Head of Engineering, Peerspace
$300-350k
+ Equity
Peer-to-peer location rental site
Open for applications
Peer-to-peer location rental site
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$300-350k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
To bring people together, starting with making it easy to find and book the perfect places to meet, create, and celebrate.
Role
Who you are
- Peerspace is seeking a strategic and dynamic leader for the Engineering function
- The ideal candidate will have experience operating in high-growth start-up environments where velocity, adaptability, and a focus on delivering business value are critically important
- A successful leader is able to apply the right approaches to the current needs of the business
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop high-performing engineering teams that deliver business value through strategy, execution, organizational design, and talent management
- Ability to bridge business and technical strategy and decisions
- Deep understanding of best practices in software development, technology and data infrastructure Experience operating as an executive and company leader, contribution to overall company strategy & execution and working closely with cross-functional partners
- Experience in leading and developing remote and/or off-shore engineering teams
- Wide experience working closely with Product Management, able to contribute to product strategy, and effectively communicating costs and risks
- Full understanding of the product life cycle
- Experience scaling consumer internet or marketplace businesses is a bonus
What the job involves
- Reporting to the CEO, this role will lead the entire engineering organization, including software development, infrastructure, and data engineering
- This person will define Peerspace’s technology strategy and partner with other executives to achieve our near-term and long-term growth objectives
- Engineering is a critical function for Peerpsace and represents nearly one-third of the company’s workforce with approximately 30 remote engineers
- This role will be a member of the executive leadership team and is expected to contribute to overall company strategy and management
- Lead our distributed engineering team and take responsibility for all aspects of technology strategy, software development, infrastructure, security and data
- Develop the strategic direction for the team, hiring plans, and organizational structure
- Develop a high-velocity performance-based culture that rewards initiative, urgency, and value creation
- Mentor and develop engineering leaders that are excellent at cross-functional execution, managing engineers, and making the right pragmatic decisions to deliver results
- Contribute to architecture discussions and key decisions
- Work with the executive team to shape, plan and deliver Peerspace’s top goals
Our take
The growth rate of event and party space rentals is growing exponentially along with the everlasting need for exciting locations for film & TV productions. Peerspace is a marketplace for users to explore venues for both meeting and production needs. Likened to the Airbnb for hourly renting venues, the company has had around 3 million people bring their visions to life via Peerspace locations around the globe since founding in 2014.
Growing rapidly from the get go, Peerspace made its mission to find interesting spaces to market via it's site to encourage traffic from a certain demographic of creatives. The company’s 2023 rebrand has aligned the aesthetic of the company with its users. Fashion shoots, music videos and film shoots among other events like birthday parties are some of the exciting happenings inside the venues that Peerspace host on its site.
The company now stands as a leader in its market offering subscriptions like PeerspacePro which connects its agency partners to provide production crews with exclusive rentals and scouting support. The company’s customer base of Disney , Netflix and Vogue are just a few of the household names to use the service. We’re excited to see how the company continues to sift out the most exciting locations around the world and scale its endeavours.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2018
$16m
SERIES B
May 2017
$11m
SERIES A
Total funding: $45m
Company values
- Ingularity
- Authenticity
- Difference
- Excellence
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Matt Bendett
(SVP of Global Operations)Previously worked through several roles in product at Electronic Arts, most recently as Director of Product Marketing.
Rony Chammas
(CSO & Chairman)Worked as a Product Manager at Electronic Arts before interning at Foursquare in Business Development and studying as an MBA Student at NYU Stern School of Business.
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