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Company: NuTechs

Location: Ann Arbor, MI 48103

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VP of Engineering

About the Role:

Lead and shape a high-impact engineering team working at the intersection of mobility, IoT, and innovative technologies. This company empowers vehicle owners to harness, utilize, and monetize the data generated by their vehicles through cutting-edge applications and an open developer platform, revolutionizing the mobility industry.

The engineering team consists of experts in IoT, automotive, mobility, and web3 technologies. A significant portion of the team's code will be made publicly available through open-source repositories, fostering transparency and community collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Strategic Vision & Leadership: Define and communicate a unified technical vision, ensuring alignment with the company's overarching product and business strategies.
  • Complex Project Execution: Lead critical initiatives across multiple engineering teams, managing technical decision-making, resource allocation, and project timelines.
  • Hands-On Leadership: Participate actively in architecture design, code reviews, and problem-solving to ensure high technical standards and quality across projects.
  • Collaborative Approach: Partner with Product, Design, and Operations teams to align engineering efforts with business goals, translating needs into actionable engineering roadmaps.
  • Team Growth & Guidance: Build and nurture a robust engineering team, providing mentorship, fostering best practices in software development, and promoting agile methodologies.
  • Platform & Architecture Oversight: Direct the design of technical infrastructure and architecture, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and data privacy.
  • Open Source Contribution: Cultivate a culture of transparency, open-source contributions, and knowledge-sharing within and outside the organization.
  • External Technical Advocacy: Represent the company externally by sharing technical insights, contributing to community documentation, and engaging with the broader developer ecosystem.

Required Qualifications:
  • Experience: Over 8 years in software development, with at least 3 years in senior leadership roles (VP or equivalent).
  • Technical Leadership: Expertise in reviewing code, making architecture decisions, and mentoring technical teams.
  • Breadth of Knowledge: Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (Kubernetes), backend frameworks (Go, Rust, etc.), and front-end/mobile technologies (React Native, etc.).
  • Strategic Thinking: Ability to translate complex business goals into clear, actionable engineering plans.
  • Team Development: Proven ability to scale and lead high-performing engineering teams.
  • Effective Communication: Strong ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Passion for Innovation: A strong interest in how decentralized technologies and IoT are transforming industries, particularly in mobility and automotive data.

Preferred Skills:
  • Web3 & Blockchain: Experience with smart contracts, decentralized applications, or token-based ecosystems.
  • Mobility & IoT Experience: Familiarity with connected devices, vehicle data, and sensor technologies.
  • Open Source Leadership: A track record of contributing to or leading open-source projects and communities.

Additional Information:

Applicants must have authorization to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship or support. We do not entertain C2C arrangements or engage with third-party intermediaries for this position.

Flexible work from home options available.

Join Our Team

At NuTechs, we are always looking for talented IT Professionals to meet the needs of our employer partners. Whether you are looking for a short term project or a long term opportunity, we are here to help.

If you specialize in the areas below, please submit your resume:

Application DevelopmentSoftware & Application IntegrationDatabase Development & AdministrationNetwork & Infrastructure Design | Systems AdministrationHelp Desk ServicesERP ImplementationWeb Development

Why Choose NuTechs? NuTechs is EMPLOYEE friendly!!!

NuTechs is a diversified technical recruiting firm and our passion is helping our client building exceptional teams, and assisting candidates with educated career moves. We take time to understand what is important to our clients and candidates as they build their teams and careers. After all, a happy candidate leads to a happy client.

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