-stage startup company a plus
- Experience working at a social media and e-commerce company a plus
General:
- Motivated to be a key player with a growing organization
- Ability to motivate others
- Excellent communication, analytical and problem solving skills
Contact: Vivian@KeystoChinaJobs.com
