Required R&D Director
About The Position
Are you ready to make a monumental impact on some of our newest products? We're searching for an exceptional R&D Director to lead multiple development teams, build teams from the ground up, and drive innovation and excellence in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Join us, where we lay the foundation for unprecedented growth and nurture a culture of ownership and collaboration. Here, every team member is empowered to take responsibility and deliver outstanding results.
As a pivotal part of our engineering management team, you will shape our vision and culture, working closely with stakeholders across Product, Data, DevOps, and other Business departments to optimize our key performance indicators (KPIs). Your leadership will be crucial in steering our teams toward success.
Join Us
Your role as an R&D Director is more than just a jobit's an opportunity to lead, innovate, and inspire. If you're passionate about technology and thrive in a collaborative, fast-moving environment, we want to hear from you. Join us in shaping the future of web development.
Apply now and let's build something amazing together!
Work Environment
What do we do?
We are the leading website building platform for WordPress professionals.
Our vision is to empower web creators - developers, designers, and marketers, with the ability to create their future one pixel at a time. We provide our users with everything they need to succeed.
How do we do it?
Were building the future of web creation.
We believe in empowering our employees and our users, enabling people to grow.
Creativity, professionalism, curiosity, motivation, and friendship are the driving force behind our journey, and we take great pride in the people of who lead the companys constant scaling.
Responsibilities
Inspire and Lead: Mentor and manage team leaders and software engineers, cultivating a balanced and supportive environment where everyone can excel.
Talent Magnet: Recruit, hire, retain, and mentor top engineering talent, continuously enhancing team capabilities and deliverables.
Visionary Leadership: Shape our engineering culture, vision, and cross-department processes.
Architectural Excellence: Evaluate architectural options, contribute to solution design, set technical direction and quality standards, and oversee implementation.
Drive Accountability: Ensure product delivery, quality, and timelines are met throughout the development lifecycle.
Scale for Success: Own team scalability, meeting growth demands through effective planning and recruitment.
Innovative Development: Plan and develop new user-facing products and features, building robust and scalable software components and services.
Requirements: Leadership Prowess: Proven experience as a VP R&D in startups, Head of R&D or R&D Director, with extensive experience managing individuals, teams, and projects.
Problem-Solving Attitude: Demonstrated ability to tackle challenges with a proactive "I can move a mountain" approach.
Technical Expertise: Over 10 years of hands-on experience as a Full-Stack developer, including proficiency in Node.js, JavaScript, CSS, and React.
Lifecycle Mastery: Deep understanding of web application development lifecycle and best practices.
Framework Creator: Experience in creating frameworks and APIs is an advantage.
This position is open to all candidates.