The VP of Engineering (Frontend) at Kasagi Labo is responsible for transforming short and long term business goals into technological realities. While providing leadership to a global team of engineers, you will oversee all facets of the technological stack to ensure confidence that our technological resources are able to meet the company’s short and long-term goals.
You will work alongside the other departments (Business Development, Product Management) in short iterative sprints to deliver on the product roadmap. A successful VP of Engineering must be able to maintain constant alignment with all other departments within a fast-paced environment to ensure efforts are directed efficiently.
What You Can Expect To Work On
- Attract and groom engineering talents for Kasagi Labo: Exceptional engineering talents are rare, and we need to be able to attract them
- Iterate rapidly on build cycles: Work through sprints to write clean code from frontend to backend, smart contracts in a way that takes our future roadmaps in mind
- Align across departments: Ensure that the cadence of building is aligned across concurrent build phases, breaking down tasks and prioritising
- Maintain high standards for code: Maintain a balance between trade-offs such as speed, security, scalability, and more during the build phases
- Level up the engineering talents in Kasagi Labo: Coach and cultivate a diverse team of software engineers constantly to the next level
What You Need to Succeed
- Relevant experience: Have 8+ years as a Senior Software Engineer in a fast-paced iterative product environment
- Interest in Anime: Have demonstrable experience or interest in Anime and / or Anime related industries
- Technologies: Comfort with technological tools for frontend, with brownie points for the following technologies:
- HTML
- CSS
- React.js
- Next.js on Vercel
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- Communication: Have strong communication skills to align between both internal and external stakeholders
- Leadership: Have strong leadership skills to rally the team around you to deliver in a fast-paced environment
- Team player: Have a desire to take ownership of projects and work with a team that is highly driven to push them through
- On The Edge of Innovation: Comfortable picking up and working on the latest technologies, such as Generative AI, Blockchain, and more
