[Hiring] Engineering Team Lead @HRBaires

Role Description

The Engineering Team Lead will be a player/coach, using their expertise and passion to mentor our team and drive the development of our platform. As a senior technical leader, you’ll help build our Engineering stack and drive the product vision through its implementation and iterations.

You will be engineer number 1 in our new LATAM remote engineering hub. Working closely with our North American product team you will be responsible for building high-quality solutions across multiple product streams (e.g., AI, Marketplace, Subscriptions, etc). You will also be responsible for growing the remote hub and for the productivity of the team and the quality of their work. You will have a good balance between technical and people skills and be able to coordinate the team’s activities across the different stages of the product development lifecycle:

• Understanding business requirements
• Ruby on Rails development
• Code review
• Unit testing
• Deploying changes
• Engaging with project stakeholders

You will provide leadership and direction for the team and be willing to jump in to contribute to the work as needed.

Qualifications

• 5+ yrs of professional experience in building web applications at scale using Ruby on Rails
• 5+ yrs of experience with front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/Javascript/ES6/AJAX)
• 3+ yrs of professional experience with modern JavaScript libraries and tooling
• Understanding of JavaScript frameworks such as VueJS/React
• 5+ yrs of professional experience with AWS or similar
• 5+ yrs of professional experience using server-side templating languages (such as ERB, HAML, etc depending on your technology stack)
• 3+ yrs of experience with server-side CSS preprocessors (such as SASS, based on project requirements)
• 3+ yrs of experience with Bootstrap or another grid-based library
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools (e.g. Git)
• Strong debugging experience and ability to solve production issues
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees are a plus
• Experience with agile story tools such as JIRA or Pivotal Tracker
• Strong understanding of current technology trends
• You have experience building products from scratch in a leadership position
• You have worked at least 3 years for a startup or a fast-paced corporation
• Willing to jump in to contribute to the work as needed
• Excellent communication skills

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in leading, growing, and developing product engineering teams for 3+ yrs (at least 2 yrs in the same project)
• Have a passport and be willing to travel two times a year (May-Oct) & onboarding
• Availability to hold eventual meetings after hours (this is a global company)

Benefits

• Remote
• Full-time
• Direct Contract
• Paid Vacations
• Wellness Funds
• Professional Development Funds
• BYOD
• Fully functional, high performance equipment