The Firm:
A FinTech startup based in Charlotte is searching for an Engineering Director. The firm was founded in 2015 and spun out of a global, $400M+ hedge fund. The platform was originally built internally to help the firm make well-informed decisions by acting as a tool to leverage investment strategies, but it quickly became clear that there was a demand for this technology from outside investors. The firm was commercialized 18 months ago, and it now licenses its platform to hedge funds and institutional investors globally.
The Role:
The Director of Engineering will join as a member of the founding team including one technical, full-stack, co-founder and a data scientist to help make meaningful decisions contributing to the firm's commercialization and scalable future growth. This individual will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining a full-stack application, and will have significant influence on technical architecture and product strategy.
Day-to-Day:
- Write amazing code - it's a small team today, so everyone is expected to be hands-on.
- Full-scope technical ownership of the tech product, working closely with our technical co-founder
- Oversee all back-end and front-end development, hosting and DevOps frameworks to ensure uptime of the application.
- Collaborate closely with other developers and the management team to ensure timely delivery of new products and features.
- Be a trusted leader with respect to team management, up-skilling and hiring within the engineering team.
- Have a deep understanding of the business domain, ensuring that the software aligns with the company's goals and objectives.
Requirements:
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related study
- 8-12 years of professional software development experience
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript/React and AWS
- 3+ years in a hands-on leadership role.
Nice-to-have's:
- A deep understanding of database design and modeling
- Prior experience in financial technology, investment technology and/or data science.
- A deep interest in a wide range of technologies. We work with Python, SQL, poetry, DevOps tooling, Docker, AWS, and web development (HTML/CSS/JS/Bootstrap/etc.).
- Start-up experience
