VP of Engineering

Ranked 6X by Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest-growing companies in America, Excel™ specializes in digital advertising and performance marketing, playing a pivotal role in connecting consumers with insurance brands, at scale. We partner with large strategic brands such as insurance carriers, brokers, and agencies, supplying them with high quality prospects looking for their services. This involves owning and operating top-rated insurance websites that we promote via paid search marketing driving the highest-intent consumers looking to acquire an insurance plan to meet their needs.

• Our Vision: Buying great insurance should be simple. 
• Our Mission: Helping insurance brands acquire the right customers at scale.
• Our Values: Honesty, Passion, Intelligence, Innovation, Realness, Impactful, Proactive, Digital-First.

Our team

At Excel™ we believe remote working is an important way to enable people to achieve their best work while maximizing time efficiency and personal freedom.  Our culture is based on team-based performance that is highly aligned but loosely coupled, extreme ownership, growth mindset, curiosity, personal accountability, and we flourish because of the creativity and input from our team members. As an agile and innovative company, we are always looking for our next high performer to help transform the future!

Job description

Do you want to push your skills to the limit and build the best systems the world has ever seen? Are you a leader who inspires excellence and thrives on pushing the boundaries of what's possible? Do you want a platform and team that empowers you to reach for greatness and achieve it? If so, you may have just found a great place for you and your skills.

At Excel™, we're a team of passionate innovators, driven by a relentless pursuit of pushing the boundaries in the marketing technology landscape. We're building a future where data-driven insights and cutting-edge technology converge to create magic.

As our VP of Engineering, you'll be at the helm of this technological revolution, leading a team of great engineers who are as excited about the future of marketing technology as you are. You'll be more than a VP; you'll be a visionary leader, a mentor, and a champion for innovation.

Key responsibilities

• Shape the future of marketing technology: You'll define and implement the engineering vision and roadmap, ensuring our technology strategy aligns with our ambitious business goals. You'll stay ahead of the curve, exploring emerging technologies and identifying opportunities to give us a competitive edge.
• Build and inspire a dream team: You'll cultivate a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning, where every engineer feels empowered to contribute their best work. You'll mentor and develop your team, fostering their growth and pushing them to achieve new heights of excellence.
• Drive operational excellence: You'll champion efficiency and optimization, streamlining our engineering processes to enhance productivity and reduce friction. You'll oversee the development and deployment of scalable, reliable, and elegant software solutions that meet the highest standards of technical excellence.
• Be a product visionary: You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into innovative product solutions. You'll guide projects from inception to completion, ensuring they deliver exceptional value and exceed expectations.
• Lead by example: You'll be a hands-on servant leader, providing technical guidance and support to your team. You'll dive deep into critical projects, tackle complex challenges, and inspire your team with your technical expertise.
• Areas of focus:
• • Frontend: Build the fastest, most responsive and interactive websites in the world, using Headless CMS technology and the most cutting-edge techniques available. Develop and implement solutions for advanced tracking, extreme personalization, to help build a 360-degree view of our consumers and their interactions with our sites.
  • Backend: Build/maintain scalable high-performing backend services built on serverless and microservice methodologies. Increasingly improve SLAs to push performance and technical excellence to the max. Build AI applications to improve consumer experience, enhance business outcomes and improve data and process automation.
  • Infrastructure: Build the world’s greatest, most resilient and scalable infrastructure, with a strong focus on simplicity and development experience. Develop data pipelines to support high-performance tracking solutions.

Qualifications

• A passion for technology and its potential to transform the marketing landscape.
• A proven track record of building and leading high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies, best practices, and architectural patterns.
• Expertise in development (Sveltekit, SolidJS, Playwright, Astro, NestJS), cloud technologies (EKS, Kafka, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Redis, Kinesis or Pub/Sub) and DevOps software/practices (Kubernetes, GitLab, Prometheus/Grafana, ELK, OpenTrace/Faro, Terraform).
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• A desire to work in a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven track record of building and managing high-performing engineering teams in a remote, fast-paced environment.
• Deep expertise of software development methodologies and best practices.
• Experience in the marketing technology industry is a plus.
• Startup experience is preferred.

Reporting relationships

• Reports to: Chief Technology Officer
• Direct reports: Engineering Team

Compensation mix

• Fixed base salary
• Variable performance bonus
• Long term value through Incentive Units
• $1,000 Learning Allowance
• Company-sponsored benefits

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short term disability insurance
• Long term disability insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Parental leave

Perks

• Holidays, vacation, and personal paid time-off
• Work-life flexible while committed to growth
• The entire company is remote/work from home
• Company provided computer hardware/software
• Unlimited growth and development opportunities

Next steps

If you are interested in this opportunity, want to grow with a company that is invested in you and the future, apply now to be considered for this position! It is highly recommended you read our culture memo at https://excelimpact.com/culture before applying to ensure you could be a good cultural fit.