Head of Engineering - Social Media Start-Up!
Businessfriend, a growing social media company based in San Diego, is seeking a Head of Engineering to help take the newest and most comprehensive professional social networking site to hit the internet to the next level!#URL_eda2500ddcedb60957fcd7f5b164e092966f8c4e8fb89ce70a16bea1545a297d# combines the ability to discover, connect and share with fellow professionals and offers the unique ability to communicate, manage, store and notate all aspects of your working life from one website and one mobile app. It’s positioned to be the world's newest social networking platform for professionals and the companies they work for.Businessfriend’s Head of Engineering (VP, Lead Engineer, Head Honcho, call it what you may – it’s the top engineering position) will build and manage our Front End, Ruby on Rails and mobile teams and will report directly to the CEO. The ideal candidate has a track record of delivering high quality solutions in a fast paced start-up environment. He or she has exposure to a wide range of web technologies including but not limited to: Ruby, Angular, foundation/bootstrap, and Rest APIs. A natural leader and big picture thinker who is equally happy and comfortable being a “doer” and who can bring expert understanding of software best practices will excel in this position.What You’ll Do:Hire, manage and mentor the web and mobile engineering team (including iOS and Android.)Work closely with Platform (API) team, Product Managers, and User Experience team to build our next generation #URL_eda2500ddcedb60957fcd7f5b164e092966f8c4e8fb89ce70a16bea1545a297d# website.Build consensus on design.Work in Agile/SCRUM processes and Test Driven Development.Provide regular status updates to executive management.Actively participate in architectural and product planning activities.
Title: Head of Engineering - Social Media Start-Up!
Salary: None
Description: Businessfriend, a growing social media company based in San Diego, is seeking a Head of Engineering to help take the newest and most comprehensive professional social networking site to hit the internet to the next level!#URL_eda2500ddcedb60957fcd7f5b164e092966f8c4e8fb89ce70a16bea1545a297d# combines the ability to discover, connect and share with fellow professionals and offers the unique ability to communicate, manage, store and notate all aspects of your working life from one website and one mobile app. It’s positioned to be the world's newest social networking platform for professionals and the companies they work for.Businessfriend’s Head of Engineering (VP, Lead Engineer, Head Honcho, call it what you may – it’s the top engineering position) will build and manage our Front End, Ruby on Rails and mobile teams and will report directly to the CEO. The ideal candidate has a track record of delivering high quality solutions in a fast paced start-up environment. He or she has exposure to a wide range of web technologies including but not limited to: Ruby, Angular, foundation/bootstrap, and Rest APIs. A natural leader and big picture thinker who is equally happy and comfortable being a “doer” and who can bring expert understanding of software best practices will excel in this position.What You’ll Do:Hire, manage and mentor the web and mobile engineering team (including iOS and Android.)Work closely with Platform (API) team, Product Managers, and User Experience team to build our next generation #URL_eda2500ddcedb60957fcd7f5b164e092966f8c4e8fb89ce70a16bea1545a297d# website.Build consensus on design.Work in Agile/SCRUM processes and Test Driven Development.Provide regular status updates to executive management.Actively participate in architectural and product planning activities.
Requirements: Director experience, Bachelor's Degree education
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