Part-Time VP of Engineering: GraphQL Infra Leader

Egreenservices; Santa Fe (NM); On-site; USD 218,000 - 324,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible Santa Fe hours

Job summary

KyKR in Santa Fe, NM seeks a part-time VP of Engineering to architect GraphQL infra from a clean slate and lead a high-impact team. The role emphasizes building scalable systems, mentoring peers, and delivering robust deployments using Express.js and Azure.

You will refine legacy Ruby on Rails modules, diagnose issues, and document decisions for the broader org while owning critical metrics and roadmap clarity.

Qualifications

• Familiar with part-time schedules and team norms at KyKR.
• KyKR mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow.
• Proficiency in GraphQL; Redis bonus.
• Strong Express.js grounding and quick problem solving.
• Comfort owning metrics influenced by you.
• 14 years of Next.js experience.
• VP mastery of persuasion, validated by people who'd hire you again.

Responsibilities

• Mentor the vp cohort through their first real Microsoft Azure on-call.
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Express.js and Microsoft Azure.
• Refactor legacy Ruby on Rails modules and leave them cleaner.
• Investigate, diagnose, and fix bugs reported by users and monitoring tools.
• Pull KyKR's PostgreSQL stack out of the NM region before the migration deadline.
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org.

Skills

GraphQL

Express.js

Next.js

Problem Solving

Leadership

Persuasion

Tools

Microsoft Azure

PostgreSQL

Ruby on Rails

Redis

Job description

KyKR in Santa Fe, NM seeks a part-time VP of Engineering to architect GraphQL infra from a clean slate and lead a high-impact team. The role emphasizes building scalable systems, mentoring peers, and delivering robust deployments using Express.js and Azure.

You will refine legacy Ruby on Rails modules, diagnose issues, and document decisions for the broader org while owning critical metrics and roadmap clarity.