Vice President of Engineering, Ghost
$200-275k
+ Equity + Benefits
Inventory distribution optimization
Job no longer available
Inventory distribution optimization
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$200-275k
+ Equity + Benefits
201-500 employees
Company mission
To transform how inventory is bought and sold.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, with 10+ years of relevant software development experience in a fast paced tech environment
- Track record of bringing external facing products to market 0 → 1; preferably marketplace
- You empower people to make decisions autonomously so they can execute quickly and with confidence
- You have excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate well across engineering, product, design, sales, and marketing teams
- Leadership – Ability to attract, retain and mentor top-tier engineering talent
- Ownership mentality – Ability to make and advocate for decisions that shape Ghost’s tech organization and product roadmap
- Data-driven – tracks down and analyzes the data necessary to drive productive decision making
- Personal passion for (and early adopter of) emerging technologies - committed to learning and expanding professional and technical knowledge
What the job involves
- As our VP of Engineering, you will have the opportunity to build Ghost’s flagship product
- Ghost is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with an office in New York City. This leadership role will be onsite at one of our offices
- Lead the Engineering organization at Ghost – recruit, mentor and manage high performing talent, and be an advocate for their professional growth
- Own engineering decisions at Ghost, both strategic and short-termed – work with Ghost leadership and Product stakeholders to organize strategic objectives into technical plans
- Partner cross-functionally with business teams to turn product requirements into engineering deliverables
- Design engineering systems and standards to create a best-in-class technical culture
- Define objectives and track key results around engineering output to hold your organization accountable against your defined outcomes
- Be a player coach – lead by example by solving problems yourself and occasionally building things firsthand
- This is an opportunity to build a tech organization at the ground floor of a nascent and well-funded company hitting hyper-growth
Our take
Excess inventory is one of the biggest pain points for modern retailers. Ghost solves this problem by making it easier for retailers to buy and sell excess inventory discreetly and sustainably.
With retailers wasting around $500 billion a year on excess inventory, demand for solutions like Ghost's is sky-high. The company has also made good on this demand, emerging from stealth mode in 2022 and about $66 million in funding to date. Ghost, which functions in much the same way as eBay, has benefited hugely from its founder's prior experience in the apparel industry.
Ghost's clear focus on sustainability and discretion has broad market appeal, especially for large-scale retailers looking to reduce waste and improve their public image. If Ghost can continue to attract such clients, it could scale at an impressive pace in the coming years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2024
$40m
SERIES C
Jul 2023
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88m
Company HQ
Beverly Grove, Los Angeles, CA
Leadership
Josh Kaplan
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously worked as Senior Director of UEG Ventures, and was VP of Digital at Buck Mason.
Dee Murthy
(Co-Founder)They are also the Co-Founder of Young & Reckless and Five Four Group.
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