Vice President of Software Engineering

Remote (United States) Irvine, CA

As Vice President of Engineering, Product you'll be responsible for building and growing a world-class engineering team and ensuring that we are building scalable, reliable, secure, compliant, and highly performant technical products and services using best practices. You will ensure our architecture is flexible to allow for our growth into new and existing business lines. You'll be responsible for consistently delivering meaningful features, applications, and technology solutions that solve the business needs of storefronts and delivery operators in the cannabis space.

This is a strategic role that requires a strong partnership with other functions across the company. You'll partner with other senior leaders across the company to translate technology capabilities into strategic business decisions. You'll drive accountability and metrics ownership to translate strategy into results. You'll align and inspire your organization by effectively communicating the strategy and driving the team to build world-class products in the cannabis marketplace.

The impact you'll make:

Lead and grow the engineering team, develop leaders and hold managers accountable as the business and product complexity grows rapidly
Recruit, hire, grow, and retain top performing talent
Drive and champion a culture of continuous learning to improve execution and remove roadblocks
Build long term technical and team strategies that align with Weedmaps’ strategic plan and influences the overall company direction
Partner closely with leadership of other teams including Technology, People, Design, QA, Product, and Operations
Lead teams of Engineering Managers and motivate the team to accomplish significant deliverables with tight deadlines
Communicate problems and solutions, team challenges, and overall productivity of the team with executive leadership
Set up team performance goals and deliver performance reviews for your team members
Influence quality and productivity improvements through involvement in the development of new and improved procedures, process innovations, training, and changes in corporate culture

What you've accomplished:

8+ years of engineering management experience in high-growth engineering organizations, with 3+ years of managing and developing engineering managers
Experience architecting and developing a consumer-focused point-of-sale system
Proven experience building, growing, inspiring and retaining a collaborative and client-focused team of managers and engineers
Experience leading large scale organizations of 50+ engineers
Experience working in a consumer or e-commerce space as an engineer and leader, building applications and technology to engage consumers and foster growth
Experience building software products in a compliance heavy ecosystem such as payments
Experience working with and leading onsite and remote teams
Strong ability to support and mentor team members to accomplish team goals
Effective and persuasive communication skills at all levels of management, both written and verbal
Experience working collaboratively at a high level with other teams within an organization
Ability to take a leadership role in an Agile (Scrum) environment
Familiarity with frontend and backend technologies and concerns
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent degree / work experience

Our 2022 Benefits:

100% Paid employee monthly Medical, Dental and Vision premiums AND 80% paid dependent monthly premiums
HMO options through Kaiser and Anthem (California Residents only)
HDHP with HSA and PPO options offered through Anthem
Company-paid Basic Life/AD&D (Accidental Death and Dismemberment) coverage, up to 1x your salary ($250,000 maximum)
401(k) Retirement Plan: 100% match on the first 1%. 50% match from 2-6% of employee contributions
3 weeks PTO (accrued) and 5 sick days (immediate)
Supplemental, voluntary benefits
Kindbody (family planning/fertility) including to $10,000 towards cash-pay services
Goodly (Student Loan Repayment/529 Education Savings) including a company contribution of up to $1,000/year
Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical, Dependent, Transit and Parking)
Voluntary Life Insurance
Critical Illness
Accident Insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Pet Insurance
Company- paid identity theft protection
Rocket Lawyer legal services platform
Paid parental leave
Reimbursements for home office setup and monthly WiFi

Our Culture:

Catered lunch and snacks provided while working in the office
Snack boxes sent straight to your door during work-from-home
Casual work environment, read no fancy clothes required, but you are free to dress to the nines!
Monthly virtual happy hours

Weedmaps is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. We are looking for the smartest and most passionate people who want to join our team and develop the services, systems, and marketplaces that will serve the marijuana industry in the decades to come. Our company uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please visit www.dhs.gov/E-Verify.

Applicants may be entitled to reasonable accommodations under the terms of the ADA and state/local laws. Please inform us if you need assistance participating in the interview process.