vice president engineer San Francisco, CA
Craft.co
Full Time
San Francisco, CA
250000 - 12.04 USD ANNUAL Today
Job description
About Craft:
Craft is a supplier intelligence company helping organizations accelerate data-informed business decisions. Our unique, proprietary data platform tracks thousands of real-time signals across millions of companies globally, delivering best in class monitoring and insight into global supply chains, among other company cohorts.
Our clients, including Fortune 100 companies, government and military agencies, SMEs, asset management groups, and others, use our technology for supply chain intelligence, market intelligence and related use cases, engaging in 5, 6 and 7-figure multi-year recurring revenue contracts. Through our modular, secure, customizable portal, our clients can monitor any company they are working with and drive critical actions in real-time.
We are a well-funded technology company with leading investors including Greycroft, Uncork, High Alpha, ServiceNow Ventures, Sam Palmisano, Freddy Kerrest, but are not your typical data or SaaS startup. Our CEO is a seasoned entrepreneur and Juilliard-trained cellist. The Craft team is globally distributed with headquarters in San Francisco and an office in London. We have team members across North America, Canada, and Europe. We are looking for innovative and driven people who are passionate about building delightful software to join our rapidly growing team!
A Note to Candidates:
We are an equal opportunity employer who values and encourages diversity, equity and belonging at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, caste, or disability status.
About the Role:
As VP of Engineering, you'll lead a disciplined, scrappy, and effective Engineering team. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a “seat at the table” role in which you’ll have a significant impact in shaping the evolution of our product, and our company’s growth overall.
What You'll Do
- Lead Craft’s Engineering teams in building and maintaining a best-in-class Supplier Intelligence Platform that continues to deliver trustworthy, delightful, and constantly evolving functionality to our users
- Develop organizational-level goals and drive the technical and organizational roadmap for Craft’s various Engineering teams
- Identify and execute the processes needed to achieve operational excellence in all areas, including project management and system reliability
- Balance the teams' work to add new features and pay down tech debt to ensure an efficient, stable, and marketable suite
- Build credibility with engineers, lead technical reviews and discussions, ensure best practices are developed and enforced, and advocate for the needs of the engineers
- Develop a team structure that is inclusive, thoughtful and efficient
- Partner closely with the VP, Product to develop the vision for our product offering and ensure that the software architecture is designed for the near and long term
- Influence key decisions on architecture and implementation of scalable, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solutions
- Iterate quickly without compromising quality and raise the bar on operational excellence
- Create timelines and budget for the development, timely delivery, and deployment of all large scale engineering initiatives
- Evaluate technology and vendors, always looking for ways to improve the way we build products
- Partner closely with People Team to advise on recruitment and retention of top engineering talent
- Be a steward of the Craft culture: exemplify our core values and maintain an inclusive environment within and beyond the engineering team
Who You Are
- A seasoned technology leader with experience in an early-stage, growth-minded Enterprise SaaS organization: you know what it takes to both scale and sustain high performing teams
- Vision & Direction: You have experience leading an organization and understand how to build roadmaps that directly contribute to the success of company objectives
- A problem solver, able to balance competing priorities, strong process orientation and ability to manage through complexity and rapid change
- Excellent managerial skills and interpersonal skills: You can effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering and interact and work with staff at all levels
- Influence: You build strong relationships through your expertise and align your team and stakeholders to what’s best for Craft
- Deep understanding of software engineering and architecture - you’ve been a developer in the past but are focused on leadership now
- Domain expertise in supply chain, prescriptive analytics solutions, procurement or risk
- Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders across a globally distributed organization and exercising sound judgment
- Experience working in agile methodologies
- Track record of delivery in rapidly changing, highly collaborative, multi-site, multi-stakeholder environments
- Hands-on, "can do" attitude and a bias for action; gets it done, on time every time without cutting corners
- Low ego and high intellectual curiosity
What We Offer
- Competitive Salary starting at $250,000 USD/Year. This starting number can be increased based on levels of expertise, location, cost of living, taxes, market experience, etc.
- Meaningful equity stake at a well-funded, fast-growing startup with an attractive strike price relative to stage of maturity
- Unlimited Vacation time so you can take what you need, when you need it
- 99% Covered Health + Dental + Vision insurance for employees and dependents
- 401K through Human Interest with options to invest how you want it
- $200 Monthly Wellness/Learning stipend (Gym memberships, meals, snacks, books, classes, conferences, etc.)
- $1,000 Workstation Allowance (standing desk, chair, monitor, etc)
About Craft.co
CEO: Ilya Levtov
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 51 to 200 Employees
Type: Company - Private
Website: https://craft.co/
Year Founded: 2015
Craft.co
https://craft.co/
San Francisco, CA
Ilya Levtov
Unknown / Non-Applicable
51 to 200 Employees
Company - Private
Enterprise Software & Network Solutions
2015
