Director of Engineering
Job Location: Las Vegas, NV
ROLE SUMMARY:
We are seeking a Director of Engineering with an active-oriented mindset and a focus on exceeding expectations, who operates with vision and integrity. Directors of engineering can expect to play an active role in the development and completion of projects, meet and report back to upper management, plan and monitor work schedules and cash flows, and work with multiple and diverse teams.Some of their responsibilities also include aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives, providing expert guidance and support, approving newly-developed policies from various departments, and maintaining positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
To be successful as a director of engineering, you should have exceptional leadership, communication and project management skills, years’ of management experience, and a belief in developing the skills and talents of others. Ideal candidates will have experience in identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in international trends in engineering and leadership, and an above average emotional intelligence.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Reporting to top management.
- Maintaining good relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Implementing best practice engineering methods.
- Providing technical guidance to engineering teams and top management.
- Supporting established organizational objectives by developing goals and strategies.
- Presenting budgets and plans.
- Finding and implementing ways to improve cost-efficiency.
- Dismissing and hiring new staff.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Strong experience with cryptocurrency or blockchain solutions development
- Experience with Hyperledger or other permissioned blockchain is a plus
- 8+ years in technical management, leading the definition and development of scalable systems
- Experience building technical organizations up to 20+ engineers
- Ability to hire top technical / software development talent quickly
- Experience as an engineer building large scale distributed systems
- Ability to define the short-term and long-term technical vision and strategy for the team
- Proven experience developing and mentoring technical talent
- Proven track record of launching high-quality software on time
- Experience dealing with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to recommend different technical solutions based on various frameworks
- Experience with facial recognition and artificial intelligence / machine learning is a plus
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or other technical discipline.
- MBA degree is a plus
- Experience with FISMA / FEDRAMP security compliance is a plus
COMPETENCIES:
- Business Acumen.
- Communication Proficiency.
- Ethical Conduct.
- Leadership.
- Performance Management.
- Personal Effectiveness/Credibility.
- Problem Solving/Analysis.
- Strategic Thinking.
- Technical Capacity.