Company DescriptionWe are looking for an ambitious hands-on lead engineer to drive our technology roadmap forward, contribute significantly to the growth and evolution of our platform and build a talented team beneath them. As an early team member, you will have the opportunity to work on all aspects of our platform:Job DescriptionAt MakerSights you willHelp build a fast-growing, profitable business that delivers significant long-term value to its employees, brands and investorsHave a key leadership position, with significant ownership over the direction of our technology, roadmap and recruiting processBuild great software. The features and data-sets you (and engineering team) ideate and develop will help brands radically improve their product development efficiencyContribute to building a rich company culture, where talented people and teams are stretched to grow professionally and personallyKey responsibilitiesBuilding mobile-first, intuitive interfaces that drive strong user engagementFurthering our merchant dashboard, a data synthesis and visualization application providing concrete answers to the most critical brand investment questions Enhancing our data architecture and APIs, providing scalability as we add new data inputs to strengthen our platform’s network effect Leading the recruitment, hiring and management of a best-in-class engineering teamHelping craft our company strategy, ensuring the tech roadmap delivers upon all strategic goals Interfacing with clients to ensure we deliver a product that drives value and meets their needsQualificationsRequirementsMotivated by ownership and responsibilityExcited to build an enduring companyPosses great communication skills, keen to work directly with clients and internal cross-teamsHave 6 years professional software engineering experience, including 4 years back-endExperienced scoping and building web applications delivering measurable impact to end usersHave experience developing in open-source frameworks; background in MEAN stack a plusUnderstand RESTful web services and API architectureAdditional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.