Director of Engineering

Shopkick is searching for an seasoned Sr. Engineering Manager to oversee the most valuable properties in our organization while leading our engineering team to success in scaling a server system that is used by millions of users.

To succeed in the role you must have a passion for consumer facing mobile technology as well as experience with backend systems and applications, be a strong believer in collaborative iteration and mentorship, be a data driven decision maker, and a proponent of high use experimentation.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of 6-10 highly collaborative engineers
• Inspire your team to produce the best work they can and help further their technical growth
• Guide and assist your team of engineers in their career development
• Aid and review your team’s designs and solutions
• Mentor your team on defensive coding and designing decoupled, reusable modules
• Some hands on client or server software development

Desired Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of experience designing, building and implementing complex systems
• 5+ years of experience running engineering teams with a strong preference for people who have experience with iOS, Android, and Server/Platform development
• Comprehensive understanding of recruiting and hiring
• Strong coding ability in an object oriented language (Java, C#, C++, Python etc.)
• Deep experience with Python is a definite plusExcellent team player with strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Experience using relational and NoSQL database systems (MySQL & Cassandra preferred)Familiarity with open source web frameworks (such as Pyramid, Rails, or Django)
• Experience designing for mobile/server growth and scalability
• Ability to examine and evaluate client and server architectures
• Solid understanding of sources of performance bottlenecks in service oriented architectures
• Deep understanding of the uses and characteristics of common server infrastructure technologies (such as Zookeeper, Memcached, Redis, Hadoop)