Position: Vice President of Research and Development
Company: DevSymmetrix
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

We are looking for VP R&D to join our team.

Required Skills:
- At least 2 years of experience in R&D leadership roles
- Strong leadership and management skills.
- Solid technical background and expertise in the development process.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience of full stack software development in following areas.
- Web UI development on popular UI frameworks - Angular or React.
- Backend development on NodeJS, NestJS
- SQL/NoSQL DBs
- Software design skills
- OOP/OOD
- DDD
- Functional Programming
- Microservices
- Experience with cloud services AWS/GCP/Azure
- Good understanding of DevOps matter
- Infrastructure as a Code
- CI/CD
- Source control management
- Experience in development and support of high availability systems up to production stage. 
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills. 
- Strategic thinking and problem-solving ability. 
- Deep understanding of the R&D process, including product design, development, and testing.
- Experience managing and leading a team of technical professionals.
- Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
- Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies.
- Commit to the company's strategic planning.

- Spoken level of English.

Responsibilities:
- Leading and managing the research and development team in the company.
- Developing and implementing the R&D strategy, goals, and objectives.
- Ensuring that the R&D team is meeting project timelines.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize product development opportunities.
- Participating in project planning and providing effective resource allocation.
- Overseeing the design, development, and testing of new products.
- Identifying and implementing process improvements to optimize the R&D function.
- Following latest industry trends and technologies and adapting it to the company workflow.
- Participating in project pre-sales and customer communication.

Our Offer:
- Dynamic and challenging tasks;
- 20 days of paid vacation and 10 sick days — we value rest and recreation. We also comply with the national holidays;
- Flat hierarchy;
- Professional and career development;
- Type of work remote.