Vice President of Engineering, PSPDFKit
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SDK for PDF tool developers
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SDK for PDF tool developers
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower developers with the tools needed to innovate beyond paper.
Role
Who you are
- Multiple years of experience leading software engineering teams and/or middle managers in different organizations
- A strong technical background. Experience with developer tools, backend technologies is a plus
- Strong coordination and communication skills to coordinate work and share information effectively among different groups and stakeholders
- A willingness to receive and provide feedback, including constructive criticism in pursuit of our core values and a culture of high performance
- A good business sense to participate in strategic discussions and prioritize high impact projects
What the job involves
- As the Vice President of Engineering, you will play a crucial role in managing day-to-day engineering operations across our organization and assisting the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) with both strategic and tactical initiatives
- Reporting directly to the CTO, you will have Engineering Team Leads as your direct reports
- You will collaborate with many stakeholders across the company, including Product, Sales, Marketing and Operations
- Managing and mentoring Engineering Team Leads, focusing on their motivation, management skills, performance, objectives, and career paths
- Overseeing and executing the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Product Iterations (PIs) for all engineering teams in collaboration with the Product Management team
- Ensuring effective collaboration across engineering teams and with other company functions
- Defining personnel requirements, participating in or leading candidate assessments and recruiting efforts
- Acting as an intermediary between engineering teams and executive management, especially the CTO
- Assisting the CTO with strategic planning, technical leadership and executive reporting
- Participating in due-diligence and company integration work in mergers and acquisitions
- Keeping the Lights On:
- Overseeing the execution of Product Iterations (PIs) across teams
- Participating in team meetings and SDLC-related ceremonies on demand
- Keeping track of weekly status reports from engineering teams and facilitating discussions around important points in the engineering meeting
- Communicating the most important engineering updates to the executive team
- Managing People:
- Maintaining regular 1on1s with engineering team leads, discussing both individual and team topics
- Carrying out performance evaluations of team leads and ensuring adoption of the performance review process in accordance of the career framework across the engineering organization
- Setting personal objectives for every team lead
- Managing vacation approvals, sick leave, conference days, and similar for team leads
- Help Shape the Engineering Organization:
- Preparing high-level engineering documentation and policies for review by CTO
- Giving feedback on engineering workflows, policies, and efforts
- Leading the weekly engineering meeting
- Collaboration with Other Parties:
- Maintaining regular 1on1s with CTO and COO
- Participating in executive meetings and other executive group activities on demand
- Coordinating with Product and HR
- Representing engineering in high-value sales calls, quarterly business reviews and escalated support cases
- Helping with sales enablement and related training
- Hiring and Onboarding:
- Preparing onboarding expectations for team leads
- Onboarding new team leads, pairing with team members for those unfamiliar with the technical domain
- Drafting job specifications for management positions
- Participating in late-stage interviews for various positions or leading hiring efforts for management positions
Our take
While the transition from paper documents to digital files has greatly improved document management and sharing efficiency for businesses, collaborating on digital formats like PDFs can still present challenges. Many tools exist to address these issues but often result in businesses relying on a patchwork of fragmented solutions.
PSPDFKit offers a solution by providing an SDK (Software Development Kit) tailored for PDF tool developers. This SDK streamlines the creation of software tools for tasks such as PDF editing, markup, analysis, collaboration, and recognition, among other digital transformation techniques. It encompasses a range of APIs designed for seamless integration across various devices and platform formats, allowing developers and businesses to effortlessly incorporate advanced PDF functionality into their applications and back-end systems.
Notably, industry leaders including Dropbox, DocuSign, SAP, IBM, and Volkswagen have placed their trust in PSPDFKit's product. The company has secured substantial funding, which is being strategically invested into expediting product growth and supporting key acquisitions.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Oct 2021
$116m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $116m
Company benefits
- Work/Life Balance - Structure your day in a way that allows you to do your best work and still have plenty of time for life outside of work
- Impact - Own your work and make decisions that help steer the direction of the company
- Growth Possibilities - Take advantage of a learning budget and allocated time off for attending conferences to grow your expertise
- Knowledge Exchange - Share your work with others in weekly demos and use your allotted experimental days to try out new things
- Paid Time Off - Enjoy a generous vacation allowance and a parental leave policy that includes birthing and non-birthing parents
- Retreats - Spend time working and bonding with your colleagues during our company retreats
Company HQ
Schottenfeld, Vienna, Vienna
Leadership
Jonathan Rhyne
(CEO)Associate Attorney for Brock & Scott, PLLC from 2010 to 2012 and Attorney for Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers, L.L.P. from 2013 to 2014.
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