Director, Research Engineering

May 17th, 2010

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position will direct and control the activities of research engineering staff accountable for delivering consumer-oriented content, products or services. Conducts ongoing assessment of software engineering needs and deploys sufficient resources to meet agreed on objectives, schedules and budgets at the highest level of quality and service. Develops operational policies and procedures to ensure competitive advantage in requirements gathering, design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance of software solutions. Participates in setting software engineering performance and service standards, and develops and implements operating plans to achieve those standards. Makes input into the formulation of the strategies and operating plans and executes or adjusts the operating plans accordingly. Interacts with senior management to evaluate progress towards objectives. Interacts with direct reports and peers in management and vendors to interpret information and improve cross-functional processes and programs. Builds and enhances important internal and external contacts. Negotiates with management on most sensitive time, budget and software functionality trade-offs. Ensures the ongoing training and development of direct reports.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Position requires at least 10 + years of research engineering experience, 5 of which are in a leader capacity.

Technically candidates should have deep expertise in client-side Web technologies, including Ajax, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML, across all major browser platforms. The ideal candidate will also have server-side expertise in a language such as Ruby, Erlang, or Python, in combination with expert-level skills in C/C++ or Java. Additional language experience in other languages, especially Lisp, Scheme, or Haskell is desired. Experience working with working with relational databases (ex: Postgres, MySQL), document databases (ex: CouchDB) or distributed hash-based solutions (ex: MongoDB, Cassandra, Tokyo Cabinet) is helpful.

STATUS:
Full-Time