Head of Engineering

Full Time Head of Engineering at Locale (United States)

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Head of Engineering

Locale United States

Date Posted : 11 Mar, 2023

Work Location : San Jose, CA, United States

Salary Offered : $120000 $250000 yearly

Job Type : Full Time

Experience Required : 3+ years

Remote Work : Yes

Stock Options : Yes

Vacancies : 1 available

About the role :

You’ll be leading Locale's engineering - both managing and hiring. You'll also be jumping in to build / solve problems yourself (player-coach mentality).

You'll work with the founders to create anything ranging from packing (fulfillment) apps, entire inventory management systems to front-end work with our e-commerce site.

As a member of a small, scrappy team, we move fast to constantly roll out new features, and improve the architecture that we’ll build on for years to come.

This is a great opportunity to get involved in an early-stage, rapidly growing YC startup backed by top investors like a16z.

Who you are :

You love trying new foods and are passionate about our product and supporting small businesses.

You've been a mentor to other engineers and are looking to level up to lead and build / manage an engineering team yourself.

You're a great communicator and help bridge the gap between the engineering team and the rest of the company.

You like writing and shipping code to production yourself - not just managing others who do this.

You have strong back-end development experience (Python, Java, C++).

Front-end experience is nice to have but not required.

You've worked at an e-commerce company (ideally in a similar space with both offline & online components ie Doordash / Uber).

You value transparency, positivity, and collaboration. You're not afraid to try new things and get outside of your comfort zone.

Your responsibilities :

Solve complex engineering problems yourself and help your team do the same. You'd be managing 3 engineers to start.

You'll create an amazing engineering culture that encourages creativity and rapid development.

Create the technical roadmap, solidify MVP, identify best tools and practices.

Contribute to company strategy and technical vision.

Own everything that you ship. Make sure to test it thoroughly yourself and with your users to make sure it works and they love it.

Help scale us to millions of orders, with thousands of small business partners across the US.

About Locale :

We’re building the top marketplace for food discovery. With Locale, customers can order from local favorites and iconic eateries hundreds of miles away, all delivered in one box for a flat $5 delivery fee.

Since starting in 2020, we’ve delivered 100K+ orders and are backed by a16z, Y-Combinator, Goodwater, Decent Capital, and other top investors.

Who we are :

We love food and always wished for better ways to try new amazing products. We love helping our customers discover the best food while empowering small businesses to reach more audiences sustainably.

If you're looking to challenge yourself while meaningfully making your community a better place, join our team.

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