Vice President Of Engineering

We currently have an opening for an experienced Vice President of Engineering. To be considered, please send your resume, and a cover letter explaining how your experience will allow you to excel in this position.

Summary:

The VP of Engineering reports to the CEO, leading the organization towards its primary technological objectives based on long-term product and profitability goals.

Duties And Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To:

• Define and implement the strategy, methods, architecture and delivery of SafeMedia “On-Disk” and “Appliance” products and infrastructure.
• Lead and promote a technical vision for the company in audio and video spectrum; creating the environment in the technical organization for excellence in performance, on time delivery of products within budget.
• Convey the company vision, strategy, and roadmap to the entire technical operations organization, including technical support, quality assurance, and software development. Advocate the goals and objectives of the technical operations group to peer groups including marketing, product management, accounting and sales.
• Hands-on leadership of the development and deployment of the “On-Disk “and “Appliance” according to the product roadmaps. Maintain a strong focus on product development plans and ensure that SafeMedia’s products are delivered on-time with high quality and within budget.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships among the national and international leaders in engineering, quality assurance, technical support and IT. Advocate open and effective communications throughout the entire organization, both inside and outside of the technical operations organization.
• Provide advice, guidance, direction, and authorization to carry out major plans and procedures, consistent with established policies and Board of Directors direction.
• Develop current and long-range objectives, plans, and policies for the technical operations organization.
• Create and negotiate technical budgets, resource allocations and product schedules.
• Participate in “build vs. buy” decisions.
• Conduct regular reviews of operations and measure results against plans, taking corrective action where necessary; while communicating such results to SafeMedia’s management.
• Analyze and discern competitiveness of new technologies. Help define strategy to either assimilate or overtake competitive technologies.
• Create and maintain an environment of innovation and execution excellence, leading a highly skilled engineering staff with a strong emphasis on research and development.
• Motivate the entire team towards achieving the product engineering objectives. Incorporate process improvements through feedback mechanisms, and by employing technical advances in the field of software development.

Requirements:

• 10+ year’s software development experience including 5+ years of management experience, managing multiple managers. Experience in network security software required.
• Direct experience with real-time, high-performance filtering software and building integrated software platforms.
• Hands on experience with C++, windows kernel drivers and BSD/Unix & Open-Source Developer
• Candidate should demonstrate a successful track record of on-time and within budget delivery of projects including design, implementation, testing and final delivery.
• The successful candidate will posses outstanding leadership and people management skills across all disciplines in a wide spectrum of organizations.
• Candidate must be able to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent and synchronized projects, both hands on and through subordinate managers.
• Must be a strong motivator with demonstrated ability to develop employee skills and maximize employee productivity.
• This position requires an individual with strong technical orientation and working knowledge with network infrastructure, topology and transmission protocols in addition to the ability to think through the economics of technology and process decisions to make effective build versus buy decisions.
• Proven ability to forge consensus on development processes and standards and drive rapid adoption of new processes, tools, and standards across a product development organization on a continual basis.
• Candidate must show an ongoing commitment to improving the development and project management process and possess a keen appreciation of the overriding importance of reliable and responsive software development toolsets, infrastructure, and supporting teams.
• Applicant must demonstrate a solid ability to work with peers in a collaborative and productive manner, quickly resolving issues and facilitating rapid progress towards the company goals and objectives.
• Must have a strong customer focus, with the ability to work closely with Product Management and insure products meet the needs of target customers and enjoy a high level of customer satisfaction.
• To perform this job successfully, the right candidate will have knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite of software including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project, and should have strong development background including C++ and Java design software, Microsoft Windows platforms, UNIX, Linux and Novell operating systems.
• Working knowledge and extensive experience in all aspects of networking, network protocols, network topology, encryption, TCP/IP, audio no hash real-time digital filters, P2P, audio/vedio watermarking and finger printing, SSL, audio active content, DRM, intelligent switches, etc.
• Candidate should hold a Bachelor's degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university in computer science or closely related field, a Master's degree is preferred.

Salary and Benefits:

SafeMedia offers excellent salary and benefit packages, stock plan and great opportunity for wealth creation and industry wide recognition.

Please apply by emailing resume and salary requirements to: career@safemediacorp.com

Open Positions:

 Senior Microsoft Windows Software Developer
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