VP - Product Engineering
CNBC
Englewood Cliffs, NJThis was removed by the employer on 12/7/2018 5:40:00 AM PST
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Responsibilities
CNBC is looking for an experienced VP of Engineering to head up its product engineering team. This is a critical role in the digital evolution of CNBC and reports into the SVP of Product and Technology. This person will oversee the development teams that deliver news, videos and market data experiences for our users across the web, mobile apps and OTT apps. We are looking for a capable leader who has a background in both mobile app and web software development and someone who knows how to run high-performing teams and create a great engineering culture.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
• Oversee all engineering for our front-end, customer facing applications including website, mobile apps, OTT apps and emerging products such as voice
• Be responsible for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex projects from the engineering side
• Hire top talent, while evaluating and growing the existing team
• Create a strong engineering culture of ownership, empowerment and learning
• Evaluate and select the right technologies that provide both velocity, developer productivity and stability for the business
• Work with the VP of platform engineering and architecture to ensure that all our products adopt a modular architecture with the right levels of abstraction
• Ensure the highest quality of code by putting in place the right process and tools including unit tests, build acceptance testing etc.
• Work with the VP of product management to ensure all software being developed meets product and design specifications
• Help foster a culture of collaborative problem-solving within the agile teams so that we can achieve the right balance between value and cost while also delighting customers
• Ensure that the team prioritizes business needs but also carves out time to reduce technical debt
• Own the technical roadmap for our products
• Make sure software being developed meets NBCU standards of security and privacy
Qualifications/Requirements
• Minimum 10 years digital product engineering experience, with at least five years experience managing teams, preferably in media
• Experience leading mobile app development in Swift, Objective C and Java
• Experience shipping software at scale and leading engineering for complex customer-facing projects
• Experience leading web development with React, Node.js or other modern JavaScript frameworks
• Experience working on API development and architecture
• Working knowledge of GraphQL
Desired Characteristics
• Proven ability to deliver business value and articulate technical concepts to a business audience
• Philosophy of releasing early and often and testing to ensure software performs reliably at scale
• Knowledge of video technologies including streaming, HLS and video players
• Knowledge of AI/ML
• Knowledge of analytics, user data and personalization technologies