Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
About easyknock
We are on a mission to help american homeowners achieve financial security and build wealth through their home by providing innovative solutionsEasyknock has created an entirely new category of loan-alternatives that is disrupting the rigid way lenders work and can help millions of people by converting their home equityA new york city-based company founded in 2016, easyknock offers personalized financial solutions for homeowners in various circumstancesWe eliminate the hassle of dealing with banks, lenders, and moving by bringing our customers a loan-alternative program through the use of sale-leaseback programs.
We are looking for compassionate people who find joy in connecting others with creative solutions to convert the value of their homeIf you have a growth mindset, find absolute thrill in building a new business and excel in a dynamic work culture, we want to talk to you.
Position description
The vp of engineering directly manages the engineering team and engineering managers, holding regular 1:1’s, guiding career growth and performance management of individual contributorsAdditionally the vp of engineering attends daily standup meetings ensuring timely delivery of roadmap projects while also ensuring engineering best practices are followed in order to release high quality software as quickly as possible to drive business value.
Roles & responsibilities
Drive the lean agile development process, from planning through product launches
Lead development teams building easyknock’s products and cloud-based architecture
Support product managers and tech leads implementing fixes and managing releases
Plan and manage releases in conjunction with dris for maximum safety and resiliency
Directly manage backend systems and enterprise squads
Attract and retain top engineering talent
Create an inclusive, high performing and collaborative engineering culture
3rd party vendor management, budgeting, security, system architecture
Requirements
6+ years of experience managing and leading engineering teams
10+ years hands on software development in a modern stack
Ability to architect, design and develop scalable data intensive systems (sql & nosql)
Fluent in one or more technologies in our stack: javascript, typescript, node.js, react, python
Expert in cloud services such as aws, gcp and/or azure
Experience with infrastructure as code systems such as terraform, pulumi, etc…
Ability to streamline development and release processes and using docker
Knowledge of best practices and insistence on delivering quality, well tested software
Strong sense of ownership and attention to detail
Experience working with and integrating enterprise crm systems (e.gSalesforce, hubspot)
Benefits
Competitive base salary
Full benefits, generous pto and sick leave
Option to work remotely
Opportunity to be part of a fast growing company in the financial technology industry
A chance to work with incredible teammates that are super-bright, creative, talented, and passionate
Authorization to work in the u.sIs a precondition of employment.
