Job title: VP of Engineering

Location: North America, remote (with travel as required)

Who we are:

Flashfood is a marketplace app that connects grocery retailers with shoppers. Grocers post items nearing their best-before dates, like fresh produce, meat, and bakery goods, at discounted prices, helping them recover costs and attract new shoppers. Shoppers get great deals on quality groceries, making it easier to eat well affordably. By keeping good food out of landfills and on dinner tables, Flashfood helps both retailers and consumers save money while reducing food waste.

How it works:

1. Download the Flashfood app and create an account
2. Browse grocery deals at nearby stores
3. Add items to your cart and purchase within the app
4. Pick up your items from the Flashfood Zone at your local partner store

Role overview:

We’re seeking an operationally minded VP of Engineering to lead all aspects of software engineering, security and data. This critical role reports directly to the CEO and will be instrumental in building and nurturing a thriving remote-first culture as the company scales. The VP Engineering will be responsible for setting the culture and cadence for the engineering team, fostering a strong culture, increasing product velocity, and achieving schedule predictability as the company moves forward with their growth targets.

Responsibilities:

Determine Technical Vision

Understand the current product vision as laid-out by the Executive Team, and utilize strong technical assets and knowledge to generate the tech that best serves both the company’s immediate needs as well as our 2-5 year goals.

Execution Participatory

Technical leadership is a heavily weighted portion of this position, including the technology infrastructure, architecture, design, code review, testing, and maintenance efforts with a focus on optimizing for performance and scalability.

Leadership and Team Cultivation

VP of Engineering’s team management expertise, leadership and mentoring of teams will be of equal importance. This role is tasked to lead and scale a team of skilled engineers. Recruiting, hiring, and developing an incredible technology team will be key to the success of the position.

Technical Expectations

• Lead the development of the marketplace product across the full application stack in collaboration with cross functional partners and own the devops systems that enable it.
• Manage trade-offs and prioritize engineering efforts based on time, cost, and quality by factoring in business needs.
• Serve as the company’s foremost technical subject matter expert by maintaining knowledge of existing and emerging technologies.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience; 4+ years managing teams.
• Recent experience with building 2-sided marketplaces or consumer focused applications is preferred.
• Experience building loyalty programs, experimentation platforms, dynamic pricing capabilities, recommendation engines, or B2B partner integrations.
• Proven impact at a startup that illustrates the ability to set a vision and systems-level thinking.
• Experience with architecting and developing large scale, service-oriented systems, and optimizing for performance and quality.
• Technical ability to run code reviews, hire all levels of developers, and scale an engineering organization.
• Deep understanding of leading an engineering team through the SDLC including initiation, requirements gathering, analysis and design, development tools and technologies, release and version control, contemporary testing methodologies, and deployment management.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary and commission structure
• Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• A dynamic and collaborative work environment
• 100% remote

Flashfood is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.