VP of Engineering (Europe)
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Note: Although this is a remote position, we are currently only
seeking candidates in time zones that align with Europe (UTC 0 to UTC +2,
essentially between London and Eastern Europe).
About Hotjar
Founded in 2014, Hotjar is a fast growing all-in-one web analytics and
feedback solution used on over 250,000 sites worldwide. We are a fully remote
startup with over 40 team members based across Europe, US and Canada. As we
work towards our ambitious product vision, we require a strong technical leader
who can help us build and scale the resources needed to achieve our business
objectives.
About the Role
Hotjar is looking for a strategic and hands-on technical leader based in
Europe who is passionate about building and managing engineering teams. We are
looking for an individual who aspires to build a world class engineering team
by hiring the top talent in Europe. The ideal candidate is process driven
and understands the importance of being lean and relentlessly focused on
business-critical goals. The position reports directly to the CEO.
This is an excellent remote career opportunity in a key role with a fast
growing and innovative tech-startup.
As
Hotjar’s VP of Engineering, you will be:
- Developing
a growth strategy to identify key hires for our Product and Engineering
department, according to our long term product vision and business goals.
- Actively
identifying, hiring, and retaining top talent for Hotjar through
networking, partnerships, events and content marketing.
- Owning
and participating in the recruitment process for technical candidates and
continually optimizing the way candidates are sourced, whilst improving
our internal recruitment flow.
- Partnering
with stakeholders in product, engineering, and design to plan projects and
set realistic roadmap goals according to the resources available.
- Working
closely with cross-functional teams to build and roll-out features and
improvements on budget and on time.
- Empowering
teams to continuously optimise their workflow and experiment with new
processes to improve efficiency and remove any obstacles to faster
execution.
- Proactively
identifying and removing any obstacles that stand in the way of engineering
productivity.
- Participating
in mentoring, coaching, 1-on-1s, and performance management to help the
teams perform at a consistently high-level.
- Developing
the team’s industry knowledge, technical proficiencies and essential
soft-skills whilst mentoring and empowering engineers to grow into tech
leads or specialise in areas key to Hotjar’s success.
- Building
and managing onboarding programs for new team members as well as building
training programs to maximise growth potential.
- Creating
and managing metrics and KPIs for measuring success within the Product and
Engineering teams.
Requirements
- 5+
years experience working in tech SaaS startups or small companies.
- 4+
years experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams.
- 4+
years experience using agile methodologies and/or lean practices.
- A
good technical understanding of platform architecture which will allow you
to understand and question technical decisions made by our platform team.
- Desire
and ability to manage a growing fully remote team growing to 50-70 people
in the next 18 months.
- Well
connected with developer networks and communities in Europe.
- Proven
ability to hire and retain top performing developers in Europe.
- Proven
leadership skills and the ability to inspire others.
- Understanding
of SaaS metrics such as MRR, ARPA, churn, and LTV.
- Excellent
communicator with superior verbal, written, interpersonal, technical and
presentation skills.
- Analytical
and process-oriented mindset.
- Demonstrated
desire for continuous learning and improvement.
- Ability
to think critically and problem-solve in a fast paced, entrepreneurial
environment.
- Assets:
experience in high growth SaaS startups, freemium models, global
expansion, python, PostgreSQL / HBase / S3 / Elasticsearch, front-end
technologies.
- Must
submit to a background check confidentially processed by our third party.
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