At Polly, we're changing the way people shop for car insurance through technology. We are looking for an experienced technology leader, mentor, coach and connector to direct multiple software engineering teams, equipping and empowering engineers into their peak performance, with an understanding and appreciation of the complexities of engineering great software.
Requirements
- Microsoft .NET technology stack (C-Sharp / .NET, ASP.NET MVC, Web APIs) and SQL databases (Microsoft SQL Server or any other)
- HTML5 and JavaScript; experience with Typescript and React is a plus
- Git, unit testing, debugging, profiling, performance monitoring
Responsibilities
- Direct multiple software engineering teams, equipping and empowering engineers into their peak performance, with an understanding and appreciation of the complexities of engineering great software.
- Define and implement the technical strategy for the software development team, ensuring alignment with the company's goals and objectives.
- Partner with Product Owners to manage the entire software development lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery.
- Stay current with industry trends and best practices, providing technical leadership and guidance to the team.
- Ensure the team follows coding standards and best practices.
- Review code when needed and provide guidance and support to team members.
- Oversee the quality assurance and testing processes to ensure software products are reliable and free of defects.
Other
- 10+ years of leadership across multiple software engineering teams in a scaling org.
- Innate excitement about building an ecosystem with both internal developers & partners
- 10+ years of experience responsible for engineering roadmaps, product development process and releasing products at scale across mid-cap or start-up organizations
- Experience delivering compelling customer value through effective stakeholder relationships, influencing skills in a cross functional, geographically distributed environment, managing departmental communication and the meeting frequency/cadence needed to drive routine, engagement and outcomes
- Confident and clear communicator with subject matter expertise in SaaS Application Development, including experience driving consensus and building influence at all organizational levels.
- Experience optimizing engineering teams through the development of teams and team members to new levels of performance while attracting and retaining high caliber talent.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent area
