At Zest AI we’re changing the way finance works, from how people borrow money to the way that credit decisions are made. Our ZAML platform is used by some of the world's largest companies to transform their credit businesses, and more companies are signing up every week.

The VP, Engineering will be focused on delivering cutting edge machine learning technologies to large enterprises, where the systems we build allow our customers to capture huge (100m+) economic benefits.

In this role you will lead a team of 20+ engineers, where you will contribute your software design and systems development skills. You are passionate about engineering productivity, service ownership and customer success.

In this role you will:

• Provide leadership and expertise in the development of new products/services/processes, frequently operating at the leading edge of technology 
• Work closely with Data Science and Product teams to ensure that our tools will meet our long-term technical and product strategies
• Enable and foster a culture of high organizational performance through internal and cross-group initiatives and leading cross-team projects to optimize organizational performance
• Mentor and coach engineers on your team toward high performance, provide career development guidance and discuss progress toward professional goals
• Be accountable for driving project execution by weighing several, and often conflicting constraints and make rapid decisions that enable speed of execution
• Removing all obstacles and blockers so that the team can deliver an extraordinary software to our customers

We are looking for:

• A forward thinker who is passionate about developing highly innovative breakthrough technologies and has the endurance and resilience to make innovation happen
• 12+ years of leadership experience, successfully ran 20+ member engineering team preferably in building and launching enterprise grade products
• Must be technically credible to lead teams of world-class software engineers and be able to make the right design decisions and technology choices
• Ability to describe technology to multiple stakeholders of different backgrounds
• Able to execute within a fast-paced, somewhat freeform startup environment
• Experience with open source technologies, library development, object-oriented design, and agile development methodologies

Perks and benefits:

• People – the best part of Zest
• Robust healthcare plans, matching 401K and unlimited vacation time
• Dog friendly office with lounge areas, video games and gigantic jigsaw puzzles
• On-site gym with fitness classes
• Generous family leave policy (6 month maternity leave/3 month paternity leave)
• Tuition reimbursement, conference allowance and Zest talks
• Complimentary massages, manicures, pedicures and more
• Daily catered lunches from LA’s best restaurants and fully stocked kitchen
• Company happy hours, social events and outings

About Zest AI:

Zest AI makes the power of machine learning safe to use in credit underwriting. Lenders using Zest Automated Machine Learning make better decisions and better loans -- increasing revenue, reducing risk, and automating compliance. Zest AI was founded in 2009 with the mission of making fair and transparent credit available to everyone and is now one of the fastest-growing fintech software companies.