Director, Software Engineering (Core Platform)
Company: PennyJar Capital
Location: Washington
Posted on: April 19, 2024
Job Description:
Do you want to empower organizations to fairly and equitably
hire, promote, retain and compensate their employees? Syndio is a
Series-C technology company committed to fairness in the workplace.
Fueled by investments of $83M from Bessemer Ventures, Voyager
Capital and social change organization Emerson Collective, Syndio
is investing in growing our team and products. This is a critical
moment when organizations are looking for ways to take tangible
action to fight gender and racial bias, and we believe creating
diverse and inclusive workplaces for all starts with workplace
equity. About the role This role will report directly to our CTO as
the Director of Engineering, with a primary focus on the ownership
of technical capabilities, systems and services that play a
fundamental part in Syndio's SaaS offerings. Responsibilities
include the continuous development of our platform wide application
foundation and architecture strategy, aligning with our growing
business needs. You'll collaborate with Principal and Staff
engineers to identify and develop application architecture
requirements. By closely working with engineering squads, the
product team, and senior leadership, your role is to lead the
delivery of resilient, scalable, and performant capabilities,
supporting our commitment to delivering impactful products to solve
customer and industry challenges. Why this job is exciting
- Develop, drive and execute a long term vision and strategy for
software infrastructure to deliver key technical capabilities to be
leveraged by Syndio's platform
- Support the fundamental scale of the Syndio platform through
the development of key systems to process math intensive jobs and
asynchronous workloads
- Collaborate across product, engineering, and data science teams
to understand and champion technical priorities
- Maintain a roadmap for core service capabilities and interfaces
that enable application and feature teams to deliver business value
quickly
- Develop and support foundational capabilities such as
permissions, authentication/authorization, message and event-based
platforms, and internal services
- Develop strategy and process for defining and evolving the
technical roadmap based on current and upcoming product needs
- Establish trust within and across teams by creating
accountability and a positive work environment in partnership with
other leaders in the organization
- Ensure reliable, scalable, and performant operation of core
systems as a foundation for delivering cross-cutting application
platforms and services to engineering teams and Syndio's
applications
- Evolve the tech stack using modern, application appropriate
options and frameworks
- Lead, manage, and grow high-caliber engineering teams
- Cultivate a culture of metrics-driven quality, efficient
processes, and transparency About you
- 6+ years experience of managing teams of software and
infrastructure engineers
- 10+ years of experience developing software, preferably in
backend roles
- Cloud experience required, GCP preferred. Proficiency in
managing service-based architectures and infrastructure as
code
- History of strong programming skills, (We use Python and
Go)
- Professional experience and capability with API design
- Experience developing, deploying and optimizing distributed
systems
- Track record of building healthy, inclusive, high performing
engineering teams
- Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks
and deliver projects on schedule
- Experience managing resources in a dynamic environment Why
you'll love it here:
- Check out our for more information on our Mission & Values,
Work-Life Balance, Pay Transparency, Diversity, Culture, and
Benefits.
- Competitive Compensation. For this role our salary is targeted
at $190,000 -$225,000 per year. Final offer amounts are determined
by factors such as experience and expertise. We take a geo neutral
approach to compensation within the US, meaning that we pay based
on job function and level, not location.
- Syndio Equity. So you can share in Syndio's success.
- Flexible Vacation Policy. We encourage our team to recharge
when they need to, plus paid sick & safe time, compassion leave,
and voting leave.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- ???? Medical, Dental, Vision. Syndio pays 90% of employee
premiums, and 50% for dependents.
- Life Insurance & Disability. Syndio covers the full
premium.
- 401(k). To help you save for your future.
- Fully remote model - #LI-Remote The interview overview Below
you'll find an outline of the interview plan for our Director of
Engineering position. Please note that this is what we expect the
process to look like; we may ask you for supplemental information
or require an additional step before making a final decision.
- 30 min interview with a member of our Talent Team
- 30 minute zoom interview with the Hiring Manager
- Two video interviews with Director of Application Engineering &
Director of Data Science - 1.5 hours
- Three video interviews with Director of Platform Engineering,
VP Product & Principal SWE - 1.25 hours
- Final meet & greet with future direct reports - 30 minutes At
Syndio, we're building a diverse team that values candor,
curiosity, and community. If you share these values and are
interested in joining us, we'd love to talk with you even if you
don't 100% meet the "about you" listed here. We don't expect anyone
to have all the answers, as long as you're willing to learn and
grow with us. Employees joining the Syndio team at this early stage
of growth will impact this critical social issue and support a
growing customer base (including Nordstrom, General Mills, Match
Group, and others) to take tangible action on workplace fairness.
Syndio is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are building an
inclusive and collaborative workplace as we grow, and we welcome
team members regardless of gender/identity, sexual orientation,
race or cultural background, religion, physical disability and
age.
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