VP of Engineering

Energy Innovation Corp; Kearney (NE); On-site; USD 199,000 - 322,000; Full time

Job summary

CodeCraft Solutions in Kearney, NE is seeking a VP of Engineering to lead technology strategy and delivery. You will track KPIs, bridge GraphQL and Kafka, and turn vague tech tickets into crisp Elasticsearch acceptance criteria.

You will decide when to buy or build GraphQL for the Kearney stack, and shape RESTful APIs powering our products. Ideal candidates have 13+ years in tech, strong documentation, Kafka and Redis experience, and the ability to translate complex tech for non-technical

Qualifications

• Clarity of thought and tidy documentation.
• Around 13+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role.
• Self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve.
• Proven aptitude for Kafka, ideally near Kearney, NE.
• Critical thinking and independent judgment.
• Experience translating Redis complexity for a non-technical audience.

Responsibilities

• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services.
• Bridge Conflict Resolution and GraphQL so the two halves of CodeCraft Solutions talk
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp Elasticsearch acceptance criteria
• Decide when to buy GraphQL versus build it for CodeCraft Solutions' Kearney, NE stack
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core CodeCraft Solutions products
• Negotiate Laravel tradeoffs with product when timelines and reality collide
• Sketch the People Management architecture, defend it in review, then build it

Skills

13+ years tech experience

Kafka expertise

GraphQL knowledge

Redis familiarity

RESTful APIs

Laravel tradeoffs

People management

Documentation

Tools

Kafka

GraphQL

Redis

Elasticsearch

Laravel

Job description

Between the demo that wows and the system that survives sits the VP of Engineering we're recruiting in Kearney, and CodeCraft Solutions pays $199,000 - $322,000 for the difference. A vp seat in NE that values Conflict Resolution, pays $199,000 - $322,000 for 13 years of it, and hands you the wheel early.

Key Responsibilities

• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Bridge Conflict Resolution and GraphQL so the two halves of CodeCraft Solutions's platform finally talk
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable Elasticsearch acceptance criteria
• Decide when to buy GraphQL versus build it for CodeCraft Solutions's Kearney, NE stack
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs powering core CodeCraft Solutions products
• Negotiate Laravel tradeoffs with product when CodeCraft Solutions timelines and reality collide
• Sketch the People Management architecture, defend it in review, then build the thing

What You'll Bring

• Clarity of thought that shows up in tidy documentation
• Around 13+ years of hands-on experience in a technology role
• The self-awareness to know which problems are yours to solve
• Proven aptitude for Kafka, ideally near Kearney, NE
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• Experience translating Redis complexity for a non-technical audience

Rooted in Kearney and restless by nature, CodeCraft Solutions keeps reinventing how gRPC and Kafka fit together. Burnout is treated as a system bug at CodeCraft Solutions, not a badge of hands-dirty honor.

Start at $199,000 - $322,000 and watch the benefits, growth budget, and flexible scheduling do the heavy lifting on your work-life balance.

The search is live, the seat is funded, and we are interviewing this week.