Mimica
AI
Headof/VPofEngineering
“Head of/VP of Engineering at Mimica. Skills: Engineering Strategy, technical vision, scalable processes. Introduce scalable engineering processes. Define and evolve Engineering Strategy”
Industry & Context.
solving disagreements; navigating ambiguity; difficult conversations
working within UTC-5 to UTC+3 time zones
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience as Head of Engineering, Director of Engineering, or VP of Engineering in a similar scale-up growth story, Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills to build partnerships with CTO, Product, ML, Sales, People and other leaders, Expertise in building and designing processes and standards that increase engineers' ownership and enablement in rapidly scaling organisations, Track record of coaching and developing managers and Senior+ Engineers (Lead/Staff/Principal), understanding of how engineering decisions impact product, revenue, and go-to-market, Ability to translate business goals into technical priorities, from the strategic to tactical level, Willingness to adapt to an existing team culture, processes, and changing needs, and thinking about how it can improve, without breaking what has worked, Knowledge of modern scalable practices in fast-paced environments & data-intensive architectures, including working knowledge of distributed systems, cloud architecture, reliability engineering, CI/CD, and observability, skills in solving disagreements - and experience using a range of tools to achieve alignment at all levels, and navigating ambiguity and difficult conversations, Experience collaborating successfully in fully-remote working environments, Excellent written and verbal English skills - specifically, being able to articulate technical concepts and adapt your message to different audiences
Nice to Have
proprietary ML before the LLM boom, ML leaders
What You'll Do.
Introduce scalable engineering processes
Define and evolve Engineering Strategy
Facilitate organisation-wide engineering planning
Align hiring strategy with organisational goals
Improve cross-team collaboration
Drive development of Engineering Managers
Collaborate with Managers on projects
Enable teams to monitor engineering health
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
cross-functional collaboration; partnerships with CTO, Product, ML, Sales, People and other leaders; cross-team collaboration; product coordination; transparency; open-door policies; Collaborate with Managers on projects
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal English skills; articulate technical concepts; adapt your message to different audiences
Process & Methodology
engineering planning, planning, delivery
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