Director of Product Engineering, Pulley
$220-270k
Equity information platform for startups
Job no longer available
Equity information platform for startups
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$220-270k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make it easier for anyone to start a company.
Role
Who you are
- Strong alignment with Pulley's culture (especially first principles thinking) and a strong team player. You are comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment, where ambiguity is common
- Proactive and flexible mentality, with the initiative to drive success in a startup setting
- Deep knowledge of software development and engineering best practices. This includes but is not limited to expertise in software architecture, coding, testing, and deployment
- A passion for setting teams up for success. You guide your teams to develop valuable skill sets, clarify the significance of their work, and operate autonomously within clear guardrails
- A seasoned professional with over 10 years of experience in software engineering, including at least 5 years in a leadership or management role
What the job involves
- One key aspect of this role involves working closely with product management to translate user needs into tangible engineering objectives
- You'll also be responsible for implementing best practices and enhancing the execution capabilities of our engineering team, thus preparing us for rapid growth while ensuring efficient product development
- Your position will require strategic engagement with executives beyond product development. Initially, you will be a direct sponsor for all initiatives that are driving the expansion of Pulley’s addressable market
- A key element of your role will be nurturing an inclusive team culture that values open communication, collaboration, continuous learning, and development
- You will also mentor other Engineering Managers, enhancing the team's overall leadership capabilities and cohesion
- Ensure the quality of engineering output is consistently at a high bar
- Attract and develop talent within product engineering
- Prioritize ruthlessly: Establish clear goals, manage timelines, and ensure timely delivery against milestones
- Collaborate closely with other teams and departments (e.g. product management, design, and customer success) for collective company success
- Identify and alleviate potential technical and product-related risks
- Lead product engineering to strategize and scale Pulley's products
- Cultivate healthy decision-making environments that consistently lead to efficient and optimal team choices
- Manage resource requirements for your sponsored areas
- Maintain consistent, high-quality engineering output
Our take
Due to startups raising funding in multiple stages, calculating the ownership breakdown as the business evolves can be difficult. Pulley hopes to make that process less opaque with cap-table management and scenario-modelling tools that provide founders with employee and investor equity information.
The platform enables startups to model dilution in future rounds, helps employees understand the value of their equity as the company grows, and makes maintaining equity plans faster and easier.
Based on the costs to manage cap tables and the potential opportunity lost due to companies staying private for longer periods, the market Pulley operates in is worth up to $10 billion. Competition comes from Carta and Morgan Stanley's Shareworks.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jul 2022
$40m
SERIES B
Oct 2020
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $50.2m
Company benefits
- Generous health insurance
- Unlimited vacations
- Commuting & food
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Yin Wu
(Co-Founder & CEO)Computer Science BS from Stanford. Former software engineer at Microsoft and founder of several computer technology start-ups.
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