Scout Motors is looking to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by developing digital solutions for their customers and business partners, aiming to shape the future of the company's digital customer experience and drive business growth.
Requirements
- 12+ years of engineering and scaling software products, preferably with a focus on payments, ecommerce, front end and back end app development.
- Proven examples of designing and implementing robust, scalable, and efficient system architectures.
- A comprehensive understanding of APIs, microservices, and other complex systems, as well as knowledge of potential system vulnerabilities and how to prevent them.
- Experience operating in start-up settings, supporting early low-code tools, and driving graduation to highly customized applications.
- 5+ years in leading and managing high-performing software engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop and own critical applications in Scout's digital platform that manage customer interactions inside and outside of the vehicle.
- Develop the strategy, technology and best practices capable of supporting scalable, functional and reliable software products and their associated integrations.
- Identify opportunities to enhance existing digital products and propose new ideas to drive customer engagement and revenue growth.
- Partner with cross-functional leaders in User Experience and Product Management to produce plans for the digital product portfolio, providing thoughtful tradeoffs between design requirements and incurring technical debt.
- Influence decisions on build/buy/partner, contemplating today's needs and future enterprise requirements.
- Recruit and manage a team of software engineers, setting the bar for quality software development.
- Set a high bar for team velocity, code coverage, test plans, defect rates, cycle times and other software engineering KPIs.
Other
- This role will be based out of the Scout Motors location in Fremont, CA.
- The responsibilities of this role require attendance at in-person meetings and events regularly.
- Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.
- We expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset.
- You'll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- You'll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals.
- Direct evidence of the ability to guide, motivate, and inspire a team towards the successful completion of complex projects.
