Nextdoor is looking to build trusted connections in local communities by improving the core product experiences, specifically the home feed, to make those connections possible
Requirements
- Technical background with the ability to guide architecture, planning, and execution
- Experience managing multiple engineering teams, typically supporting multiple full stack pods
- Strong product intuition with experience building and shipping consumer mobile products at scale
- Ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross functional partners across product, design, data science, and business
- Experience using data to guide decisions through experimentation, metrics, and analysis
- Proclivity for driving measurable product and business results
- Experience working on social or community driven platforms
Responsibilities
- Lead the team responsible for the home feed and the full content creation and lifecycle experience on Nextdoor
- Facilitate strong collaboration across product, design, engineering, and data science partners to translate product vision into clear technical direction and shipped outcomes
- Ensure teams are aligned on priorities, execution plans, and success metrics, while maintaining project health and visibility through effective planning and delivery practices
- Provide technical guidance at both the architecture and product level, helping teams make sound tradeoffs, and building systems that scale as the platform and product evolve
- Coach, and mentor engineers, reinforce a high bar for engineering excellence, and create an environment where feedback is frequent, transparent, and constructive
- Accountable for the quality, reliability, and timeliness of software shipped to millions of neighbors
- Grow people and teams, including managing multiple engineering teams and retaining engineering talent while maintaining a high bar for quality and delivery
Other
- Strong people management fundamentals, including one on ones, feedback, delegation, and coaching
- Ability to work in a diverse and inclusive environment
- Willingness to empower employees to build stronger local communities
- Ability to create a platform where all feel welcome
- Commitment to not discriminating on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any other trait that unfairly targets a group of people
