VP - Engineering
Story2
Software Engineering
New York, NY, USA
Posted on Jan 10, 2019
Job Information
Location
New York, NY
Diversity Statement
We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Qualifications
Knowledge & Experience
- Demonstrated ability to envision web-based services that solve personal and business problems across B2B and consumer markets
- 5-7+ years experience managing web application development
- 2+ years experience with startup companies
- Hands-on experience coding in more than one web application framework
- Familiar with more than one software development methodology
- Solid experience with one or more of the following… C, C++, Java, Swift, Node.js and other API related technologies
- Solid experience with web services related standards such as HTTP, REST, SOAP, and OAuth
- Strong hands-on experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (such as Backbone, React, Angular, or Ember) and CSS pre-processing frameworks (such as Sass or Less)
- Strong hands-on development skills in HTML5, XHTML, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, JSON
- Experience in Agile development, GitHub, OpenStack, AWS cloud, Google Cloud and DevOps development practices
- Experience working with Hubspot a plus!
- Knowledge of web standards.
- Experience with Microsoft and Google technologies, and system support
- Familiarity with tech requirements of Internet marketing and SEO.
- Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management.
- Familiarity with consumer privacy and payments industry compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to envision web-based services that solve personal and business problems across B2B and consumer markets
- 5-7+ years experience managing web application development
- 2+ years experience with startup companies
- Hands-on experience coding in more than one web application framework
- Familiar with more than one software development methodology
- Solid experience with one or more of the following… C, C++, Java, Swift, Node.js and other API related technologies
- Solid experience with web services related standards such as HTTP, REST, SOAP, and OAuth
- Strong hands-on experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (such as Backbone, React, Angular, or Ember) and CSS pre-processing frameworks (such as Sass or Less)
- Strong hands-on development skills in HTML5, XHTML, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, XML, JSON
- Experience in Agile development, GitHub, OpenStack, AWS cloud, Google Cloud and DevOps development practices
- Experience working with Hubspot a plus!
- Knowledge of web standards.
- Experience with Microsoft and Google technologies, and system support
- Familiarity with tech requirements of Internet marketing and SEO.
- Familiarity with information security vulnerabilities and risk management.
- Familiarity with consumer privacy and payments industry compliance requirements.
Responsibilities
Strategy & Planning
- Identify opportunities to deliver company’s services, including competitive research, assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to business success.
- Follow technology trends + social behaviors to drive growth.
- Evaluate + identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services.
- Collaborate to assess + recommend technologies that support organizational needs.
Implementation & Deployment
- Select/setup revision control system/repository (in absence of system admin)
- Select/set up web-based internal communications systems, including project management + bug tracking, (in absence of system admin)
- Collaborate with founder, product team + customers to develop use cases, user stories + specs to implement the company’s services as a web application
- Select/manage staff and/or outsourced vendors to design web pages using CSS and XHTML conforming to web standards
- Define the company’s software development strategy + methodology
- Select/manage staff and outsourced vendors to implement application(s)
- Establish/supervise QA process, including integration + system testing
- Monitor application performance/review application failures in staging/production
- Establish/monitor web analytics regime to measure site traffic/application usage relative to business goals
- Support marketing process by providing implementation of technical requirements for Internet marketing and search engine optimization
Operational Management
- Define and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or developing systems, equipment, or software within the company
- Ensure technology standards/best practices are maintained across the organization
- Share knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization’s investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard to the company’s technological vision, opportunities, and challenges
- Ensure technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Develop, track and control the development and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations.
- Supervise recruitment, training, management + retention of development staff in accordance with company hiring process, personnel policies, budget requirements.
- Identify opportunities to deliver company’s services, including competitive research, assessment of marketplace obstacles and technical hurdles to business success.
- Follow technology trends + social behaviors to drive growth.
- Evaluate + identify appropriate technology platforms (including web application frameworks and the deployment stack) for delivering the company’s services.
- Collaborate to assess + recommend technologies that support organizational needs.
Implementation & Deployment
- Select/setup revision control system/repository (in absence of system admin)
- Select/set up web-based internal communications systems, including project management + bug tracking, (in absence of system admin)
- Collaborate with founder, product team + customers to develop use cases, user stories + specs to implement the company’s services as a web application
- Select/manage staff and/or outsourced vendors to design web pages using CSS and XHTML conforming to web standards
- Define the company’s software development strategy + methodology
- Select/manage staff and outsourced vendors to implement application(s)
- Establish/supervise QA process, including integration + system testing
- Monitor application performance/review application failures in staging/production
- Establish/monitor web analytics regime to measure site traffic/application usage relative to business goals
- Support marketing process by providing implementation of technical requirements for Internet marketing and search engine optimization
Operational Management
- Define and communicate company values and standards for acquiring or developing systems, equipment, or software within the company
- Ensure technology standards/best practices are maintained across the organization
- Share knowledge, mentor, and educate the organization’s investors, management, staff, partners, customers, and stakeholders with regard to the company’s technological vision, opportunities, and challenges
- Ensure technical problems are resolved in a timely and cost-effective manner.
- Develop, track and control the development and deployment annual operating and capital budgets for purchasing, staffing, and operations.
- Supervise recruitment, training, management + retention of development staff in accordance with company hiring process, personnel policies, budget requirements.
Job Description
Story2 seeks an innovative lead engineer to join leadership team + drive the company’s mission and business objectives through the design, development + maintenance of web services to support B2B and B2C applications and the company’s internal operations.
About Story2
About Story2
Story2 is on fire to transform communication and collaboration through storytelling. We have taught nearly 100K people to tell stories out loud and use the neuroscience of storytelling to expand high stakes school and work communications. Forbes “10 EdTech Companies You Need to Know,” backed by TechStars, Pipeline Angels and Kaplan Ventures.
Story2 is on fire to transform communication and collaboration through storytelling. We have taught nearly 100K people to tell stories out loud and use the neuroscience of storytelling to expand high stakes school and work communications. Forbes “10 EdTech Companies You Need to Know,” backed by TechStars, Pipeline Angels and Kaplan Ventures.
