Later is the leading social media marketing and commerce platform that helps small business owners and creators grow their brands and businesses online. With a unique combination of tools, machine-learning-based recommendations, and education, Later makes it easy to visually plan & schedule social content, drive traffic, and increase sales – empowering customers to turn their passions into possibilities.
Later started at a hackathon in late 2013. Six months later, “Latergramme” launched to almost 20,000 people waiting to use the first version. Later is now the leading visual marketing platform for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Pinterest in the world with over seven million users, and in 2021 was ranked #18 in Canada in Deloitte's Fast 50 list, #119 in North America, and placed 51st in the Globe and Mail's Fastest Growing Companies list.
In March 2022, Later was acquired by Boston-based influencer marketing platform Mavrck. The Mavrck platform allows large enterprise brands to automate their influencer marketing strategy for smoother partnerships and performance on campaigns. Together, we’re helping connect creators & marketers to grow their social followings and businesses on social media.
Reporting directly into the CTO, you will be a strategic leader of engineering, one who brings strong, innovative and informed decisions in enhancing our product and technology vision.
The Director, Engineering (mat leave contract) is the leader of the Engineering team who will have strong leadership skills, is passionate about culture, has an innate collaborative style, sharp business acumen, and strong technology fundamentals. You will be responsible for growing and developing the engineering team, leading by example with your inclusive and collaborative approach to getting work done.
We are looking for a maternity leave contractor to work with our team till February 2024.
Responsibilites
- Partner with the CTO and other senior executives to determine how engineering can contribute to the achievement of the company’s strategic plans, vision and goals
- Partner with leadership in Product Management and Product Design to envision, develop, and execute on our product roadmap
- Manage, build and motivate Later engineering team
- Work closely with our Product Leadership team to set the technical direction for your portfolio
- Create an engineering culture that strikes the right balance between technical quality and the speed necessary for our stage
- Run a best-in-class engineering process to maximize work quality and team productivity
- Apply experience and insight to find innovative solutions to complex business opportunities
- Inspire and motivate the engineering team by connecting business goals to their work
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and technical guidance to the team with a keen eye to develop and promote from within
- Support and guide teams to solve technical problems, rolling up your sleeves when needed
- Contribute to and build a deep understanding of the code base and the need of our customers
- Maintain and foster a collaborative environment that highlights team prioritization, removing roadblocks, and sharing unique and creative solutions
- Other duties as assigned from time to time
- 8+ years experience in understanding all aspects of software engineering, including coding, maintenance, architecture and design
- 5+ years experience of building or supporting the delivery of software-as-a-service (SaaS) and successfully executing in the SaaS environment
- 5+ years as a software developer;
- A background in hands-on software engineering, specifically with building web/mobile applications at scale;
- A diverse base of knowledge that allows you to help your team solve complex technical problems;
- A demonstrated ability to hire the best and brightest engineers in a competitive job market—and to coach, develop, and retain engineering talent;
- A portfolio of successful projects (as well as a collection of lessons A philosophy on what makes for great software engineer teams;
- A demonstrated success in people leadership in software engineering; learned from failed projects).
- Experience collaborating with other departments including Product Management, Sales, etc.
- A clear communicator, able to articulate both momentum on initiatives as well as key risks and challenges
- Expertise with best in class software development processes, including AGILE, scrum and Waterfall, across the entire SDLC (DevOps, Automated Testing, Requirements Management, etc)
- Critical thinker with demonstrated capabilities to quickly resolve complex challenges
- The customer’s champion who L.U.V. and serves our customers by managing their expectations and delivering what we promise
Lead with Humility: We put what’s best for all ahead of what’s best for one - no big egos here.
Adapt + Grow: We view uncertainty as opportunity and nimbly adapt.
Make it Happen: We have big ambitions and the courage to achieve them.
Succeed Together: We prioritize diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment - there’s a seat for everyone here.
Celebrate: We bring an optimistic mindset into everything we do. We celebrate progress, each other, and unique perspectives.
- Flexible Working Environment & Work from anywhere program: We acknowledge (now more than ever) the importance of work/life balance.
- Flexible PTO: To further support freedom and flexibility, we want you to take the time off when you want or need it to best recharge!
- Learning & Development: Growth is a big reason people choose to join our team. We provide opportunities through lunch and learns, training, coaching, mentorship programs, and workshops. We also provide each employee with a generous Education & Conference budget - We support you in pursuing your passions and continued learning!
- Technology Bonus: We provide our team with a generous technology bonus to set you up with the tools you need to succeed in your role.
- Wellness: We provide our employees with a monthly Wellness Spending Account, to help cover costs related to fitness equipment, personal training, gym memberships or health and wellness practitioners. We also provide a variety of workshops, meditation and yoga at our monthly Wellness Wednesday events to help our team perform at their best.
- Parental benefits: We offer parental leave top-ups, family forming support and a life-transitions program to ensure you and your family are well supported when returning to work
- Healthcare: We offer a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, STD & LTD, 401k (US-based employees) and an Employee and Family Assistance Program to support the wellbeing of you and your family.
- Employee Resource Groups: Belonging is an important part of doing your best work. These ERGs provide support and community for employees
We hire into our hub cities of Boston, MA; Denver, CO; Vancouver, BC; Toronto, ON; and London, UK. We post our positions in the hub location(s) where we are open to having the successful candidate be located.
We value diversity of thought; we are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or age. Please let us know if you require any accommodations or support during the recruitment process.
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