Maps Engineering Leader

Rocket Lab; United States; Remote; USD 220,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocket Lab seeks a Director of R&D to drive full-stack mapping engineering initiatives. This pivotal role focuses on designing and building scalable infrastructures while leading teams to enhance product development. Candidates should possess extensive experience in full-stack engineering, strong leadership skills, and a passion for user experience.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits including medical, dental, and vision

Flexible time off

401K and equity awards

Work with top-notch talent

Qualifications

• Proven experience in full stack engineering for large scale systems.
• Ability to recruit and maintain star developers.
• Hands-on experience in recent full-stack mapping technologies.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and manage a team of full stack engineers.
• Lead the architecture and development of mapping infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product managers on business requirements.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Technical mentoring

Critical thinking

Education

Experience in Full Stack Engineering

Proven ability to recruit and maintain developers

Hands-on experience with mapping technologies

Tools

Mapbox

Spark

Kafka

Python

Scala

NoSQL

GCP

AWS

Azure

Job description

ABOUT PLACER.AI:

Placer.ai is a fast-growing big data startup led by seasoned executives and repeat entrepreneurs who are building the world's first "Google Analytics for the physical world." Placer.ai’s platform provides instant visibility into any property in the U.S., presenting accurate details about visitation patterns and demographic breakdowns of visitors. Placer.ai’s customers can see where visitors have been before, where they go afterward, where they typically go for sports, entertainment, groceries, etc., and what their interests are. Placer.ai's A.I.-based SaaS platform replaces archaic solutions such as manual surveys, installed cameras, and other people-counting systems, creating a blue ocean market of more than $100B.

SUMMARY:

We are looking for a Director of R&D to lead America-based teams in the field of full stack mapping focused engineering and will own our mapping infrastructures. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our product’s development and user experience.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruit, train and manage a team of star full stack engineers.
• Manage and technically lead America based teams in the field of full stack engineering.
• Lead the architecture, design and development of our mapping infrastructure.
• Technically interface with a large number of teams, and provide mapping services for our Dashboards, customer reports and, partners (as embedded widgets).
• Participate in the development of our long term product vision
• Collaborate with product managers, and be close to our business requirements and business needs.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Proven experience of several years in full stack engineering, focused on user experience of large scale data display systems.
• Proven ability to recruit, train and maintain star developers in America.
• Leader, technical mentor and a people manager with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Hands-on manager, who loves to write and review code, with hands-on experience in recent full-stack / front-end mapping technologies.
• Strong coding skills and a “get-things-done” approach
• Ability to Engineer, design and develop large scale, high performance mapping components.
• Extensive experience in designing and building scalable frontend infrastructure, easily maintained and extended.
• Critical / First principle thinking - able to identify root causes of issues and tightly collaborate with all parts of the organization.
• Familiarity with recent technologies in the Full-stack / Front-end domain

NICE TO HAVE EXPERIENCE:

• Hands-on experience with Mapbox infrastructure.
• Experience with data related technologies such as Spark, Kafka, Python, Scala, NoSQL and analytical databases.
• Experience with a cloud platform: GCP (preferred), AWS or Azure.
• Experience in data analytic and data analysis.
• Hebrew speaking skills.

WHY JOIN PLACER.AI?

• Join a rocketship! We are pioneers of a new market that we are creating
• Take a central and critical role at Placer.ai
• Work with, and learn from, top-notch talent
• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits
• Fully remote

The U.S. annualized pay range for this position is $220,000-$270,000 USD. In addition, certain roles have the opportunity to earn sales-based commissions. Base pay offered within the stated range may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including job-related skills, professional experience, education and licenses (if applicable), work location and compensation market data.

Base pay is just a part of our total rewards program. Placer provides medical, dental and vision coverage as well as flexible time off, 401K and equity awards for certain roles.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

NOTEWORTHY LINKS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT PLACER

• Placer.ai in a nutshell
• Placer.ai's recent $100M round C funding (unicorn valuation!)
• Placer.ai's data
• Placer.ai in the news
• COVID-19 Economic Recovery Dashboard

Placer.ai is an equal opportunity employer and has a global remote workforce. Placer.ai’s applicants are considered solely based on their qualifications, without regard to an applicant’s disability or need for accommodation. Any Placer.ai applicant who requires reasonable accommodations during the application process should contact Placer.ai’s Human Resources Department to make the need for an accommodation known.

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