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VP of Engineering
at TradingView London in London (Published at 03-10-2024)
About us!
Our open source charts and commercial libraries are used by tens of thousands of financial sites across the planet, including whales like: CME, Refinitiv, Investopedia, Crunchbase, Binance, Bitcoin.com and many many others. We’re also one of the world’s biggest websites (#61 to be exact, according to Alexa Rankings), visited by 100s of millions of people every year. So if you’re interested in finance, chances are you’ll have already seen us around the place.
Our mission is to help millions of people succeed in life, whatever that means for them, by providing the highest quality information in the smartest way so they can make the best-informed decisions possible. To do this, we’re looking for individuals to join a team where product quality means everything, where you’ll be given the opportunity to develop your best work, and where the fruits of your labor will be seen by millions of people each and every day.
Join our UK team
We’ve got people all over the world, but London is where our executives are based. So, if you’re looking for a start-up, get stuck-in vibe, but with all the resources and firepower of a major scale-up, then look no further. It’s an exciting time to be part of the founding UK team as we continue our growth here.
Our tech stack - Work with cutting-edge technologies
We are using the latest technologies, ensuring our team works on innovative and challenging projects: JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript with NodeJS and Python, Django on the backend
1. Experience in Managing Large Teams
- Experience in managing large engineering teams (200+ people), including managers, developers, DevOps specialists, QA, and other technical staff.
- Scaling processes: The ability to effectively organize the work of a large engineering team, ensuring high productivity and process standardization.
- Supervision of managers: Experience in managing and developing multiple layers of management, including technical leads and directors.
2. Focus on Delivery and Meeting Deadlines
- Expert knowledge in project management: Ability to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously, monitor progress, assess risks and priorities to ensure timely product delivery.
- Achieving business goals: Focus on business outcomes, achieving performance targets, and ensuring timely delivery while maintaining product quality.
- Process optimization: Experience in creating and optimizing development processes (Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and other methodologies) to increase the speed of product delivery without sacrificing quality.
3. Strategic Development Management
- Delivery strategy creation: Ability to develop and implement delivery strategies aimed at speeding up development and release processes.
- Coordination with product management: Close collaboration with the product team to manage priorities and ensure the delivery of key features within the set deadlines.
4. Leadership and Motivation Skills
- Developing engineering leaders: Ability to develop and maintain a strong team of technical leaders and managers capable of independently managing and delivering tasks.
- Managing large teams: Proficiency in effectively managing teams at different levels, including developers, QA engineers, DevOps, and other functions.
- Team motivation: Supporting high team engagement, creating conditions for growth and motivation through goals, feedback, and recognition of achievements.
5. Financial Management and Resource Planning
- Experience in budget management: The ability to effectively manage the engineering budget, allocate resources to maximize team productivity.
- Cost optimization and efficiency improvement: The ability to evaluate resource usage efficiency and find ways to optimize costs without sacrificing product quality or delivery speed.
6. Process Automation and DevOps
- Experience in implementing and managing CI/CD processes: Knowledge of modern tools and approaches to automating builds, testing, and deployments.
- DevOps and infrastructure: Experience working with DevOps teams to ensure infrastructure stability and scalability, which is critical for effective delivery.
7. Performance Monitoring and Quality
- Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): The ability to develop and monitor performance metrics for the team and delivery success (time to release, defect count, system performance).
- Quality control: Ensuring that quality does not suffer in the accelerated delivery process, including managing testing and automation processes.
8. Culture and Organizational Values
- Supporting a culture of innovation and improvement: The ability to create a culture focused on continuous process improvement and finding more effective solutions for delivery.
- Inclusivity and open communication: Ability to maintain a culture of open knowledge sharing where every team can contribute to improving development and delivery processes.
9. Education and Qualifications
- Higher technical education: A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, or related fields.
- Experience in program and project management: Experience in project management is welcome, demonstrating the ability to manage large-scale engineering projects (e.g., PMP, Prince2 certifications).
It’ll also be an advantage if you have experience in:
- Finance experience or knowledge of Trading
- Knowledge of TradingView
Additional information
This is an onsite role based in our Central London Office located in The Shard, offering you the opportunity to work in a vibrant culture and enjoy an excellent quality of life.
TradingView is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. With 500 employees from 40 nationalities speaking nearly 20 languages, with 5 global offices where we foster inclusive and collaborative work environments.
Join us and take part in innovative projects that shape the future of financial analysis and trading, making an impact in the fintech space!