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DESCRIPTION

Quiqup is on a mission to (re)shape the future of commerce. And we’re using the last mile to get there.

We call what we do Logistics as a Service. What that means is simple - we enable businesses of all shapes and sizes, to get what they sell into the hands of people who want to buy quickly and conveniently. All without having to build their own tech, fleet or customer support. We take care of all that.

We take care of everything: from full-service software packages, to a fleet of Quiqees (drivers) that navigate the streets to personally hand over the parcel at the door. For large enterprises we create bespoke solutions that meet shoppers’ ever-increasing demands. For small businesses, we offer speedy integrations that turn their shop into a warehouse, allowing them to instantly open them up to a wider customer base. Customers can select custom pick-ups and drop-offs around the city, all at the touch of a button. With a delivery solution that suits everyone, we’re transforming the way goods move about our streets for better cities, better business and all round better living.

The Team

As a startup our team started small, but has progressively grown to 28 software engineers, data engineers, qa engineers and data scientists, a mixture of in house either based in our London and Amsterdam office, or permanently remote all around the world.

We have a lot of great talent, all thirsty for guidance to be the best that they can be. Using Ruby, Elixir, Javascript and adopting practices such as agile and domain driven design.

We have a “get things done” mentality, and always seek to find iterative solutions to problems, we aim to fail fast, fail often and fail forward. Getting things done is easier when we have fun, we’re serious about delivering great work, but just as serious about enjoying the process. Our team is primed for a great leader to unlock the full potential.

REQUIREMENTS

In short term driving and ensuring successful implementation of immediate reorganisation in the tech department. Longer term continuously improving processes, management methodologies, organisational structure in tech department while Quiqup continues to grow.

Actively contributing to tech-wide and company-wide strategies, changes, improvements together with the CTO..

Planning and driving product development and technical roadmaps. Ensuring tech teams have clear goals, roadmaps, and priorities that are well informed by partners and peers across the organization, together with CTO and product managers.

Contributing to and driving architectural decisions with a focus on the product and business needs now and in the future, together with CTO

Ensuring high quality and timely roadmap execution across multiple teams;

Building and nurturing highly motivated productive tech teams: hiring, motivating, growing teams and their leaders; line-managing technical leaders.

Ensuring teams are continuing to get better, through OKRs setting and monitoring, postmortems, retrospectives, and priorities to improve.

Designing repeatable, scalable processes, ceremonies, and methodologies that enable teams to autonomously set appropriate expectations, manage risks, manage resource allocation (aka manage the balance of scope/ schedule/ resources), and remove blockers.

Managing tech budgets and tech vendors.

What we expect

10+ years of relevant engineering work experience, out of which 5+ years of technical and people management experience.

Experience in building and maturing engineering teams in a startup environment, implementing reorgs or continuous improvements in rapidly growing tech department.

Experience in managing multiple cross functional and remote teams, leading both engineers and engineering managers.

Extensive experience with managing relationships with business and operations stakeholders, working with C-level leaders.

Exceptional technical background, demonstrated in past engineering leadership roles with a clear impact towards achieving business goals.

Proven track record in managing company wide technical and product roadmaps, including managing high risk large scale technical projects. Experience in applying Agile methodologies, with a strong focus on lean thinking and quick iterations.

Experience with B2B systems, working with enterprise customers, supporting integrations/APIs.

Strong knowledge of programming languages and frameworks.

Who are we looking for?

You are someone who thrives in a fast paced and high pressure environment. You want to improve things and like to be consistently challenged and create the tools to produce amazing work.

You have exceptional ability to stay calm and deal well with ambiguity and chaos, acting as a pragmatic order maker and unblocker of your teams and the organization as a whole.

You have proven ability to influence others and facilitate agreement among stakeholders with different interests.

You have an entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to think outside the box. You are willing to get your hands dirty and steer organisations on the path to growth.

You love working with people and you are good at motivating them. People, especially engineers, love working with you.

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