About the role

We're seeking an inquisitive, well-rounded engineer that is excited to lead an engineering team to take a new product from 0→1.

You will have significant strategic impact on the direction of the product as well as being leading the engineering of the technology behind it. You will do this together with an amazing team of talented, passionate product managers, designers, and engineers including leaders across some of our other products and functions

This product is a key initiative and you will work directly with the Head of Product to define and execute on the technical strategy to support a product that will be adopted by a significant user base.

You will work in partnership with our product and design team to build and manage scalable, user-facing solutions. This includes but is not limited to implementing user interface designs, development of private and public APIs and services, and building data integrations.

You'll have the opportunity to find creative solutions to important problems and create and drive new initiatives, seeing them from inception through technical design, implementation, and release. We have big plans and a big vision, and need passionate leaders that love to build and innovate to help us bring this new product to the world.

About you

Responsibilities

Lead Engineers at Commsor are responsible for both the building of technical solutions and the strategy, planning, and coordination of technical development.

You'll work closely with the Designers and PMs to plan solutions to customer problems, asses feasibility, and design the architecture of the product. You will be team lead of the engineering team, responsible for breaking down product priorities into technical tasks and rallying your teammates to speedily tackle priorities.

You will also be a key contributor to the code behind the product. You'll be responsible for building technical solutions to customer pain points and set the bar for quality amongst your peers by demonstrating an exceptional quality of execution.

You are:

• A great communicator

• An experienced engineer with 5+ years of professional experience working with teams to develop user-facing, cloud-based software
• Highly skilled in the following technologies and languages: TypeScript, NextJS, React, NodeJS, SQL, and GraphQL
• Experienced working with complex user interfaces and API design
• Experienced with the following: Firebase, AWS, GCP, Mobx, and Python
• Experienced with product management software like Linear, Asana, or Jira
• Human-centered – understand customer's needs and love generating new creative solutions
• Seeking a work environment which values speed of iteration and individual autonomy
• Driven to deliver quality that exceeds expectations
• Open minded and passionate about learning new concepts and skills
• A sound critical-thinker with a proven track record of gaining trust and respect
• A fast-acting problem solver. You attempt to solve problems head on rather than waiting for others to solve them for you.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and autonomy; highly adaptable to new circumstances
• Naturally driven to find clever and simple solutions

And last but not least...

We’re a scale-up, and they’re not for everyone - it's important that you're ready for the challenge of doing your best work in an environment where we're all collectively dealing with ambiguity, or having to compromise between competing objectives.

Interesting, but not quite the right role? Send us your CV anyway. We’re a growing company which means future opportunities!

We’re committed to building a culturally diverse team and strongly encourage you to apply regardless of your location, background, race, gender, sexual orientation or any other personally defining attribute. We encourage every person who is interested to apply. We’re imperfect communicators, so think of our job postings as the starting point for discussion rather than proof that you shouldn’t apply. Take the leap - you never know, you might just be the perfect person for one of our open roles, even if you don’t match 100% of the job description. We also commit to making our hiring decisions as quickly as possible in respect to our candidates’ time and effort. We aim to move successful candidates along the pipeline within 4 weeks from the time of the application.

About Commsor

At Commsor our goal is to do big things, and enjoy the journey there. To this end we care deeply about what we do, but also how we do it.

Our commitments to you:

• A salary reflective of your skills and experience. All roles at Commsor also include equity compensation.
• Fully remote and flexible set up: you get to choose your working hours (and days!), as long as your team is informed and the job gets done, we highly encourage you to take that midday walk, pick up your kids from school, take a well deserved nap or go for a run!
• Unlimited annual leave: A rested Commsaurian is a happy and productive one
• Office set up allowance: when joining Commsor you will get $3,000 Home Office Stipend towards the purchase of any equipment you might need
• Each year you’ll receive a $1,000 professional development stipend, which can be used to purchase courses, books or webinar tickets
• Support to grow both your personal and professional self

Note that this role is fully remote and open to anywhere in the world, but candidates not located in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, or South Africa will be hired as contractors.