Software Development Manager, Vidyard
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Video tools for virtual sales & marketing teams
Job no longer available
Video tools for virtual sales & marketing teams
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
+ Stock options
101-200 employees
Company mission
To help businesses deliver exceptional buyer experiences.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years experience leading a development team in a cross-functional environment
- 5+ years of functional experience in software development, SaaS experience considered a plus
- Proven track record of delivering great solutions to complex problems while balancing technical and product concerns
- Have effectively hired, onboarded, and managed a team of developers reporting to you
- You love mentoring and nurturing developers, helping them be the best they can be
- Experience fostering a culture of safety, inclusion, and belonging on a team, resulting in high levels of engagement and results
- Proven ability to follow through on your commitments, overcome blockers, navigate disagreements and take responsibility for your work and your team's work
- Enthusiasm and advocacy in technical conversations, and supporting your team as they explore tradeoffs and make technical decisions
- An interest in or working experience within video and/or Artificial Intelligence would be considered an asset
- Our Tech Stack
- Managers at Vidyard come from technical backgrounds but may be unfamiliar with the technologies our teams use daily
- We primarily use Ruby on Rails, Node.js, Vue.js, React, MySQL and AWS. Experience with some of these is a plus, experience with all of them is not necessary
What the job involves
- Vidyard is looking for a Software Development Manager to join our Core team, a pivotal force behind our leading video platform and user experience. Reporting to the Sr Director, Engineering, you will be responsible for guiding and supporting the team responsible for the core functionality of Vidyard, while maintaining excellent relationships and communicating effectively with all stakeholders.
- Through your technical coaching and guidance, you will create a supportive and challenging environment for your team to thrive, and participate in broader initiatives to help level up our engineering team as a whole
- Tech Stream: At the heart of our Core Team's responsibilities lies the Tech Stream, which takes ownership of a substantial portion of our application. This stream is tasked with spearheading projects to guarantee the performance, quality, availability, and scalability demanded by our system and valued customers
- Engage Stream: The Engage Stream is dedicated to crafting and maintaining features that delight our customers. We aim to ensure that customers make the most of our platform's rich array of tools, fostering a seamless and rewarding user experience
- As a Manager for the team, your contributions will stretch across both streams to enhance Vidyard’s core video platform, optimizing encoding, playback, and multi-platform integrations (Chrome Extension, Mobile, and Desktop Apps)
- Growing and developing an incredible team of hardworking and motivated developers with high expectations around individual ownership and impact
- Ensuring the delivery of team projects and outcomes to drive forward business goals
- Developing a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Vidyard's values
- Partnering with other leaders and the team to craft technical and product strategy
- Collaborating across disciplines and building customer empathy to make an outsized impact
- Leveling up our Engineering department and growing alongside your peers
- Refining your team’s charter and direction to maximize Vidyard’s growth
- Fostering strong cross-functional business and technical decisions, with Product Managers and Designers
- Influencing broad and impactful decisions for the product
- Sharing wins and celebrating success throughout the company
- Taking chances, and learning from challenges or setbacks alongside your leader, peers and team
Our take
Vidyard is a leading video platform for business, offering a comprehensive suite of tools for video messaging and hosting to drive more effective engagement with customers and prospects across sales, marketing, and customer service. Empowering businesses to deliver personalized video communications that boost interaction and conversion rates.
In recent years, Vidyard has experienced rapid growth, benefiting from the surge in remote work. Its customer base expanded by over 300% annually, and the platform now sees more than 4,500 new user sign-ups every day, marking a 60% year-over-year increase in user acquisition.
It continues to solidify its position as a leader and recently secured new funding. This funding will support its expansion of AI-powered tools like its hyper-realistic AI avatars. Alongside this, the company's recent integration with Salesloft highlights its growing focus on enhancing sales engagement, while its continued innovation positions it for future growth, with the goal of becoming a billion-dollar business.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2024
$15m
LATE VC
Jan 2016
$35m
SERIES C
Total funding: $75.9m
Company benefits
- Collaboration Center: Our downtown Kitchener location is a converted historical building, close to public transit.
- Community Care: Community is a key stakeholder at Vidyard. We founded Plugin to host charitable events to support local groups and, as a company, we provide more than 2,000 volunteer hours in the community every year.
- Vidyardians: You’ll work alongside passionate team members and always have access to our leadership team. Together, we want to help our customers succeed.
- Working Well: We believe that people know what works best for them and should take the time they need to refresh, so we offer flexibility and wellness programs.
- Benefits: We offer RRSP matching, a health and wellness subsidy, professional development fund, access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and more.
- Stock Ownership: We want our people to be invested in our exciting future and benefit from their own hard work.
Company HQ
City Commercial Core, Kitchener, ON
Leadership
Michael Litt
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside Vidyard they are the co-founder and General Manager of Garage Capital as well as a Board Member at Quantum Valley Ideas Labs and an Advisor at Maropost.
Devon Galloway
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously co-founded Redwoods Media, and is currently General Partner at Garage Capital.
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