Director Of Engineering
Greater Boston Area
1st FTE, leading technical hiring & product development, reporting directly to our cofounders (CEO/COO).Mostly recruiting/interviewing engineers and building our product + team + culture. UX design, research, and PM work before we landed some oustanding hires in those roles. Joined just before we entered Techstars Boston (summer '15), incredibly privileged to learn from some of the amazing MDs and mentors in that program, including Boston VCs/angels and engineering managers at Meta… Show more 1st FTE, leading technical hiring & product development, reporting directly to our cofounders (CEO/COO).Mostly recruiting/interviewing engineers and building our product + team + culture. UX design, research, and PM work before we landed some oustanding hires in those roles. Joined just before we entered Techstars Boston (summer '15), incredibly privileged to learn from some of the amazing MDs and mentors in that program, including Boston VCs/angels and engineering managers at Meta, Amazon, and local high-growth startups. During my tenure, we grew from 3 to 16 FTEs and over $1mm in ARR. Promoted from Lead Engineer. Ruby on Rails, Ember.js, React, PostCSS, PostgreSQL. High-stakes data modeling at the birth of an app. Tons of API integrations (better to buy than build), fully configurable email & SMS flows. Did a lot with a tiny team. Couldn't have asked for a more profound early-career growth opportunity. Most important, we built a sustainable business that's reliably demonstrated a positive impact on academic persistence, which has long-term implications for our mentees' lifetime earnings and quality of life. Show less