VP of Engineering
Hi, we're Brigit! A holistic financial health company helping every American build a brighter financial future. With a business model that is aligned with our customers, we create transparent, fair, and simple financial products that put money back in the hands of our members, help them spend wisely, avoid unfair fees and build their credit quickly. We're backed by leading VC's including Lightspeed Venture Partners and DCM, a number of the world's most influential social impact investors like Flourish and Sound, and several mission driven celebrity investors like Kevin Durant and Will Smith! If autonomy, ownership, and having meaningful input at the company you work for is important to you, come join our growing team!
We're looking for a VP of Engineering to join Brigit's leadership team. Reporting to the CTO, you'll develop a compelling and strategic technical vision and determine how engineering will contribute to achievement of the Company vision and goals. You know what it means to be a leader at a startup in the middle of hyper growth and take a deeply values-driven approach to your work. You're technical, but you achieve true professional bliss through building a strong engineering culture, attracting and developing top talent, and overseeing the overall health of a mission driven team. This is a huge opportunity to join our journey early, assume a leadership role, and make a lasting impact as we scale.
What You Have
- 10+ years of experience building and leading Engineering teams from 10 to 50+
- Strong technical foundations, especially with microservices architectures
- Experienced with product management
- You excel at analyzing deep technical problems and coaching teams to the best solutions
- You are Self-driven and tireless in the pursuit of high-quality results
- Ability to communicate plans, challenges, and updates to other functional heads
- Eagerness to understand challenges facing other departments or the company at large and able to provide input, advice and/or possible solutions
- You have a bias towards action and experimentation
- You have experience with all phases of technical recruiting - evangelism, sourcing, interviewing and closing
- You have exceptional communication skills with extensive experience collaborating with non-technical stakeholders
What You'll Be Doing
- Develop 6-12 month plans and roadmaps, working closely with Product and the larger Leadership Team
- Communicate plans, challenges, and updates to other functional heads
- Determine necessary headcount/skills/structure to achieve current and future goals
- Lead the development of interview process for ICs and managers alike Instill a hiring culture on the team, including adhering to the hiring process and maintaining a high bar
- Manage/coach Engineering managers and other senior Engineers
- Ensure everyone on the team has the resources and opportunities to learn and grow — formal/informal training, mentorship, stretch goals, attendance at conferences
- Develop the staffing logic and execute it, factoring in engineering preferences and professional development
- Regularly evaluate team structure to ensure the organization can move quickly
- Devise methods to measure output and effectiveness week over week and present findings and bottlenecks
- Inspire and motivate the team to strive for excellence
- Develop and promote processes which ensure timely delivery of products
- Fill in the blanks and verify that the Engineering team has right tools, technology, and processes to build quality, scalable and reliable systems
- Codify and disseminate best practices (i.e. testing, code reviews, pair programming)
Our Benefits & Team
-Help hard working Americans build a brighter financial future
-High-growth company at an early stage
-Equity participation
-A dynamic, flexible and collaborative start-up work environment with a highly talented team
-Minimum 3 weeks PTO
-401k Plan
-Paid Parental Leave
-Monthly reimbursements to use against wifi and cell phone bills
At Brigit, we are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
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