Artisan is seeking a VP of Engineering to become part of our rapidly expanding team. We're on a mission to create human-like digital workers, and the software operating system for startups across different verticals. Our first Artisan, Ava, is a BDR - she's been available to hire in beta for the past 2 months. We've raised a pre-seed of over $4M, and are gearing up to take the product to the next level! Whoever fills this role will take a position of leadership in our engineering team, ensuring we build our product in an exceptional & scalable way.
Responsibilities
- Ensure we are following best practices across the engineering org.
- Put systems in place to efficiently manage engineering processes and resources.
- Stay closely in the loop with the CEO and Product Lead, and determine the engineering roadmap.
- Support with the expansion of our engineering team, and hire outstanding engineers.
- Manage the international engineering org, maintaining strict quality standards.
- Maintain a high-quality codebase.
- Stay updated on the latest backend technologies and trends, and incorporate them to ensure the technology stack remains modern and competitive.
- Help to define, and ensure we meet our ambitious product roadmap.
- Both hands-on coding and strategy/management.
Must-Have Skills
- A proven track record in engineering leadership.
- A history of work at B2B SaaS companies
- Proficiency in Python, FastAPI, Docker, PostgreSQL, Celery, Redis.
- 6+ years' experience with Python.
- Strong intuition on system design.
- Familiarity with JavaScript and frontend technologies.
- Solid experience with setting up and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Benefits:
- Unlimited PTO.
- Great 100% coverage health, dental & vision insurance.
- Generous equity.
We're on a mission to build a $100bn company, and the future of work - are you joining?