Director of Engineering (Startup)

My client, a SaaS and mobile product company, is currently looking for a VP of Engineering to join their team. They are looking for someone to help keep best practices in place and implement new policies as they continue to grow and build out their team. This person will be responsible for managing the development teams across multiple offices while helping to maintain their culture, efficiency, and drive as they continue to bring on new projects.

The ideal candidate will come from an engineering background with open source technology. Their teams use Ruby and JavaScript but that experience is not required. You will be experienced in managing large groups across multiple teams in an agile environment and have a history of improving agility in these engineering teams. In addition, you know what it takes to work with a high volume of requests and have worked in a start-up and/or big data environment with knowledge of continuous integration and delivery.

Your daily responsibilities will consist mostly of people management while remaining hands on by owning architecture, design, execution, quality assurance and working with product teams on delivery of their software as a service and mobile products. You will report directly to the CTO, with 2-5 direct reports and about 50 total reports. There will be a focus on process leadership for these product teams while working with them to improve and standardize their development, testing, and release processes.

This is a full time position in Manhattan offering competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and equity. For immediate and confidential consideration please send your resume to nyjobs@cypressg.com.

Due to rapid growth, my client is currently looking for a VP of Engineering to join their team. They are looking for someone to help them keep best practices in place and implement new policies as they continue to grow as a leader in their space. This person will be responsible for managing the development and QA teams across multiple offices while helping to maintain their culture, efficiency, and drive as they continue to bring on new projects.

The ideal candidate will come from an engineering background with open source technology. Their teams use Python, Spark and Ruby but that experience is not required. You will be experienced in managing large groups across multiple teams in an agile environment utilizing scrum and have a history of improving agility in these engineering teams. In addition, you know what it takes to work with a high volume of requests and have worked in a start-up and/or big data environment.

Your daily responsibilities will consist of mostly people management while remaining hands on by owning architecture, design, execution, quality assurance and delivery of their software as a service product. You will report directly to the CTO and have 4 direct reports with about 25 total reports across 6 teams. There will be a focus on process leadership for these scrum teams while working with them to improve and standardize their development, testing, and release processes.

This is a full time position based in NYC offering a competitive base salary, bonus potential, solid equity package and comprehensive benefits. For immediate and confidential consideration, please email your resume to nyjobs@cypressg.com.

Java Development Manager & Architect Needed-Well funded startup
New York, NY

My client is actively looking to hire a very strong Development manager and Architect to rebuild and make their existing platform more robust. They are looking for a Development Manager who is hands on but can manage a team of 10 engineers and elevate their games. They need an architect who is going to technically challenge and mentor the team. This landed over 70 million in VC and have big named paying customers.

Director, Consumer Web Development

Responsibilities
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Design, architect, develop and implement new features to our Java/JavaScript consumer facing environment while leading a team to maintain existing production environment

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Manage and oversee oversees design and development team

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Set up and evangelize standards and best practices for development, scrum, testing automation, continuous integration and continuous deployment

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Conduct code reviews with internal employees and external consultants

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Respond to customer inquiries, effectively communicate critical problems and discuss resolutions with management

Required Skills:
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7+ years of hands-on experience architecting and implementing large scale consumer facing applications using Java and JavaScript frameworks like Angular.js, Ember.js, Backbone.js, Node.js and others

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5+ years of experience as technical leader or team manager leading small to medium-sized teams through the development cycle

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Fundamental knowledge of all web/mobile/social industry standard tools and best practices, coupled with a basic understanding of how technology influences strategic business direction

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Expert level knowledge of web technologies (HTML5, CSS3, latest Javascript frameworks) and web services (XML, SOAP, REST, etc)

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Extensive experience with SQL and NoSQL databases including database/schema design and query optimization

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Strong familiarity working in cloud environments, and build/deployment/ operational challenges, and agile development practices

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Firm understanding of software development fundamentals, best practices and design patterns

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Self-starter with an ability to manage remote teams in a collaborative, engaged, enthusiastic manner

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Highly organized, with excellent attention to detail

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Creative and analytical problem-solver, able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a dynamic, fast- paced environment

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Excited about learning and evangelizing new technologies and processes

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Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Desired Skills:
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Experience unit testing in Java (i.e.: jUnit)

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Experience with testing client-side code (i.e.: Selenium, Jasmin)

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Experience building consumer facing web and mobile apps

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Required Education (including certifications):
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BS in Computer Science

We are currently seeking a Javascript Engineer to join a fast paced, high growth environment in NYC. In this role you would be responsible for the development of interactive, highly dynamic consumer facing web applications. This role calls for someone who is highly motivated, interested in staying ahead of the curve and has a desire to create top tier applications through the use of the latest and greatest technologies.

Responsibilities:
•Participate in the FLCD of web based applications.
•Design and develop applications that are focused on usability, efficiency and effectiveness.
•Participate in the agile methodology from daily scrum meetings to unit testing and TDD.
•Play a key role in group meetings for problem solving ideas, recommending and researching improvements to systems and overall technology (languages, tools, platforms, etc.)