Director of Technology - VC-backed E-commerce - Full-Time - Chicago, IL
Doggyloot.com is looking for driven, thoughtful, and dog-loving professional to join our team.
Our small engineering team has already built a robust CRM/e-commerce/fulfillment platform and migrated from Ruby on Rails to Node.Js and Backbone. We are looking for a technology leader to help take our Company to the next level. This is a great opportunity to get involved early and make your mark with a promising, funded startup with rapidly-growing revenue and interesting technologies.
RESPONSIBILITIES
-Lead and complete significant development projects (front and back end) for our existing systems
-Manage our product development cycle and responsible for project management
-Manage our small development team
-Ensure our platforms scale with our growing startup
ABOUT YOU
-Experience in project management and delivering complex projects on-time and on-budget
-E-commerce experience preferred
-Experience with Node.JS, Python, JavaScript, Django, Backbone, Git, Ruby on Rails, HTML/CSS
-Can clearly explain technical concepts and make decisions with technical and non-technical team members
-Can complete basic server administration tasks
-Experienced with TDD, Agile, etc., but also sensitive to balancing process and progress
BONUS POINTS
Interest in or experience with personalization
Full stack developer background
Dog lover
HOW TO APPLY
Email us at REDACTED_EMAIL with:
-Resume or LinkedIn profile
-Explain why you’re specifically interested in this position and Doggyloot
-Provide some links to your public GitHub projects or other code samples, and online work examples
-Make one technical suggestion for our company (could be an improvement to our existing website, or a general idea of something that could help bring our business to the next level)
Doggyloot offers competitive compensation based on experience. We are conveniently located in the West Loop at 213 N Racine Ave, Chicago, IL 60607.
No recruiters, please.