VP of Engineering

KKR; Fort Wayne (IN); In loco; USD 192.000 - 281.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible scheduling

Structured plan to grow Git expertise

Descrizione del lavoro

KKR in Fort Wayne, IN seeks a temporary VP of Engineering to guide our Express.js and Ruby on Rails stack. This leadership role oversees the on-call, architecture, and migration efforts while mentoring a cohort of VPs and engineers.

The position emphasizes collaboration, code quality, and delivering scalable cross-functional tooling to accelerate the Fort Wayne team’s velocity. The role includes mentoring, leading critical migrations, and shaping engineering standards across the organization to

Competenze

• Experience guiding cross-functional teams at vp level.
• Ability to mentor executives during on-call cycles.
• Strong collaboration and leadership under pressure.

Mansioni

• Mentor the vp cohort through key on-call events.
• Lead Express.js migration to retire legacy stack.
• Containerize apps and manage deployments.
• Define and enforce leadership coding standards.
• Architect cross-functional collaboration tooling and architecture.
• Integrate third-party services into the KKR stack.
• Drive high-quality reviews to improve codebase.

Conoscenze

Leadership experience

Cross-functional collaboration

VP-level experience

Collaborative bias toward action

Project ownership

Fort Wayne local

Strumenti

Express.js

Ruby on Rails

Descrizione del lavoro

Step into a vp engineering role where Express.js and Ruby on Rails drive everything we build at KKR. Sum it up however you want — temporary VP of Engineering, $192,000 - $281,000, 13 years of Ruby on Rails, and a stake in KKR that only deepens.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentor the vp cohort through their first real Nginx on-call at KKR
• Build the Cross-Functional Collaboration tooling that makes every other Fort Wayne engineer faster
• Set the Leadership coding standards the rest of KKR engineering follows
• Guard the Cross-Functional Collaboration codebase quality through reviews that teach as much as they catch
• Sketch the Cross-Functional Collaboration architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing
• Lead the Express.js migration that finally retires KKR's tinker-friendly legacy stack
• Containerize applications and manage deployments with Cross-Functional Collaboration and Express.js
• Integrate third-party services and internal tools into the KKR stack

What You'll Bring

• A steady hand when three priorities all claim to be number one
• Sound instincts for reading a room you've never been in before
• A team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit
• Experience supporting cross-functional teams in a vp capacity
• A wildly-collaborative bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a temporary project

At its core, KKR is a sharp-but-gentle bet that Fort Wayne, IN can out-build anyone when it comes to Express.js. Accountability here is shared, so wins belong to the team and setbacks become lessons.

This temporary role pays $192,000 - $281,000 and includes flexible scheduling plus a structured plan to grow your Git expertise.

Our Fort Wayne team is currently shortlisting candidates for this position.