VP of Software Engineering
Cowboy, Belgium

A new electric bike for urban riders.

With electric bikes traditionally viewed as expensive, cumbersome and poorly designed, we are reinventing the category by blending design elegance with affordability and technology that connects owners to their bikes through a mobile app, featuring a secure key, live stats, and GPS tracking.

Founded in 2017 by start-up entrepreneurs Adrien Roose, Karim Slaoui and Tanguy Goretti, we have recently received over 23 million in funding and our team is rapidly expanding both in Belgium and EU wide.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced VP of Software Engineering to manage a growing team of 12+ engineers. The responsibilities of a VP of Engineering include leading a team of developers and engineers, collaborating with product managers, designers and improving company policies and standards.

To be successful as a VP of Engineering, you should have prior organizational leadership experience, be able to collaborate with team members, and be a strategic problem-solver. Ultimately, a top-notch VP of Engineering should demonstrate excellent communication skills, an ability to connect with other engineers and developers and have a solid foundation in software design.

Main responsibility areas of the role

• Design, implement, and monitor all KPIs for the engineering team.
• Leading the team through management and mentorship.
• Understand and collaborate on the complete product lifecycle from concept to execution.
• Recommends new technology and ideas to improve sprints and efficiency.
• Contributing to recruitment activities.
• Developing standards and procedures to ensure that quality standards are met and consistent.
• Preparing and optimizing budgets.
• Recommending technological developments and improvements inefficiency.
• Developing the team to ensure quality end products.

You will not be responsible for the firmware team but you will collaborate closely with our Firmware Director.

Requirements

• Engineering or similar degree.
• Strong organizational leadership skills.
• Extensive experience in working with stakeholders to create hiring strategies to develop quality teams.
• Experience in recruiting Engineers and contributors.
• Previous working experience in software design and developing customer-orientated platforms.
• Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Must be knowledgeable about industry trends, best practices, and change management.

Benefits

• Become one of the key employees of a fast-growing startup with open, respectful and fun company culture.
• Have a real impact on the company’s growth and evolution
• Work with people who love what they do every day
• Highly competitive salary package

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