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Lead software engineer

Job description

Key responsibilities

  • Responsible for understanding, designing, and delivering excellence in trade and supply chain management systems focusing on SME and B2B trade
  • Define & Execute the Technology strategy and build the technical product roadmap from launch to scale
  • Define technical requirements and architecture with clarity on feasibility, time, cost, and impact
  • Communicate technology roadmap, decisions and outcomes to key stakeholders (e.g. sponsors, senior execs, ecosystem partners).
  • Gain and share insights with other leadership team members to continue improving the product and the business
  • Constantly evaluate technological advancements and innovative solutions to drive continuous product improvement, growth & customer success.
  • Take ownership over existing MVP features/MVP production systems to grow and scale

Desired Expertise & Experience

  • Start-up engineering team management experience (high growth company with funding and 50+ employees)
  • 10+ years architecting and building products from pre-launch through maturity & scale
  • Released (and maintained) at least 2 products to the market preferably in the B2B segment
  • Experience designing, building and scaling distributed platforms and marketplaces
    • Designing and developing service-based architectures and micro-services
    • Designing data persistence and caching concepts using both SQL and NoSQL DBMS (e.g.: MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, etc.)
    • CI/CD and Cloud Infrastructure automation and DevOps - E.g. setup, configure and maintain your own dev/build environment (we use AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
    • Software engineering practices (e.g. Agile software development, test-driven development, unit testing, code reviews, design documentation, etc.)
  • Familiarity with Data Engineering & Machine Learning
  • Experience in hiring & coaching engineering talent
  • An entrepreneurial spirit that is flexible, experimental, and resourceful
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills