Director of Engineering - SAAS and MEAN stack hands on Required

MakerSights; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

MakerSights is seeking a Director of Engineering in San Francisco to drive the technology roadmap and build a talented engineering team. In this pivotal role, you will help build engaging software, enhance our data architecture, and recruit top engineering talent.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of software engineering experience, including back-end development, and is motivated by ownership and responsibility. This position offers the chance to shape the culture and direction of a growing tech company.

Qualifications

• 6+ years professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years back-end.
• Excited to build an enduring company.
• Familiar with open-source frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Build mobile-first, intuitive interfaces.
• Lead recruitment and management of engineering team.
• Interface with clients to deliver value.

Skills

Ownership and responsibility

Communication skills

Web application development

MEAN stack

API architecture

Job description

Director of Engineering - SAAS and MEAN stack hands on Required

We are looking for an ambitious hands‑on lead engineer to drive our technology roadmap forward, contribute significantly to the growth and evolution of our platform and build a talented team beneath them. As an early team member, you will have the opportunity to work on all aspects of our platform:

At MakerSights you will

• Help build a fast-growing, profitable business that delivers significant long-term value to its employees, brands and investors
• Have a key leadership position, with significant ownership over the direction of our technology, roadmap and recruiting process
• Build great software. The features and data‑sets you (and engineering team) ideate and develop will help brands radically improve their product development efficiency
• Contribute to building a rich company culture, where talented people and teams are stretched to grow professionally and personally

Key responsibilities

• Building mobile‑first, intuitive interfaces that drive strong user engagement
• Furthering our merchant dashboard, a data synthesis and visualization application providing concrete answers to the most critical brand investment questions
• Enhancing our data architecture and APIs, providing scalability as we add new data inputs to strengthen our platform’s network effect
• Leading the recruitment, hiring and management of a best‑in‑class engineering team
• Helping craft our company strategy, ensuring the tech roadmap delivers upon all strategic goals
• Interfacing with clients to ensure we deliver a product that drives value and meets their needs

Requirements

• Motivated by ownership and responsibility
• Excited to build an enduring company
• Possess great communication skills, keen to work directly with clients and internal cross‑teams
• Have 6+ years professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years back‑end
• Experienced scoping and building web applications delivering measurable impact to end users
• Have experience developing in open‑source frameworks; background in MEAN stack a plus
• Understand RESTful web services and API architecture

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.