Principal Product Engineer leading engineering team for Hiive's platform enabling liquidity access for private companies. Focusing on high-quality product development and team collaboration.
Responsibilities
Have a proven track record of leading small cross-functional teams of engineers to deliver high-quality releases on time.
Consider themselves highly capable at hands-on development of one or more of Typescript, React, and Elixir.
Be prepared to own the software architecture top-down across their team’s functional area.
Champion the adoption of AI technologies in the development lifecycle to accelerate delivery and elevate engineering standards.
Have a consistent attention to detail in their work that inspires others to ship better code.
Have advanced knowledge of the security, performance, and operational requirements of running code in a production environment.
Evaluating possible technical implementations and consulting with leadership on decision making.
Conducting code reviews and ensure the team is shipping complete features and producing quality code.
Advocating for best practices and continually iterate on internal processes to empower the engineering team to produce top-notch work.
Assisting in the hiring process of a growing engineering team.
Investing in mentoring to help the rest of the team grow their skills.
Be comfortable working in a small company including directly with the founders on building a product and a company.
Adapting well to a quickly moving environment.
Requirements
Previous experience leading cross-functional engineering teams. Our teams are typically between 4-6 engineers, with a mix of seniority between frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers.
Leverage AI-assisted development tools to enhance engineering productivity, code quality, and team velocity.
Substantial expertise building frontend with React and Typescript or backend systems with Elixir and Phoenix.
Previous experience working with relational databases.
Previous experience working with Typescript and GraphQL.
Previous experience working with DevOps (infrastructure and deployments).
Benefits
Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.
Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing company through our employee stock option plan.
Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.
If you are based in Vancouver, enjoy a dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.
Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.
An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Women’s Network events.
Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.
Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.
Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.
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