The ideal candidate for this role possesses a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, business acumen, and strong systems thinking. You have experience leading SaaS web application engineering teams and are comfortable operating in complex, financially oriented systems where quality, reliability, and maintainability matter.
You have meaningful experience with payments, billing, subscription platforms, fintech, or similar high-stakes product areas. Experience with tools or platforms such as Stripe, Recurly, Chargify, or similar payment processing or billing systems is strongly desired. Ruby on Rails experience is strongly preferred, and React or comparable web application framework experience is helpful.
Your leadership experience includes successfully managing and inspiring engineering teams, developing talent, driving roadmap outcomes, and fostering a collaborative, accountable engineering culture. You communicate clearly, reason well through tradeoffs, and help teams deliver high-quality outcomes without losing sight of customer and business impact.