Engineering Leader Job in Pepper Content

EngineeringLeader

Pepper Content (www.peppercontent.io) is building a global content marketplace that brings companies and content creators together to scale up content creation processes across 75+ content verticals and 150+ content categories. Over the past 4.5 years, over 100,000+ freelance content creators have applied to be part of the Pepper network of which we work with the top 5% talent, and on the other end - we work with over 2500+ customers like Amazon, Adobe, Google, HDFC Bank, Adani, and majority of the startup ecosystem.

We are building a global SaaS-enabled marketplace for fast-growth SMB, mid-market and enterprise customers that helps marketers manage all their activities ranging from content creation to workflow management and content distribution. To fuel all this, we have some exciting plans, and we are looking for someone in the capacity ofEngineeringLeader

Responsibilities:

• You'll build a team of engineers focused on building out critical components of our Engineering team.

• Support all facets of team management to attract, engage, retain, and nurture teams of outstanding engineers (e. g., recruitment, mentoring, training and development, performance evaluation).

• Partner with the product and UX teams and other cross functional partners to develop overall vision, strategy and roadmap for our engineering systems and product suites.

• Champion engineering and operational excellence, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement.

• Establish a solid project framework and excellent development processes.

• Drive an excellent experience, continually raising the bar on functionality, usability, and simplicity.

• Provide technical and architectural direction for the development, design, integration, testing, and maintenance of our product

• Lead agile software processes for the engineering team and introduce best-in-class industry practices.

• Handle technical debt to ensure our development velocity stays responsive and predictable while minimizing production incidents of our operations.

Requirements:

• Experience in hiring and performance management of teams in product based companies.

• Experience in leading engineering teams, including experience in managing Tech Leads.

• 7 - 10 years of work experience architecting, developing, and launching software products and/or services, ideally at a top Consumer Internet company.

• Strong analytic skills and a demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of people.

• A service-oriented mentality while driving excellence across the organization.

• Strong organizational skills, both for yourself and the team

• Business acumen: Proven understanding of business dynamics, goals, and product strategy. Knowledge of how Engineering fits into the company's overall business.

• The ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, conflicting constraints, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions in a fast-moving and quickly-growing company.

• Bachelors/Masters in Computer Science or related field/equivalent practical experience