Vice President of Engineering

1 week ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Black Pen Recruitment Full time

**Vice President of Engineering (NodeJS/FinTech/Cryptocurrency)**

**Our Client**

Our client is an American-based company that is expanding globally by being one of the first movers to bring cryptocurrency to Africa and the Middle East at large. Their mission is to make cryptocurrency/blockchain and other FinTech services more accessible, and affordable, than ever before. Our client’s vision strives to form a committed team of forward-thinkers who collectively create a supportive, welcoming and highly innovative environment for all.

**Blackpen Recruitment** is a global recruitment agency that targets European, African and American Markets with headquarters based in **Malta** and **Cape Town**. Blackpen specialises in FinTech, Cryptocurrency, Startup and iGaming Recruitment.

**Job Type**:Remote | Full-time

Current technology stack: NodeJS, VueJS, Serverless Framework, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, AWS SQS, AWS IoT, AWS EC2, ELK Stack, Jest, Flutter.

**Requirements**:

- 10+ years of experience working in engineering leadership roles
- Strong experience in the FinTech or Cryptocurrency industry
- Strong experience in the Startup environment
- Strong technical foundations, especially with microservice architectures
- Drive to create groundbreaking products, and create exponential success as part of a high performing team
- Ability to effectively lead and coach teams across a variety of functional roles and technical problems
- Past track record of recruiting and developing a high performing engineering team
- Ability to manage multiple teams, projects, and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
- Experience leading deeply technical engineering initiatives and aligning business strategy and technology delivery
- Proven change agent and a strong strategic thinker
- Proven track record of clear communications with C-suite stakeholders and across cross-functional teams
- Data-driven method for decision making using KPIs and metrics

**Responsibilities**
- Maintain multiple roadmaps in-line with company vision & strategy
- Determine appropriate headcount/skills/structure to achieve current and future goals
- Lead the iteration of refinement for interview process for ICs and managers alike
- Instil a high bar of A-player engineers and coach managers on how to hire and grow engineers to A-player level
- Ensure all teams have the necessary resources and opportunities to grow in the career and deliver with the highest quality
- Regularly evaluate org. structure to ensure the team is able to scale and meet demands of the business
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and marketing teams
- Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the success products and identify areas for improvement
- Collaborate across teams to communicate engineering strategies with internal stakeholders and adjust priorities according to feedback
- Establish and enforce best practices (i.e. testing, code reviews, pair programming)

**Do we spark your interest? Then send us your CV today**
**We are looking forward to hearing from you**

10+ years of experience working in engineering leadership roles Strong experience in the FinTech or Cryptocurrency industry Strong experience in the Startup environment Strong technical foundations, especially with microservice architectures Drive to create groundbreaking products, and create exponential success as part of a high performing team Ability to effectively lead and coach teams across a variety of functional roles and technical problems Past track record of recruiting and developing a high performing engineering team Ability to manage multiple teams, projects, and priorities simultaneously in a fast-paced environment Experience leading deeply technical engineering initiatives and aligning business strategy and technology delivery Proven change agent and a strong strategic thinker Proven track record of clear communications with C-suite stakeholders and across cross-functional teams Data-driven method for decision making using KPIs and metrics Responsibilities Maintain multiple roadmaps in-line with company vision & strategy Determine appropriate headcount/skills/structure to achieve current and future goals Lead the iteration of refinement for interview process for ICs and managers alike Instil a high bar of A-player engineers and coach managers on how to hire and grow engineers to A-player level Ensure all teams have the necessary resources and opportunities to grow in the career and deliver with the highest quality Regularly evaluate org. structure to ensure the team is able to scale and meet demands of the business Work cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and marketing teams Develop metrics and KPIs to measure the success products and identify areas for improvement Collaborate across teams to communicate engineering strategies with internal stakeholders and adjust priorities according to feedback Establish and enforce best practices (i.e. testing, code reviews, p



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