The Vice President of Engineering at NS1 is responsible for the design, creation, and delivery of all software and service product offerings across the company. This role leads and mentors a diverse team located around the globe, with a focus on execution, quality, process, and metrics to ensure that the team is on a track for consistent improvements. This role will be managing an entire team of engineers and developers, collaborating with the product managers, marketing, and go-to-market teams to release quality products on-time and within the company’s product vision.

The ideal candidate for the role is both strategic and results-oriented with a strong technical background in networking and cloud technologies with strong management skills to support a diverse and global team. The candidate will report directly to the Chief Product Officer to strategically grow the organization while working to create a strong development culture supported by Agile methodologies. 

 About us:

NS1 automates the deployment and delivery of the world’s most trafficked internet and enterprise applications. Its software-defined, next-generation application networking stack modernizes DNS, DHCP, and IPAM — the familiar and universal foundations of all network and internet services — to unlock unprecedented automation, visibility, and control in today’s complex, heterogeneous environments. NS1 has more than 700 enterprise customers worldwide, including LinkedIn, Dropbox, Pitney Bowes, Bleacher Report, and The Guardian, and is backed by investments from Energy Impact Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Cisco Investments, and GGV Capital.

 You will:

• Lead, grow, and mentor a growing and diverse team of engineers and development managers.
• Work closely with the PMO team to establish a consistent Agile methodology that supports innovation and quality.
• Ensure expectations are managed effectively in the pursuit of on-time delivery of quality products in a CI/CD environment with a focus on meeting committed timelines. These products are both on-premise and cloud-based.
• Establish a great product culture that is focused on innovation, scale, transparency, and accountability.
• Effectively manage the engineering budget alongside the CEO, CPO, and CTO.
• Accelerate the advancement of our platform in conjunction with our CEO, CPO, and CTO, either directly or by expanding our technology partnership ecosystem.
• Work closely with our strategic partners to understand their business and priorities and how the NS1 platform can meaningfully advance those priorities.
• Collaborate with our professional services and support teams to establish clear metrics to consistently improve our customer experience.
• Drive accelerated revenue growth by identifying opportunities, defining the strategic rationale, developing tactical implementation plans, and driving focus for core competencies across the development team.
• Regularly collaborate with NS1’s Board of Directors, CEO, and leadership team to educate, inform, and update on progress toward our business development priorities.
• Support the creation and execution of multi-year product engineering strategies.

 Ideally, you’ll bring:

• 10+ years of experience in managing development teams building enterprise SaaS products in dynamic, fast paced, and results orientated environments.
• Strong technical background in network technologies, on-prem network components, and cloud infrastructure.
• Agile software development and continuous delivery production infrastructure experience.
• An ability to work independently and collaborate closely with internal constituencies while leading through influence.
• Experience with US and local government customers and their unique requirements and support needs.
• Experience working with enterprise customers, running design programs, and driving business development based integrations.
• Leadership experience with multi-geographic teams.
• CapEx, OpEx, Headcount budgeting experience.
• Experience building strong quality initiatives within engineering teams.
• The ability to help set the technical vision and collaborate with the product management team to establish an effective and efficient execution plan.
• Ability to prioritize ruthlessly, dedicating the team’s time and resources on the most promising opportunities.
• Strong Executive presence with credibility in application/infrastructure technology.
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, growth stage environment that’s quickly evolving.
• Excellent written, interpersonal, verbal, and listening skills.

 Working at NS1:

We’re a fast-growing, well-funded startup based in the heart of New York City’s Financial District with offices and team members around the world. Working at NS1, you’ll come to understand our team is unique, both in and out of the workplace. We have PhDs, musicians, artists, and athletes working side by side, dedicated to delivering first class products. We’re hardworking, but we're also a compassionate group. We understand that outside of NS1 is a world that places demands on our time. Our leadership team is dedicated to open and honest communication, and we continuously strive to foster a culture of transparency, flexibility, and creativity. We were chosen as one of BuiltinNYC’s Top 50 Startups to watch in 2019 and closed our $40M Series D in July 2020.

 Benefits:

For all employees, we offer:

• Competitive compensation, including new hire and recurring stock options
• Flexible hours, time off and work from home options (even prior to COVID-19!)
• Choice of laptop and supplemental allowance for workstation accessories
• In house wellness programming and education
• Access to employee-led affinity and social awareness groups
• “Funtivities” calendar - employees can participate in culture building workplace activities ranging from happy hours, holiday events and special interest activities
• Quarterly giving campaign to charities and social causes

In addition to the above, we offer US Employees:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Unlimited vacation time with a mandatory minimum utilized each year
• 401k through Betterment
• Commuter benefits (which we’ll use even more often once we return to the office!)
• An outstanding parental leave policy of up to 18 weeks (12 of which can be consecutive)

NS1 champions diversity - we welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.