Head of Engineering

Posted 02 November 2022
Salary £180000 - £220000 per annum, Benefits: plus bonus, bens, stock
LocationNew York
Job type Permanent
Discipline Development
ReferenceAS-18
Contact NameAdam Stevenson

Job description

Head of Engineering – Up to $220,000 plus stock, bonus and bens.
New York/Remote

What You'll Do:
  • Lead strategy and investment around the core platform that is critical to the success of the company.
  • Work with engineering teams to define vision around production data, Level's product offering, and payments processing.
  • Mentor engineers and engineering leads on their technical skills, strategy, and leadership so they can actualize their career goals.
  • Collaborate with other teams like product, sales, and customer success for Level's product direction and execution.
  • Implement processes that move efficiency and quality.
  • Plan for growth of the organization and scale the team.
  • Facilitate engineering culture with retrospectives, postmortems, lunch and learn meetings, and coding standards.

Who You Are:
  • Passion for customers, technology and great products.
  • Demonstrated success at building core systems that are scalable, easy to understand, and maintainable.
  • Lead cross-functional efforts to launch features involving several moving pieces and contributed directly to the key metrics and success of the company.
  • Worked with teams and members of the entire organization to establish and achieve holistic business and technical goals.
  • Experience leading back-end and product at a company with engineering-driven culture with an emphasis on scalability and simplicity.
  • An approach to work and decision-making that empowers the people around you, effectively utilizing the team's expertise and enabling them to do their best work.
  • Strong knowledge of industry best practices and a passion for driving the creation of roadmaps and outlining the technology strategy for core platform to promote Level's strategic plans.

What We Offer:
  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Remote first, with an office in NYC as an option to come in
  • 100% paid medical for you and 80% for your dependents, 100% covered dental and vision through Level for you and your dependents
  • Flexible paid time off: take the time you need when you need it! Plus, get up to 10 days of paid sick leave per year
  • Fully paid parental leave: up to 14 weeks for primary and 8 weeks for secondary caregivers
  • Quarterly company sponsored events
  • Internal learning and development programs
  • Have the chance to work at a leading innovator and trailblazer in the world of benefits and payment