VP of Engineering

The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods. Through our work, we are committed to contributing to a sustainable future, both for fashion and for our employees. Authenticity is a core component of our business; we value it in our products and we celebrate it across our teams by encouraging every TRR employee to bring their REAL authentic selves to work each day. We’re hiring, and we’d love for you to join our dynamic team!

TRR is looking for a dynamic technology leader that loves to develop talent, lead innovative technology design, deliver software leveraging an agile delivery model, and build cloud-ready, highly scalable solutions for one of the most dynamic business models in retail.

The Vice President of Engineering is responsible for one of the most sophisticated ecommerce marketplace in retail.  The individual will lead multiple engineering teams.

What You Get To Do Every Day

• Develop a solid understanding of TRR’’s business to shape the Engineering organization to meet our goals
• Help establish, refine, and execute TRR’s technical vision
• Partner with engineers to drive improvements to our infrastructure, automating and simplifying research and production workflows
• Scale, foster, and manage high-performing software teams
• Collaborate with engineers and leadership to reach consensus on technical and people decisions
• Communicate effectively across the organization to drive progress towards tangible outcomes
• Manage decisions around organizational realignments and people management including hiring, promotions, and performance management
• Lead an engineering team that balances high performance with high empathy in service of our mission
• Recruit high-performing engineers to scale the team to support rapid business growth
• Influence technical decision-making, from code architecture to prioritization
• Work directly with customer-facing teams to build a product that best serves the need of social workers, youth and families experiencing child welfare
• Push our product so it continues to be a beautiful, yet intuitive and accessible interface for users from all walks of life
• Work with the rest of the executive team to set cross-company goals and hold teams accountable

What You Bring To The Role

• 15+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 5+ years of senior engineering leadership experience (manager of managers/directors)
• 5+ years of leading teams of 75+ engineers
• Strong organization-building background with a focus on innovation, infrastructure development, and team building & motivation
• Demonstrated track record of recruiting, managing, motivating, and retaining a multi-site engineering team
• High level of executive presence demonstrated by the ability to act as the company's technical representative to cross-functional leadership
• You understand how to build architecture and scale it. Proven record of scaling services
• A track record of execution
• Insight into privacy, security, and accounting implications of architectural/design choices
• Experience developing and implementing procedural and technical controls for compliance with regulatory and industry standards

The expected salary range for this role is $290,000 - $310,000. To determine starting pay we carefully consider a variety of factors, including primary work location and an evaluation of a candidate’s skills, experience, market demands, and internal parity. Additionally, salary is just one component of TRR’s total rewards package. Depending on role, employees may also be eligible for a bonus program, incentive pay and benefits.

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The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 30 million members. With a rigorous authentication process overseen by experts, The RealReal provides a safe and reliable platform for consumers to buy and sell their luxury items. We have hundreds of in-house gemologists, horologists and brand authenticators who inspect thousands of items each day. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. We make selling effortless with free virtual appointments, in-home pickup, drop-off and direct shipping. We do all of the work for consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing their items, as well as handling shipping and customer service. At our 13 retail locations, including our twelve s