KyaZoonga wants a VP of Technology/Engineering to lead high-performance software development for its web e-commerce apps. You’ll lead a team of high-energy developers in a startup environment. You must be great at web app development, technically hands-on, and have great energy and strong leadership skills. If you are a non-coding manager, or have spent much of your career in large, blue-chip companies, you will not be a good match for this position.
Responsibilities:
· Provide critical input into the engineering discipline’s vision and strategy, while initiating, promoting, and implementing engineering best practices.
· Provide technical leadership to drive designs and implementations in order to meet quality, performance, scale, and manageability requirements.
· Work with development team leads to plan and execute projects, ensure that teams have appropriate product and technical specifications, direction, and resources to deliver projects effectively.
· Demonstrate capability of "rolling-up sleeves and getting hands dirty."
· Ability to read and modify code.
· Demonstrate a breadth and depth of understanding system integration and cost/time impact.
· Being able to excel in idea generation, evaluation, and prioritization.
· Effectively navigating a functionalized organization, which includes Research & Development, Product Management, Implementations, Client Care, and Finance.
· Provide technical and career leadership and guidance to coach, motivate, and lead team members to their optimum performance levels and career development.
Qualifications/Requirements:
· BE/BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent.
· A strong technical and management background, including 10+ years of software development experience and 5+ years of managing a product development team from product inception to launch.
· Hands-on developer of database-driven web apps. Experience with large-scale consumer web applications or e-commerce platforms.
· Scrappy multi-tasker, thought leader, detail-oriented, extremely reliable. A proven track record of building or leading strong, high-performance engineering and development teams of > 15 people. Can gain respect & motivate a talented team.
· Deep experience with Microsoft .NET technologies, C#, SQL, PL/SQL, Oracle development, server applications and web and/or network protocols.
· Several years’ experience with Microsoft SQL Server.
· A strong and diverse software development process background, including but not limited to, Agile and CMMI methodologies.
· Experience in imbedding quality throughout the development lifecycle, using such techniques as Test Driven Development.
· Demonstrated success in establishing, communicating, and measuring adherence to development best practices.
· Willingness and ability to actively drive the resolution of software and technical issues as part of maintaining and upgrading the skills necessary to manage and advocate projects.
· Proactive work style that is essential to succeed in a fast-paced environment.
· Passion for cutting-edge technologies and creative problem-solving of complex and large-scale software problems.
· Strong written and verbal communication skills and interaction with peers, including Product Management and Operations.
· Ability to influence decision-making and to provide counsel to, and leadership of, multiple project teams.
· Excellent service skills (timeliness of delivery and quality).
· Experience in developing and maintaining key metrics (i.e. quality, productivity, financial, etc.) to measure and monitor performance.
· MUST have very strong experience of at least 5 years in ecommerce development.
· MUST have at least 4-5 years solid experience in the complete suite of Microsoft web development technologies.
Bonus points for:
· Experience in backend server and/or system level programming is a strong plus.
· Experience in Web Monitoring, Profiling tools is a plus.
· Experience in Web Application Security testing is a plus.
· Experience in QA Lead/Project Management skills is a plus.
· Experience working with remote development and QA teams.
Location: Delhi