Seasoned Software Engineering Manager/Director

Fremont, CA

Role and Responsibilities:

We are searching to find an Engineering Manager to guide the technical development of our Managed Offer Platform. This seasoned manager must be a talented, highly motivated, and technically-oriented leader who will help shape a world-class Web Platform Engineering team. This engineering expert will play a crucial role in establishing our platform functionality and help in the weekly deliver of the fresh features and functionality that keeps our users engaged. Our work environment is fast-paced and based on an Agile product development methodology with user-centric design and development cycles. Offerpal Media is positioned for greater than 100% growth in 2009 and beyond - the right Engineering Manager will help us take advantage of this tremendous revenue opportunity!

• Lead and develop a world-class technology team across multiple locations
• Innovate and continuously improve product delivery predictability, reduce response times, and streamline development processes
• Drive technical product design, influence product requirements and testing methods
• Work closely with Product Management, QA, Customer Services, Support, and other development teams
• Manage product delivery against conflicting priorities and resource constraints and identify and manage project risks appropriately and drive weekly release cycles

Professional Qualifications:

• 10+ years experience in software development, including 5+ years as a hands-on manager
• A deep understanding of software, systems, and computer technology
• Experience building high-performance systems with 10M+ unique visitors/month, 100M+ page views/month
• A history of successfully delivering world-class solutions to the enterprise
• Background with web-based consumer platforms in Linux, Apache MySQL, and Java is desirable
• A track record as a successful manager: building, mentoring, and coaching great teams, including the ability to motivate people, instill accountability, and achieve results

Personal Characteristics:

• Unwavering professional and personal commitment to delivering world-class quality products
• Ability to tackle unstructured problems (technical, people, and process) with pragmatism and insight
• Deep technical aptitude in Web-scale systems
• Passion for building great teams, mentoring, and coaching
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills

About Offerpal Media

Offerpal Media provides innovative online consumer acquisition services on a pay-for-performance basis. We enable online merchants and advertisers to grow revenue, acquire quality customers, and maximize brand reach through blogs, Websites, and social networks.

Our turn-key, full-service platform enables publishers to monetize their social applications; online merchants to generate new leads and increase conversions; and advertisers to reach their precisely targeted consumers. We have one of the largest networks of premium advertisers and more than 500 uniquely engineered offers. Offerpal Media is a fast-growing startup founded by successful serial entrepreneurs and funded by top-tier venture capital firms D.E. Shaw Investors, Interwest Capital and Northbridge Venture Partners. For more information, visit www.offerpalmedia.com.

Qualified and Interested Candidates

If this position sounds like a fit with your past experience and future interests -- and you want to be part of the excitement of a rapidly growing business -- we want to hear from you. We have a competitive compensation structure with a generous option plan and very good benefits. Please send a resume to careers@myofferpal.com.

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