Friday, August 24, 2012

[KITlist-Tech] Director, Engineering | Elance Headquarters (Mountain View, CA)

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The new Director of Engineering will be integral in building the next generation Elance platform during this phase of hyper-growth. As an engineering leader you will play a critical role in Elance's continued success by working directly with the Engineering, Product and Operations teams to define, build and deliver world-class quality and highly scalable solutions. The Elance mission remains: global dominance as the leading platform for online employment, helping businesses hire and manage anywhere, anytime, in the cloud.

Challenges to solve:
•Re-architecting entire platform with cutting edge technologies while continuing to deliver high quality service (Performance, Availability and Reliability)
•Continue to innovate at a very fast pace to maintain our competitive edge
•Building a platform to accommodate fast growth at enterprise-level scale
•Attracting top talent to expand the engineering team in an incredibly competitive market
•Have a vision for improving our development methodology as well as technology
•Collaboration across geographically dispersed teams (engineering, product, ops)

Ideal Candidate

Scale/Execution
•Scaled a large website for a consumer SaaS company
•Demonstrated success developing and deploying software into a high traffic web environment
•Ability to drive the organization to deliver against very aggressive goals
•Strong web experience operating in a 24x7 customer focused environment

People/Culture
•Thrives in startup environments/culture; entrepreneurial DNA
•Track record of attracting, recruiting, hiring and mentoring great people (Jr to Sr level engineers)
•Has managed engineering organizations of 30+
•Adept at managing multiple teams and projects concurrently and thrives in a rapidly growing company with strong leadership
•Capable of collaborating with top executives, stakeholders and groups concurrently

Process Management:
•Multi-tasking is a strength - Able to handle a variety of different projects on different release cadences
•Can maintain predictability of the organization in a fast paced sprint cycle
•Introduces process and structure when/where needed. Understands the fine balancing act between nimbleness and measured. Knows when to take risks
•Strong multi-tasking skills and excellent problem-solving skills
•Experience delivering in agile environments, with continuous deployments, highly desirable

Technical Skills:
•Strong sense of technical vision and execution
•High bar for quality and keen sense of UI/UX
•Ability to guide and participate in design and code reviews
•Ability to get their hands dirty when needed
•Most comfortable in a fast moving agile development environment; LAMP stack

About Us
Why do great people and innovative companies come to Elance? They do what they love, work on what´s important, and want to embrace a new way to work that is transforming businesses and careers all over the world. If you want to join a company that is making a difference in people´s lives every day, Elance is for you.

We're always looking for bright and talented people to join us in building the world´s leading human cloud company. We provide an easy, cost-effective online employment platform to match up employers with a qualified and ready workforce that represents some of the best in technical, creative and administrative talent.



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