CTO/Lead Developer
Describli is looking for a CTO/Lead Developer to grow our startup into a giant unicorn-eating monster company! The first version of the product is built (PHP, Wordpress, HTML/CSS, JavaScript), we're in live testing with users, and we have big ideas to grow. This is a chance to get in at the very beginning, to partner with the founder on the vision, and to shape what this company becomes. We're realistic in our expectations and open to a wide variety of working arrangements (side project, part time, full time, remote): talk to us about what you need.
About Describli: We're an online writing community where writers can share short stories to connect with an audience before they publish, so that by the time they publish their work they have a built in group of people who want to buy it. We're turning author marketing, book promotion, and publishing on its head - because it's broken! We've been using Lean Startup methodologies to build the MVP, test with our users, and iterate. We're now ready to build out a lot of challenging features, including the main revenue generating portion of the site. We've been accepted in to a fellowship/incubator program for the next 6 months with an investor demo day in April. There are exciting times ahead!
Who you'll work with: Right now the company is just the Founder/CEO, and an outsourced development team in DC/Florida. We've been working together for over 2 years to build the product and subsequent versions, and they're awesome. Until we hire more internal people you'll be working with the outsourced team to build everything. You'll mostly be quarterbacking, but you can pick and choose features that you want to work on yourself. You will literally just work on the projects you want and outsource the rest! Over the next 6 months we'll build out the internal team, and likely raise angel funding in the spring. Because we are bootstrapped the position is just equity right now, with a salary contingent on raising money.
What you will DO:
- Manage the implementation of product initiatives from idea to implementation (sketch/wireframe, specifications, initial research, liaise with development team, build it out, test it, release, bug fix, get feedback, start all over again)
- Code! (lead developer OR side projects, smaller initiatives)
- Run user experiments and track metrics to make sure we're building something people love
- Partner on vision for product as we grow
- Set up a system for Hypothesis → Experiment → Analysis → Results → Next Iteration
- Cost and time estimation for new work orders, prioritization of work orders
- Create development plan – internal resources, outsourcing, freelance, offshoring, etc.
- Interview and hire new developers
- Coach and manage development staff
- Establish and supervise a quality assurance process, including integration and system testing
- Review and approve proposed development releases and manage the release process
- Partner on long term growth strategy – hiring and raising milestones, metric milestones
- Build seriously awesome products with a kick-ass team in a great environment
Who you ARE:
- An Adult: You can manage your own time and priorities.
- Passionate: You like building new things and trying crazy ideas.
- Student: You're eager to learn, work hard, and grow with the company.
- Teacher: You'll bring people up with you as you rise, and teach them some cool stuff along the way.
- Communicator: Excellent with words in spoken and written form. Seriously, this site is for writers.
- Human: You have your quirks, but you're generally pretty easy to deal with.
- Techie: You've built great things in PHP/Wordpress/JavaScript before, and you're excited to do it again.
BONUS POINTS:
- Knowledge about Metrics and user testing
- Ability to speak to investors about the tech side of things
- Good network of people who might want jobs in the future
- Computer Science degree or significant life experience
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