VP Engineering

In a Nutshell:

As the Head of Engineering, you know that the culture of Product Love, Customer Centricity and Can-do spirit makes the difference between winning and losing in any highly competitive Industry, esp. the Cyber Security, Privacy and Cyber Parenting industries.

Working with the brightest minds in Product Management, Global Distributed Infrastructure, Security, Privacy and reporting directly to the CEO, you will be leading the entire engineering team. We are looking for people that bring an energetic and creative approach to work, understand the burning Cyber Security and Privacy questions of today with good vision on the future. Ideal candidate combines business acumen and technical battle scars.

Why is this role important for GADITEK’s work?

• An experienced software development leader, who can step in and lead the entire engineering team, in these domains: Mobile, Desktop & Platform Apps, Infrastructure & Server Stack, DevOps (both Agile and Infrastructure Automation), AI/ML & Big Data / Warehousing, Backend and Cloud Services.
• Lead both the Consumer Services division as well as the OEM division, evangelize two very different cultures.
• Work closely with the top management to support the development of product roadmaps. Responsible for strategic planning of all product development related efforts including development, testing, release and production environment needs.
• Setting the right excellence and cutting edge culture, which is critical for retaining engineering talent. Ensure knowledge sharing of engineering best practices and processes across teams within the entire engineering function.
• Recruit, manage and continuously develop through leadership and collaborative team building a world-class team of technology professionals.
• Collaborate with agile office and enhance agile methodology for the entire engineering function.
• Responsible for establishing and managing an operating budget for the engineering function to maximize utilization of resources and delivery of products and solutions.
• While ensuring best utilization of engineering resources for meeting business commitments, keep all options open including hiring external agencies or bringing consultants on board etc.
• Establish department goals, objectives, policies and operating procedures.
• Establish a strong leadership pipeline within the organization through continuous mentoring and grooming of human resources.

Requirements

• You have an existing background managing large multi-functional engineering teams, successfully driving Product milestones working closely with the Product leadership.
• You deeply understand the customers and personas.
• You have a bias for action.
• You are deeply motivated to groom people and make them successful in organization and careers.
• Your speech is articulate and inspirational
• You naturally rally others to join your cause. You work in service of your team and mission
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit, strong commercial acumen, grit, and deep appreciation for quality.

What does GADITEK offer you?

GADITEK is a new age technology company that is focused on just one thing: keeping you relevant in the market. We work hard. Harder than most other places of work in the same hours. But we also purposefully find ways to allow our teams to enjoy work together. As a result, we’re among the best companies to work for in Pakistan with a plethora of benefits and an amazing culture.

Working with us, you will never have to worry about being left behind in the market or losing your market value. You will always remain market competitive, work on challenging new projects that require you to put your knowledge and experience to create amazing solutions that you’re proud of and which help us go to new places.

Relevant Experience:

• You have an existing background managing large multi-functional engineering teams, successfully driving Product milestones working closely with the Product leadership.
• You deeply understand the customers and personas.
• You have a bias for action.
• Your speech is articulate and inspirational
• You naturally rally others to join your cause. You work in service of your team and mission
• You have an entrepreneurial spirit, strong commercial acumen, grit, and deep appreciation for quality.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a relevant domain from a renowned university.
• Previous end to end product launch experience, and scaling product to millions of users.