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As an integral member on the team, you will have a massive impact on our product’s success.What You’ll Be Responsible ForBeing a player-coach who can engage and lead colleagues by setting examples, and giving guidance for new strategies of “out-of-the-box” thinkingDive deep into the details on business, operations and engineeringBe a technical, detail-oriented leader who can build and grow an engineering organizationExcel at hiring and developing strong software development engineersDeliver the most customer-centric experienceBe able to look at problems in new ways, inventing simple solutions to complex problemsBuild and champion a psychologically safe culture as well as structure and develop diverse organizationsPresent complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiencesTake great care of the development needs, of your best-in-class team and cultivate an environment of belonging so high performing individuals can form outstanding teams that deliver results for our customersDiscover the true requirements underlying feature requests, recommend alternative technical and business approaches and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutionsExpected Skills/Qualifications7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams3+ years of people management experience, managing engineers3+ years of experience architecting and designing (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems3+ years of experience designing and developing solutions in distributed systems environmentsBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline. 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