Location
Englewood Cliffs, NJ (hybrid)
Compensation
USD 170,000 - 200,000 per year
Responsibilities
- Lead modernization of legacy systems with a focus on speed, scalability, and business value.
- Assess and adopt SaaS and low-code/no-code platforms to accelerate delivery and reduce custom development.
- Partner with business, product, and technology leaders to ensure technical solutions align with strategic goals.
- Embrace rapid prototyping, iterative development, and pragmatic decision-making.
- Inspire and mentor engineers, cultivating a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous learning.
- Drive alignment across engineering, product, and business teams.
- Define and communicate the technical vision for the engineering organization, driving excellence and innovation; collaborate with leadership to establish practices, standards, and a clear direction aligned with long-term objectives.
- Operate with a strong customer-service mindset, ownership, and a high standard of quality.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- Proven experience in cloud-native architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including serverless and event-driven design.
- Strong understanding of SaaS platforms and low-code/no-code solutions, plus Gen AI tooling.
- Demonstrated ability to lead engineering efforts and influence cross-functional teams.
- Experience modernizing legacy systems and integrating them with modern platforms.
- Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Track record of delivering secure, scalable, and performant systems.
Technologies
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- serverless
- event-driven design
- SaaS platforms
- low-code/no-code
- Gen AI tools
- Kafka
- Kinesis
- Redis
- ElastiCache
- SQL databases
- NoSQL databases
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- paid leave
- tuition reimbursement
- a variety of other discounts and perks
Why join Versant?
- Be part of a founding team shaping the future of a new tech company.
- Work on high-impact projects with direct visibility to senior leadership.
- Enjoy a culture that values innovation, speed, and purpose-driven engineering.
Additional information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a Versant Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.
Versant Media is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application process due to a disability or veteran status, you may contact candidateaccessibility@versantmedia.com.
Versant Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The stated pay range is provided in good faith to comply with pay transparency laws and promote equity. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, location, and may include additional compensation such as health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.
Versant Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Resumes submitted by search firms without a valid Statement of Work in place with Versant's Talent Acquisition team will be the property of Versant, and no fees will be paid.
