Head of Engineering, #Paid
Influencer marketing & collaboration platform
Open for applications
Influencer marketing & collaboration platform
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
To power all brand collaborations across the creator economy, enabling creators to build careers they love.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in building and leading high-performing teams, architecting scalable systems, and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience in system architecture with 5 years leading medium sized, or larger, engineering teams
- Proficiency in modern JavaScript technologies (Node.js, React, Next.js) and familiarity with RESTful API back-ends. Rails experience is beneficial as well
- Demonstrated ability to design and scale complex systems, ideally within a marketplace or platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment
- Strong leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring engineers and contributing to their professional growth
- Excellent communication skills, adept at collaborating across teams and articulating technical visions to diverse stakeholders
- Alignment with #paid's commitment to diversity, inclusivity, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Head of Engineering who embodies both strategic leadership and deep technical expertise in system design and architecture.
- This role is pivotal in guiding our engineering team through the challenges of scaling our creator marketplace platform, ensuring robustness, scalability, and innovation at every step.
- Strategic Leadership: Guide the engineering team with vision and purpose, fostering a culture where innovation, accountability, and quality are paramount
- Architecture Excellence: Lead the architectural design of our platform, ensuring it is scalable, secure, and able to accommodate rapid growth and technological evolution
- Product Development Mastery: Oversee the development lifecycle, ensuring products and features meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and user experience
- Team Development: Attract, mentor, and retain exceptional talent, focusing on building skills in modern JavaScript technologies, architectural design, and system optimization
- Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to align on product roadmaps, feature designs, and delivery schedules, ensuring seamless collaboration and innovation
- Operational Efficiency: Champion best practices in software development, system design, and agile methodologies, enhancing productivity and ensuring the reliability of our platform
- Lead architectural discussions and decision-making processes to ensure technical strategies align with business goals
- Conduct regular one-on-ones and team meetings to monitor progress, address challenges, and foster professional growth among team members
- Review and contribute to high-level code, ensuring best practices in scalability, security, and performance are maintained
- Engage with key stakeholders across the company to communicate engineering developments, gather feedback, and align on future initiatives
- Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on #paid's platform and strategic objectives
Our take
The social media creator economy has continued to grow and flourish in recent years. However, influencers continue to battle the challenge of an ever-changing engagement algorithm. This has not made it easier for big brands, who have, since the early days of social media, struggled with harnessing the power of influencer marketing. #Paid was founded to provide a solution to both stakeholders.
#Paid is a creator marketing software platform built as a marketplace for businesses to harness the influencer marketing economy. It allows influencers access to a wide array of clientele, and provides its business customers with the ability to generate campaigns, shop creators, and reach their target audience without the expertise previously needed to execute these campaigns. The company’s precision matching has contributed significantly to its success in recent years.
Impressively, the company serves Nestle, UberEats, Volvo, and Canon, amongst other big names. With the continued rise of the content creation industry, #Paid’s unique positioning as both content and brand advocate should secure its growth along with it. Recently, the company was named an official TikTok Marketing Partner, offering yet more opportunity for it to expand the reach of its platform.
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Company Specialist
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Aug 2021
$14m
SERIES B
May 2018
$9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $24.5m
Company benefits
- Digital first
- Spending account
- Unlimited vacation
- Internet/phone allowance
- Health coverage
- Education allowance
- Summer Fridays
- Team socials
Company values
- Have a career defining moment: #paid is a company that thrives on data, testing, iteration, and making smart bets on big ideas. No matter your role in the company, if you have an idea that will have a 10x impact, you have the opportunity to make it happen
- Be your most authentic self: We believe the best ideas come from a diverse group of people. We pride ourselves on an environment built on a foundation of respect, inclusiveness, and belonging. We celebrate and share in what makes us unique
- People are the soul of our company: #paid is made up of a group of really bright, talented, and hard working humans. Every new member that joins #paid raises the bar. We believe that to achieve greatness, you have to work with great people. #paid prides itself on providing the freedom for talented people to come together, solve hard problems, and turn an industry on its head
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
Articles
Leadership
Bryan Gold
(CEO)Has worked previously as a Launch Specialist at Apple and is an Alumnus of Next Founders.
Adam Rivietz
(CSO)Previously the Founder & President of Entourage Apps, which was acquired, as well as Owner & Founder of MyProm Inc.
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