Oversee software engineering operations across the Punchh loyalty product
Build a culture of software engineering excellence and DevOps
Set and drive strategy and approach for key projects and initiatives
Improve product quality, product economics, and team productivity
Ensure that communication flows efficiently across teams and geographies
Drive the recruitment and onboarding efforts to scale the team
Manage organizational design, career development, and performance management for all team members
Identify and adopt industry best practices
Formulate and document department standards, policies and procedures
Maintain understanding of company’s business, customers, and technologies used

Minimum of ten (10) years of experience leading software engineering projects and teams
Minimum of fifteen (15) years of software engineering experience; hands-on technical skills at a senior level
Proven ability to effectively manage and lead a multi-location software engineering team
Proven record of leveraging agile software engineering principles and practices
Demonstrated track record of successfully hiring, managing, coaching and retaining world-class software engineers
Ability to influence and achieve alignment across a range of different opinions and interests
Comfortable giving/receiving critical feedback to/from others, regardless of their position in the company
Impartially and aggressively address conflicts and tough decisions
Seek out, embrace, and evangelize positive change
Able to concurrently execute short-term (tactical) and long-term (strategic) plans
Capable of communicating effectively in both technical and non-technical conversations
Shared passion for both the technical and business aspects of software
Strong analysis skills and the ability to synthesize multiple perspectives
Superior organizational and time management skills and an affinity for detail

VP, Software Engineering

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