VP Engineering Operations
Location: PK, PB, Lahore
Department: Operations
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Mid-Senior level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Internet
Function: Management
Company profile: Founded in 2010 by a team from Google’s London and New York offices, Qubit work with some of the biggest names in Online. Our engineers have built a brand new platform that combines a number of technologies – analytics, automation, personalisation and more – into a simple, easy-to-use product.We’re not the only ones excited about our brand new approach to solving the problems of modern e-Commerce. Wired magazine named Qubit as one of the top 5 hottest startups in London. We’ve raised $7.5 million in Series A funding from one of the UK’s biggest venture capitalists! Come and join the growing team as we embark on the most exciting chapter in Qubit’s history.Although we’ve now grown to more than 90 people, we’re keen on keeping our culture as relaxed and open as when there were only 5 of us. Our offices have table football, kitchen full of fruit and other snacks, never ending coffee supply, dinner service and lots of other startup perks. More importantly we’re a focused and determined team preparing to double in size during 2014!
Description: Qubit: Cutting Edge Big Data EngineeringQubit's platform collects, stores and processes over 1 billion external api calls per day, supporting business critical solutions for some of the world’s largest e-commerce companies.Our core systems run the gamut of everything from high performance, low latency HTTP services and frameworks, ETL systems with dynamic schema management, machine learning and categorization / AI, Hadoop / MapReduce based workflows, RBDMS (Postgres and MySQL) and Business Intelligence solutions.We’ve developed and deployed a hybrid cloud (AWS and Google Cloud) / dedicated platform tuned for high bandwidth data flows. We primarily work in Java, Scala, Clojure, Python, R and C on Linux based systems. Qubit Pakistan Qubit is opening its third international office in Lahore, Pakistan - expanding our footprint of cutting edge big data software engineering. This is an opportunity to join an established, rapidly growing startup as we expand internationally.As VP Operations Pakistan, you’ll be working within Qubit’s entrepreneurial environment, kicking off and managing the greenfield operations in Pakistan.What You’ll Be DoingIncubating and managing the Pakistan officeTake a lead on human resources: interfacing with our global team and being responsible for hiring, and most importantly, happiness of your colleagues at Qubit PakistanWorking closely with the our management teams in London and New YorkLocalising and where appropriate adapting and innovating on Qubit policies and manualsWorking with the team to help organise and run engineering focussed eventsMentoring and coaching line managers
Requirements: What You’ll NeedAn undergraduate degree in any discipline from a reputable institution. Candidates with degrees in software engineering are preferred3+ years of experience working in a management role, preferably in a engineering management / delivery role, with a demonstrable emphasis on process innovationStrong communication skillsWell presented and organised with excellent interpersonal skills, coupled with the ability to think in strategic business termsFluent in EnglishOpen to regular travel to our international offices
Benefits: About QubitFounded in 2010 by a team from Google’s London and New York offices, Qubit works with some of the biggest names in online commerce. Our engineers have built a platform from the ground up that combines a number of technologies – analytics, automation, personalisation and more – into a simple, easy-to-use product.We’re not the only ones excited about our brand new approach to solving the problems of modern e-commerce. We’ve raised more that $7.5 million in Series A funding from one of the UK’s biggest venture capitalists.Although we’ve now grown to nearly 100 people across two continents, we’re keen on keeping our culture as relaxed and open as when there were only five of us. Our buzzing offices feature a fully stocked kitchen, table football, massage chairs, and plenty of other perks. More importantly we’re a focused and determined team building exciting products and delivering innovative projects for our clients.
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