Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

-Direct Hire- Full Time

-$200k plus 25% Annual Bonus

-100% Health Benefits for Employee

-Unlimited PTO

-Bellevue, WA

(Can not work C2C or with 3rd party vendors**)

Ledgent Technology has once again partnered with a key employer in the Bellevue, WA market for their open Head of Engineering role!

What you would be stepping into:

The company is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington! The CEO that joined the company last year has been making some awesome and positive changes to the org, employees have been super happy with her. One of the initiative's involves bringing IT in-house, eliminating third-party vendors, and expanding their IT teams. Currently, they are in the midst of significant growth, with a handful of engineers already onboard. We're looking for someone who can lead this expansion, being hands-on with the team while also driving business goals forward. Although they are not a startup, the environment will feel like one due to rapid growth. It's an exciting opportunity to join the company! Does this opportunity align with your interests? If so, lets chat!!

POSITION SUMMARY

The Head of Engineering is responsible for acting as the head of the team working on the development of software applications and ensuring engineers follow set regulations and goals. They will drive technical decisions while being a pillar for sound quality and architecture. We're looking for passion, smart, ownership, and a good personality to work in a highly collaborative and fast paced organization.

Experience in managing teams of various skill sets, working across infrastructure, web services, and front-end stack in a distributed architecture is a bonus. In addition to experience and a track record of collaborating and managing teams on, near, and offshore.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Flexibility in ramping up on new technology

Design and build tooling and infrastructure to help engineering teams measure and increase their velocity

Monitor and evaluate the performance of software engineering personnel according to their level and role

Supervise the training of software engineering staff, ensure software standards are met, perform weekly meetings with direct reports and performance reviews on the company cadence

Manage teams with CI/CD and migrate teams with traditional sprints and releases to CI/CD framework

Prepare technical proposals and reports

Hold the team accountable for supporting post-deployment fallouts on projects worked on and released to production

Creative and willing to explore lots of avenues and options because you work on features that really can't be cut

Manage engineers with C#, .NET, Angular, Azure infrastructure, and SQL database experience

Track infrastructure usage and identify solutions to reduce costs where possible to scale the product to meet business objectives

Set standards in line with PII, PCI, and other payment related audits to ensure products and infrastructure remain in good standings

Monitor alerts and errors to be resolved

Prototype creative solutions quickly, and be able to takes project from prototype to production quality

Work well in a Scrum team and with the product organization as a team working toward the same goal by evaluating requirements and create tasks in backlog as needed

Actively monitor tech debt needs and communicate the importance as well as suggesting a path to completion

QUALIFICATIONS

BS degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience

7+ years industry experience in management with a hands-on mentality and have a passion for solving complex problems

Payment Systems experience

C#, .NET, Angular, Azure infrastructure, and SQL database working knowledge

Strong interpersonal skills, as well as strong problem solving and analytical skills

Working knowledge of Agile Software Development methodologies (scrum, XP)

Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming concepts, data structure, algorithms, and system level programming (including multi-threaded programming

We are an equal opportunity employer and make hiring decisions based on merit. Recruitment, hiring, training, and job assignments are made without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, or any other protected classification. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.