Head of Product Engineering - San Francisco, CA, United States - Replit

Description

About Replit
We're building the world's most ubiquitous programming environment. We focus on inspiring creativity and generating value for creators through community, and we design simple yet scalable infrastructure primitives for the next generation of creators. We want to blur the line between learning and making- a place where you can hang out, tinker with ideas, learn new concepts, and launch a business all in the same day. About the Role We are seeking a talented and experienced Director of Product Engineering to lead our product and growth engineering teams. As the Director of Product Engineering, you will play a pivotal role in driving the technical direction, strategy, and execution of our product roadmap. You will collaborate closely with partners in design, product management, data science, and sales to help Replit achieve its mission. A key part of our engineering culture is to empower engineers to drive not only the technical aspects of the projects they're involved in, but also its overall scoping and definition. The Director of Product Engineering must be able to recruit, hire, and retain a high-performing team capable of rising to this level of challenge. They must also have strong product sense, be able to make hard decisions and be excellent communicators, in order to help their team to succeed. In this role, you will:

• Define and execute the technical vision and strategy for Replit's product and growth engineering teams, aligning it with the company's overall goals.
• Collaborate with design and product management teams to ensure a high-quality product that meets users needs.
• Collaborate with finance and business operations teams to ensure our product packaging, pricing, and positioning are serving the market and delivering healthy growth.
• Own the end-to-end product development process, from concept and design through to implementation, testing, and release.
• Be accountable for the scalability, performance, and reliability of our product, maintaining a high standard of excellence.
• Be able to operate at all levels of your organization in order to make good decisions, coach/mentor the team, or roll up your sleeves and pitch in as needed.

Required skills and experience:

• At least 5 years of software development experience as a high-performing individual contributor, building user-facing software
• At least 5 years of experience as an engineering manager in a fast-paced environment
• Experience leading teams responsible for building and growing user-facing products
• Commitment to product and technical excellence, familiar with: software project management, software testing, CI/CD solutions, system monitoring, and incident management.
• Understanding of Replit's vision and current product, and strong opinions about what could be made better.

Bonus Points:

• You're an active Replit user.
• You've worked at an early-stage startup or have founded your own.
• Experience in the developer tools industry.
• Experience with product led growth strategies and graduating from consumer to business or enterprise use cases.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: Flexible Work Hours Competitive Salary & Equity Home Office Set-Up Stipend Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance Short Term and Long Term Disability Monthly Expenses Stipend Parental and Baby Bonding Leave Flexible PTO (2 Weeks Minimum Required) + Holidays Annual company/team offsites (4/year) Want to Learn More?

• Replit Product
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• Interviewing + Culture
  • My First Software Engineering Job Interview
  • Life at Replit
  • Operating Principles
  • Reasons not to work at Replit

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds. The overall market range of base compensation for roles in this area of Replit is typically $200,000 - $285,000. Compensation offered will be determined by additional factors such as location and experience. This is a hybrid role with an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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