Head of Hospitality Engineering

NorthAB LLC

7d•Remote

About The Position

The Head of Hospitality Engineering will be responsible for the full technical vision of product engineering including full design, management, quality, and execution of software & hardware engineering development initiatives. A critical function of this role is the development and growth of the Hospitality Engineering team, not only providing product leadership, but also investing in the technical and personal growth of their teams. Monitors and analyzes technology and latest trends that can improve the company's products, performance, and hospitality innovation. This person must strive for continuous evolution of our leading-edge products while also seeking out fresh, new ideas to incorporate. The Head of Hospitality Engineering must have impeccable technical and interpersonal skills, a spirit of innovation, and the ability to lead, motivate, and grow successful engineering teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer science engineering or a related field
15+ years of engineering and application development experience
10+ years of leadership experience
5+ years of development experience leading large enterprise projects
Leadership experience in: Open Source Technologies, modern languages, cloud architectures, and development methods in large complex payment systems
Excellent team player and team builder
Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic, and time sensitive work environment
Hands-on technologist who is passionate about the latest technologies
Superior analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities, as well as a keen attention to detail
Exceptional communication skills, organization skills, and time management skills
Knowledge and experience with semi-Integrated payment technology including gateway payment methods
Proven success at deploying customer-driven product development
Demonstrated ability to derive technical specifications from stated business requirements
Ability to understand technical issues related to security requirements at a high level
Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines

Nice To Haves

5+ years of payment processing experience
Experience building and leading fullstack development in iOS, Android, React, and Node.js

Responsibilities

Design, manage, and execute software development initiatives including setting strategic software development direction, ensuring selection of the right technologies and development languages, and proper implementation of those techniques.
Build and maintain product roadmap working with the North Hospitality Product Management team.
Lead product events as they arrive and guide, mentor, and lead the team to an innovation solution.
Partner closely with North’s payments processing leadership teams.
Budget and forecast of all engineering, hardware and development related expenses.
Derive technical specifications from stated business requirements.
Successfully deploy customer-driven product development.
Leverage the latest technologies for operational application development and determine how to best apply those latest technologies to further the company’s business goals.
Be a strong, purpose-driven leader while building and managing development teams.
Regularly articulate a vision and plan across the enterprise and gain endorsement from senior leadership and the Executive team.
Ensure that the ability to generate accurate reporting is designed in and deployed within our architecture standards.
Establish and communicate policies, procedures, and standards throughout the company to prevent unauthorized access, use, release or destruction of any corporate or non-public consumer information.
Identify, negotiate, and contract with third-party development contractors and outsourcing suppliers.