Job Description :
Position - Director of Engineering, New York

THE COMPANY

We enable students from around the world to attend top U.S. universities by removing financial barriers to higher-education. Our global team is composed of ex-management consultants, financial services and technology

professionals, and other experts in their respective fields - all passionate about access to higher-education and financial inclusion. As a FinTech startup funded by a prominent private equity firm, we move extremely fast and

leverage the latest technologies, global best practices, and heavy analytics to tackle one of the biggest challenges to economic mobility. We work hard, have fun, and believe in our mission. For us, it’s personal.

As a member of our team, you’ll be challenged to think creatively in an environment where ideation and implementation happen very quickly. We review all our staff members for promotion every 6 months and provide the

resources they need to further their skills and grow with the company. MPOWER is committed to cultivating your strengths and curiosity and helping you make an immediate impact.

THIS IS A FULL-TIME POSITION, BASED IN NEW YORK CITY, REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER.

THE ROLE

You will provide expertise and leadership in solutions architecture in the infrastructure and applications space. You will work closely with internal stakeholders to establish technology solutions at a business and technical level. Your responsibilities will include:

Defining the business case for solutions, design the solution to help with prototyping and development, and taking solutions through to concept and market

Demonstrating thought leadership in cloud computing across multiple channels and become a trusted advisor to decision makers

Working closely with internal stakeholders to establish technology solutions at a business and technical level
Providing customer and market feedback to the customer success and engineering teams, and influencing product direction

Leading the design, estimation, planning, and implementation of business solutions that require IT system(s)
Establish high, mid and micro level plans working with Technical Project Management

Providing leadership to multidisciplinary international teams
Delivering compelling presentations to internal and external stakeholders

THE QUALIFICATIONS

B.S. degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field, advanced degree preferred
6 – 8 years hands-on experience as a Solution Manager or Developer, creating new solutions

Extensive experience in Financial Services (consumer credit, education financing, or online lending platforms), with a background in consulting a plus

Deep understanding of the current state of the art for infrastructure automation, continuous integration/deployment, SQL/NoSQL/NewSQL, networking, and cloud-based delivery models

Extensive experience in architectural development, design patterns and implementation of custom developed solutions and product integration projects

Understanding of object oriented software development and technologies such as PHP, PHP-frameworks, Salesforce, Javascript, Javascript frameworks

Knowledge of product and package selection methods
Experience in leading agile development projects

Proven leadership and managerial skills to manage tracks of work with up to 10 people, throughout the project lifecycle

Excellent communication, presentation and facilitation skills with the ability to express complex concepts in plain language to reach broader audiences

Spanish language skills, a plus

A passion for financial inclusion and access to higher education is a must!

In addition, you should be comfortable working in a start-up environment, meaning a small agile team, fast-evolving roles and responsibilities, variable workload and tight deadlines, a high degree of autonomy, and 80-20 everything.
             

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