Vice President of Engineering

Digital Washington D.C., District Of Columbia As a Principal Engineer/ Vice President of Engineering you will inspire, lead, and grow an organization of creative and talented engineering professionals who build our products and bring to life software with a spark of magic.

Youll bring your operational leadership, technical expertise and proven people development skills to bear on strategic decisions about our technical ecosystem, agile processes and engineering culture.

You will be a key member of the leadership team and will report directly to our CTO.

Key Responsibilities: Manage and develop a team of engineers and leaders, through whom youll execute on the strategic direction of Al Jazeera’s product development, inspiring and motivating teams to do their best work, and cultivating an environment of inclusion and belonging Drive improvement of agile driven design, development and testing with the goal of creating a learning organization Effectively collaborate and build strategy with key partners and stakeholders throughout Al Jazeera, including leaders in Editorial, Design, Product Management and Project Management, ensuring we continue to build products our customers love. Provide technical direction and guidance and work closely with the technical leads to manage the evolution of Al Jazeera’s software; ensure our architecture and stack are optimized to keep pace with the demands of scale; position our products for continued high-availability and reliability across multiple worldwide data centers Consistently deliver products that maximize product quality, security, and reliability, including partnering with the DevOps team to build and maintain highly-observable systems with excellent metrics and actionable alerts Create a collaborative environment where all levels of engineers can contribute in meaningful ways Define clear roles and responsibilities that ensure efficient decision-making, careful analysis of trade-offs, and a responsible balance of strategic business objectives, unique customer needs, operational necessities, and product quality Help define and develop best practices used by engineers to foster quality, agility, innovation, and overall developer happiness You will have: Minimum of 10 years in senior engineering leadership roles, including managing engineering leaders Experience managing large engineering teams that are globally distributed. Strong ability and desire to develop and coach other members of the team An academic background in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent experience Consistently achieves results, demonstrating high performance, and challenging self and others to deliver results. Proven success in attracting and retaining top engineering talent from diverse backgrounds Proven success as a partner and collaborator who prioritizes the success of the team over individual aspirations Entrepreneurial spirit, priding yourself on getting things done with a high level of quality Strong communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to interface with cross-functional teams, as a leader, in a professional and polished manner Candidate must be authorized to work in the United States of America: this position is based out of our Washington, D.C.

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