Lead Software Engineer

PR3 Job Description
Job Title: Lead Software Engineer

Who We Are:
Vistaprint is a global e-commerce brand empowering more than 16 million micro business owners to professionally promote their business with quality printed and digital marketing products at an affordable price. Our world-class online design studio allows customers to easily customize their products including business cards, marketing materials, signage, promotional products, apparel, Vistaprint websites, digital marketing, cards, and stationery at Vistaprint. We support 25 localized Vistaprint websites serving various global markets and have thousands of employees in offices worldwide.
Vistaprint is a Cimpress (Nasdaq: CMPR) brand.

About The Role:
In this role, we seek a talented, committed and driven India-based lead software engineer to join our product team. We are on the hunt for applicants who are passionate about what they do, possess hands-on experience in design and development and can thrive in an agile environment.

The Logo & Brand domain is dedicated to growing Vista into the #1 provider for small business owners looking to create and activate their logo and brand identity. Our ambitious goal is to build the world’s most used and loved logo and visual identity service. We work on accelerating the growth of logos on Vista including leveraging advanced algorithms to efficiently create unique logos, scaling and monetizing our free Logo Maker experience to attract more first-time customers & users, all while maintaining the quality of and satisfaction with the logos we help clients create.

Who’s the ideal candidate?

Demonstrates mastery of their discipline:

Takes on complex problems that require further work to be actionable including research and breaking down into smaller tasks.
Designs, documents, and implements sustainable, reliable and testable solutions.
Analyses monitors and anticipates the performance, reliability and scaling-related issues

Communicates effectively:
Can explain problems and solutions of moderate to high complexity to people inside and outside their domain expertise.
Proactively shares information with their team and manager, and facilitates communication for multiple stakeholders.
Monitors and raise issues early when they see obstacles to achieving team or individual goals.

Shows initiative and takes ownership:

Positively impacts their team and instigates features, services, libraries or refactors.
Fully owns product or system features, taking initiative in areas they're familiar with.

Thinks about business impact:
Has a solid understanding of the product strategy and contributes to it within the domain.
Finds appropriate business and user metrics to support their opinions and decisions.
Capable of translating complex business requirements to technical requirements.
Continuously improve themselves and their team.
Provides constructive feedback to peers and managers.
Able to help all members of the domain in areas they're familiar with.

Key working relationships
Your team’s Engineering Manager who’s responsible for the technical direction of the team and acts as your direct supervisor.
Your teamʼs Product Manager, who owns and sets the teamʼs product direction and manages the product backlog.
Your teamʼs Product Designer(s) who lead the design activities in the team.
Software Engineers, and others on the Engineering teamwho help bring the product to life.
Your domainʼs Architect and Domain Lead Engineering who lead the wider Logo & Brand engineering team

What do we expect from you?
6-10 years of experience working as a software developer in a fast-paced, technical, problem-solving environment
2+ years leading a team of 2-6 engineers
Proven track record of engineering excellence including continuous delivery of high-quality, innovative software
Experience crafting simple yet powerful user experiences
Mastery of responsive layouts with HTML and CSS
Expertise in Typescript and Javascript
Thorough understanding of React and its principles; knowledge of isomorphic React is a plus
Experience working with AWS services like S3, Cloudfront, DynamoDB, Amplify etc.
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Token
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools such as Vite, Webpack, CSS Preprocessors, and NPM
Knowledge of a11y techniques
Experience working with REST or GraphQL APIs
Experience with version control systems such as Git or Mercurial
Knowledge of state management tools such as Redux and MobX is a plus
Experience with DevOps is a plus
Experience with any NoSQL or RDBMS databases is a plus
Experience with Golang, PHP and Ruby is a plus
Curiosity for identifying and resolving customer pain points
A passion for making an impact by delivering great software
One or two software engineering projects that you are especially proud of and would be excited to talk about with other engineers who can truly appreciate just how cool it is.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

Being at Cimpress means that you don’t see work as just a building, a desk or a manufacturing floor. You see it as a chance to take a step forward in your career journey – and your life. We strive to give you everything you need to learn, grow, and succeed. Through innovation, collaboration, and perpetual exposure to what’s next, we’re always pushing boundaries and broadening our horizons. We embrace the chance to operate outside of our comfort zone to discover what we’re capable of. Some might call that a challenge; we just call it another great day at work. We encourage our engineers to think like an owner – to continue to act small as we grow. Every team defines their roadmaps and uses the programming languages and technologies that suit them best. This helps us have a big impact at the enterprise level while still feeling small and nimble.

We're Remote-First:
In 2020, Cimpress adopted a Remote-First operating model and culture. We heard from our team members that having the freedom, autonomy and trust in each other to work from home and, the ability to operate when they are most productive, empowers them to be their best. Cimpress also provides collaboration spaces for team members to work physically together when it's safe to do so and when in-person collaboration will deliver the best results. Currently, we are enabled to hire remote team members in over 30 US States as well as several countries in Europe, including Spain, Germany, the UK, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Switzerland.

About Us:
Led by founder and CEO Robert Keane, Cimpress invests in and helps build customer-focused, entrepreneurial mass customization businesses. Through the personalized physical (and digital) products these companies create, we empower over 17 million global customers to make an impression. Last year, Cimpress generated $2.88B in revenue through customized print products, signage, apparel, packaging and more. The Cimpress family includes a dynamic, international group of businesses and central teams, all working to solve problems, build businesses, innovate and improve.

Equal Opportunity Employer:
Vistaprint, a Cimpress company, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, sex, national or ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, citizenship, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender presentation, legal or preferred name, marital status, pregnancy, family structure, veteran status or any other basis protected by human rights laws or regulations.
This list is not exhaustive; in many cases, we strive to do more than the law requires.