VP of Engineering

responsibilities

• Oversee front-end and back-end development teams and their projects
• Monitor reliability and performance of all internal systems to suggest improvements
• Ensure compliance with security regulations
• Manage software development projects by setting requirements, goals and timelines
• Assist with the preparation and management the engineering department’s budget
• Design strategies for future development projects based on the company’s overall objectives and resources
• Hire engineers and coordinate their training
• Implement innovative technologies
• Coordinate with external stakeholders for new integrations and tools
• Review and update policies relevant to internal systems and equipment

requirements

• Work experience as a director of engineering or in a similar senior-level position at an engineering department
• Extensive experience with enterprise architectures and modern human-computer interfaces
• Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development
• Good understanding of agile methodologies
• Leadership abilities with a strategic mind
• Excellent project management skills
• BSc/MSc in Engineering, Computer Science or relevant field

bonus

• knowledge about Ethereum and blockchain in general

culture and perks

Bold ideas are worshipped

Flexible working hours, you choose your schedule

Training / personal development budget

Support for setting up your remote work environment

Casual environment

Collaboration, collaboration, collaboration

Titles don't mean anything, you earn respect by being who you are

Work / Life balance - Competitive compensation schemes

Off-sites (when the world allows it)

Experience

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• Hands-on experience in back-end and front-end development

Education

• No requirements

Work Conditions

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• Flexible time, for real
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• Off-sites (when the world allows it)

Benefits

• We pay regular comp, bonus, token incentives, remote work reimbursements, quarterly global travel to connect with each other, as well as numerous internal events and speakers to give one of the best Web3 experiences.

about us

We are a small, remote-only fully distributed team of people that span a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and geography.

We're dropouts and Ph.D.s, craft beer and coffee lovers, living across the Americas and Europe, who are designing and building tools to secure and govern decentralized organizations. We have the tools and benefits to support you in your remote work environment.

location

Lisbon or remote

time zone

This role is location agnostic so you can be here in Lisbon, or anywhere else in the world. We do ask that you overlap some working hours with Central European Time (CET).

about Aragon

Aragon Association has overseen the production of the leading smart contract framework to build DAOs, with toolkits for developers to seamlessly integrate their apps with DAO functionality, and a decentralized dispute resolution system.

equal opportunity employer

The Aragon Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and the steward of the Aragon project, a community of DAO creators, developers, and users experimenting with new forms of social coordination and governance.