Mimica

AI

Headof/VPofEngineering

Remote Anywhere FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“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.

AI
Problems you'll solve

solving disagreements; navigating ambiguity; difficult conversations

Eligibility Requirements

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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