(Remote Work) Project Lead – Gradle

Job Overview

• Job Title Project Lead
• Hiring Organization Gradle
• Company Website https://gradle.org/
• Remote Locations Worldwide
• Job Type  Remote, Full-Time

We are looking for a Project Lead for Gradle Build Tool to help drive the evolution of the product to the next level and fully realize our vision, including developer-first software definition (see https://blog.gradle.org/declarative-gradle) and, in the future, broader polyglot support.

We are looking for someone deeply passionate about making other software engineers more productive who preferably has experience in a similar role in a major developer tooling product. The role is hands-on and requires a combination of technical depth, strategic thinking, and a product mindset.

Job Responsibilities

• The overarching primary responsibility is to help Gradle Build Tool advance its mission and achieve greater adoption and user satisfaction.

This involves:

• Guiding the technical and architectural direction of the project as a part of Gradle Build Tool leadership.
• Being instrumental in defining, driving, and communicating the Gradle Build Tool product vision.
• Facilitating and fostering collaboration and effectiveness between sub-teams in service of the overall product vision.
• Representing the project internally with key stakeholders and externally with strategic partners.
• Fostering relationships with key influencers in the user community.
• Collaborating with critical outreach efforts to clearly and effectively advocate for Gradle Build Tool.

Gradle Build Tool leadership

• Be instrumental in Gradle Build Tool leadership, which currently consists of the VP of Engineering and platform/team leads.
• Help to build consensus and alignment in the Gradle Build Tool leadership team through productive collaboration, leveraging existing deep expertise, and integrating different perspectives.

Part of company leadership and broader impact on the business 

• Partner with key company stakeholders at a strategic level on Gradle Build Tool-related topics, especially with Develocity Engineering and Product, Marketing, and Developer Advocacy.
• Collaborating with the Develocity project to identify and deliver value-increasing strategic initiatives in the service of both projects.
• Influence Gradle Build Tool roadmap in a way that helps both the user community and the business.

Representing the team externally

• Represent the Gradle Build Tool team at a strategic level with key external partners such as Google, JetBrains, Spring, GitHub, and Microsoft.
• Help to develop and maintain productive relationships in collaboration with the VP of Engineering and the rest of the team.

Advocacy

• Shaping a more compelling narrative about our vision and deliverables, including mentoring the broader team on storytelling and directly contributing to strategic content.

Hands-on coding 

• The role’s primary focus is not to create software individually, but a degree of hands-on coding work is expected. Particularly, working with the codebase will be required to review critical engineering work and explore potential technical directions.

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