Director Of Engineering

September 2022

Job Type: Full Time/ Remote

Reports To/ Tasked by: CTO

Department: Tech

Location: New York, NY

Status: In Office or Fully Remote

Job Description

Director of Engineering

About Us

GETTR is one of the fastest growing social media technology platforms.

GETTR is a social media platform founded on the principles of free speech, independent thought and rejecting political censorship. With best-in-class technology, our goal is to create a marketplace of ideas in order to share freedom and democracy around the world. Our company is rapidly growing, with over five million users globally and major influencers are lining up to join our ranks daily.

We are committed to freedom of speech, thought and intellectual discourse. We value the importance of being able to communicate respectfully, openly, and transparently. Therefore, we welcome professionals and experts who embody these core values to consider opportunities within our organization.

As we continue to challenge ourselves to innovate and provide users with robust technological experiences, we welcome those who are seeking an opportunity to be game changers.

Responsibilities
The Director of Engineering contributes to the organization’s success by playing a strategic and tactical role in all key tech functions and initiatives as assigned by CTO. This includes but is not limited to, technical decision making, driving prioritization, and execution, while managing outstanding engineers and engineering managers in a fast-paced, impact focused environment. While this position requires you to work closely with the CTO, there is an opportunity for self-tasking based on program level priority.

In this position your development scope is full stack with support by front-end UX/UI development team. You’ll be ensuring each production is managed in a time sensitive manner, with a client first approach making sure the software is effective, reliable and user-friendly.

This position will play a critical role in delivering a first-class experience to employees and clients across a multitude of disciplines. If you are people-centric, enjoy problem solving, thrive in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment and want the opportunity to be part of a dynamic team, please consider applying for this role!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build, manage and support diverse teams of software engineers and engineering managers
• Provide both technical and organizational leadership
• Form cross-functional and cross-discipline partnerships to drive engineering efforts
• Establish effective strategies and execute against them
• Uphold principles of respect, integrity, inclusion, innovation
• Can collaborate with Product and Engineering Leadership in the ideation, strategy, execution, and delivery deadlines
• API Development and Integration
• Event based triggers from various sources
• Custom integrations and automation between GETTR Platforms and Corporate IT
• Full stack development w/support from front-end UX/UI dev team
• Production support of corporate IT initiatives
• Participation in scrum ceremonies (at your direction provided compatible with supporting team cadences)
• Assess existing integration services and function to identify flaws, inefficiencies, and risks
• Leading team of 5+ direct reports
• All other duties assigned by CTO

Environmental and Physical Requirements

• Will be working in an office environment
• Must be able to sit for 8+ hours
• Must be able to perform essential job functions with or without a reasonable accommodation

Education

• Bachelor’s degree preferred

Bonus points for experience in digital operations:

• ACH transactions, International Wire transfers, Cryptography (HSM/Key Management/Blockchain), Slack, Office 365, Gitlab CI

Work Experience

• 12-15 years of experience in IT
  • 8-10 as a developer
  • 7+ years as a lead
• Redis, Vue.js (Nuxt.js/Nest.js), Salesforce, General eCommerce SaaS (Shopify), GCP, Firestore, MongoDB
  • (Quickbooks Online and other financial product experience are a plus)

Language Skills

• Nodejs (ESM/ES6) as the primary coding language
• GoLang is acceptable
• JAVA, JAVA SCRIPT, REACT, FLUTTER (Mobile Developments – Android etc…)

Demonstrated Competencies To Be Successful In The Position

• Experience with a fast-paced start-up environment
• Experience managing hybrid, virtual teams, across time zones
• Software development frameworks
• Analytical skills to interpret complex data sets
• Problem-solving skills to determine the cause of bugs and resolve complaints
• Strong oral communication skills to train, coach, and collaborate with other staff
• Ability to produce informative reports
• Ability to present information to Software Engineers and the management team
• Organization and delegation skills to break large projects down into milestones and assign tasks best suited to team members
• Leadership skills to direct the activities of other Engineers and provide effective coaching and training

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision premiums are 100% covered by GETTR for initial individual tier plan.
• 10 PTO days and 5 sick days. Can accrue up to 25 PTO days depending on tenure.
• 401K 4% match vested after 2 years
• 12 Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays including a week off from 12/23 – 1/1
• Parental leave
• Commuter benefits
• Fully stocked kitchen with free snacks and beverages including a cappuccino and espresso machine
• Free daily in office lunch Via Grubhub
• Easily accessible to all massive transit

Equal Opportunity Statement
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual(s) assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Management reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and to assign other duties as necessary.

GETTR, is an equal opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status or other category under applicable law.

We welcome and value unique attributes, skillsets, and experience.

Reasonable Accommodation

In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and employee life cycle in accordance to the ADA in order to perform the essential functions of this position.