Director of Software Engineering

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Chipply is the industry’s preferred web store platform that gives the power to team dealers, custom apparel decorators, and corporate suppliers to launch online stores with confidence and grow their GMV efficiently.

PRIMARY PURPOSE AND FUNCTION

Our team is growing! We are adding a new Director of Engineering to lead our dynamic product team including Engineering, QA, and UI/UX at Chipply. As a new leader within our organization, you'll execute the product vision in collaboration with our CEO and President to deliver features and enhancements and facilitate the day-to-day technical development using the Agile development method.

The successful candidate will become a trusted leader within the business, adept at understanding needs and converting them into deliverables that business stakeholders understand and agree with. This leader must ensure that projects are delivered per estimates successfully and repeatedly. And given the rapid growth of the company, the candidate must possess the ability to grow and scale the engineering team.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Oversee the engineering staff and ensure the team goals and objectives are met

Keen understanding of the product vision and ability develop engineering strategy and roadmap aligned with product vision

Responsible for organizing, prioritizing, and assessing work as scrum master

Incorporate feature requests, organize and prioritize backlog, and develop user stories and acceptance criteria

Manage sprint planning and monitor sprint burn downs

Utilize KPIs and metrics to support all phases of the development and delivery process

Report on metrics, service levels, and KPIs to illustrate continuous improvement

Identify issues and risks and make changes in a timely, structured manner

Identify process gaps and build capabilities to grow and improve, including refinement of the internal Agile development process

Manage staffing and operational budget in collaboration with the CEO

Organize and communicate effectively with the team and sponsors, as well as third parties (e.g. partners, clients)

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field required, master’s degree preferred

Minimum 5-7 years of hands-on experience in software development

Minimum 1-2 years leading/managing a software development team

Experience with the following technologies/tools/techniques:

Agile practices: managing backlogs, initiative/sprint burn downs, story writing, etc.

TDD, QA/testing: creating test suites covering functional and system-level testing with a high degree of automation

Dev Ops practices covering automated build and deployment of code

Project management based on Agile

Familiarity with modern cloud application architecture

Experience with SQL Database or knowledge of relational databases

Experience leading teams in an Agile/Scrum environment

Ability to communicate in a clear and professional manner, including via presentations as necessary

Ability to drive solutions by collaborating with and involving the necessary stakeholders

Ability to disseminate technical information and present it to various technical and non-technical

audiences

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, collaborating with peers from within and outside the

engineering organization

Desire to embrace the challenges and opportunities of being a leader within the organization

Highly dependable with an excellent work ethic

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Demonstrated ability to grow, inspire, and scale teams in a collaborative environment

Ability to travel as-required

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Paternal Leave

401(k) with Employer Match

Chipply is committed to being an equal-opportunity workplace and an affirmative-action employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

The statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required and the scope of responsibility but should not be considered an all-inclusive listing of work requirements. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise to balance the workload. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.