Engineering Director

April 25

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A digital product studio with an editorial mindset

Responsive Design • Web Application Design • Development • Front-end Development • HTML5 + CSS3

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Description

• Engineering Management. Work closely with your direct reports to establish goals and promote their career development. • Grow the team. Assist the CTO with recruitment, hiring, and retention efforts and team building initiatives aimed at strengthening department culture and cohesion. • Business Development. Contribute an executive presence to the business development process, bringing us new work and strengthening the quality of the opportunities before us. • Technology Direction. Fulfill the Technology Director role on 1-3 client projects, working alongside project leads to establish a cohesive and impactful technology strategy as part of Vision phases. • Dependable Delivery. Collaborate with design and engineering leads to ensure the successful execution and evolution of technology strategy throughout the Build & Delivery phase.

Requirements

• Experienced Engineering Manager, preferably in an agency context • Has executive presence; can lead a room • Expert stakeholder manager • Comfortable navigating uncertainty • Experienced developing technical strategies through research and solution architecture • Fluent with one or more server-side languages • Knowledgeable of popular frameworks and CMSs • Familiar with modern front-end development tools and best practices • Capable of working on multiple projects concurrently

Benefits

• Competitive salary • Health, dental, and vision insurance, and supplementary health benefits (FSA & HSA) • Experience true life-work balance with a 4-Day Work Week. • Online Mental Health Therapy with Talkspace & First Stop Health • Short/long term disability insurance • One Medical membership • Health Advocacy Support • Gynecology and Family-building Care with Kindbody • Non-elective 401k company contribution • $1,000 home office setup stipend • $1,500 annual professional development budget • 3 weeks vacation to start, plus company-wide closure between Christmas & New Year’s Day (fully paid) • 12 weeks paid parental leave, plus 12 additional weeks available as unpaid • Co-working spaces in New York City, Boston, and Chicago as well as a fully distributed workforce