Scout Motors is looking to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by developing digital solutions for their customers and business partners, including order management, customer management, marketing, production, inventory and planning optimization, loyalty, merchandise, servicing and repairs, mobile app, and vehicle connectivity.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and scaling software products, providing technical leadership and direction for development, preferably with a focus on ecommerce, payments, digital products, and back-end platform development.
- Experience building comprehensive understanding of APIs, microservices, and other complex backend systems.
- Strong coding skills, navigating codebases with different languages (GoLang, Java, Kotlin and Swift) and tools, building and managing ci/cd pipelines supporting both web and mobile releases.
- Knowledge of potential system vulnerabilities and how to prevent them.
- Experience operating in start-up settings, launching 0 to 1 product, supporting early low-code tools, and driving graduation to highly customized applications.
- Experience as a technical lead for large projects (6+ months in length), including defining the roadmap for complex projects spanning multiple teams and functions
- Experience integrating with 3rd party platforms and partnering with external service providers.
Responsibilities
- Leading a team of highly skilled software engineers and driving the development of digital solutions.
- Designing the technical underpinnings of the product with engineering managers, senior engineers, and cross-functional partners.
- Being hands-on building key systems and directly responsible for the successful delivery of complex and large-scale technical efforts.
- Acting as a technical mentor and leader for other engineers.
- Working with engineers & technical leaders across the company to ship interoperable products and systems on strong foundations that manage customer interactions inside and outside of the vehicle.
- Developing technology and best practices capable of supporting scalable, functional, and reliable software products and their associated integrations.
- Designing, coding, deploying and operating technical architecture and systems.
Other
- This role will be based out of the Scout Motors location in Fremont, California.
- The responsibilities of this role require 2 days per week attendance in office with 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.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
- Ability to internalize the best ideas from across the organization, humbly setting a vision that others are excited to get behind
- 5+ years in leading high-performing software engineering teams. Direct evidence of the ability to guide, motivate, and inspire a team towards the successful completion of complex projects.
- This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
- This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.
- Scout is committed to employing a diverse workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by law.
- Scout is committed to compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws.
- If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact ScoutAccommodations@scoutmotors.com.
