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Copia Automation · 1 day ago

VP Engineering

New York City

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$240K/yr - $324K/yr

Copia Automation is a well-funded startup that provides modern developer tools for industrial automation. The VP of Engineering will ensure the software team delivers high-quality products on time while building and scaling an engineering team that attracts top talent.

DevOpsManufacturingSoftware

Responsibilities

DELIVER BEST-IN-CLASS RELIABILITY, PERFORMANCE, AND SECURITY

Continue to deliver on best-in-class uptime

Continue to deliver on best-in-class security

Continue to deliver on best-in-class performance

DELIVER ON THE NEXT GENERATION OF COPIA PRODUCT ROADMAP

Ensure consistent product delivery

Maintain platform quality standards

Incubate and deliver technical unlocks

BUILD AND SCALE AN ENGINEERING TEAM THAT ATTRACTS AND RETAINS THE BEST TALENT

Recruit and hire A players

Retain the best engineers

Continuously support and upskill team members

Manage out B and C players

DELIVER STRATEGIC UPDATES TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, COMPANY, AND BOARD

Leadership communication

Company communication

Board communication

PRODUCT + TECHNICAL VISION

The VP Engineering will work closely with the CEO to articulate, evolve, and deliver on our product + technical vision

Qualification

Engineering leadershipSecurity backgroundProduct delivery speedRecruiting A playersOrganizational skillsAttention to detailFlexibilityAdaptabilityTeam supportUpskillingCultural alignmentCommunication skills

Required

Experience in an engineering leadership position, preferably at a company that has gone from Series A to C

Strong security background

Speed. Start-ups live and die on engineering delivery speed. Empowers engineers to quickly make decisions and drive the engineering team to productive, outcome driven decisions (avoid Yak Shaving and Bikeshedding)

Efficiency. Understands the exact resources necessary to deliver business outcomes. Hires appropriately and ties new headcount to clear business impact and new product delivery

Organization. Organized and builds adequate process and invests in appropriate tooling to ensure consistency of project delivery

Attention to detail. Understands why engineering decisions are getting made and can parse through and articulate critical technical details that impact delivery

Ability to hire A players. Can recruit and hire A players to the engineering team. The best people want to work for them

Flexibility and adaptability. Can quickly pivot and update priors based off of new information. Doesn't get stressed in a rapidly evolving environment. Low ego to previously stated opinion

Aligns with Copia cultural values. Low ego, hypothesis driven + empirical, outcome driven, gets the customer to success, optimistic, and builds organizational trust