Vice President Engineering

Role & responsibilities

• Define and execute the overall engineering strategy, technology vision and technical roadmap in alignment with business objectives.
• Lead and scale high-performing engineering teams across software development, platform engineering, DevOps, SRE and other technical functions.
• Establish engineering standards, development practices, architecture principles and technology governance.
• Partner closely with the CEO, CTO, Product and other senior leaders to translate business priorities into engineering initiatives.
• Own the delivery of complex technology programs and ensure products are delivered with high quality, reliability and scalability.
• Drive product engineering, platform modernization, cloud adoption and digital transformation initiatives.
• Oversee software architecture and ensure systems are scalable, secure, maintainable and highly available.
• Establish and improve SDLC, Agile, CI/CD, DevOps, DevSecOps and engineering productivity practices.
• Define and track engineering KPIs, OKRs, delivery metrics, quality metrics and operational performance.
• Build engineering organizational structures, define team responsibilities and develop technical leadership capabilities.
• Lead talent acquisition, workforce planning, performance management, mentoring and succession planning for engineering teams.
• Own engineering budgets, resource allocation, technology investments and vendor relationships.
• Collaborate with Product and Design leadership to align engineering capacity with product roadmap and business priorities.
• Establish strong practices around security, compliance, risk management, reliability and disaster recovery.
• Drive adoption of appropriate technologies across cloud, microservices, Kubernetes, automation, AI/ML and modern software development platforms.
• Identify technical debt and prioritize architecture modernization and engineering improvement initiatives.
• Ensure effective incident management, root-cause analysis and continuous improvement of production systems.
• Build a culture of ownership, innovation, accountability, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Communicate engineering performance, technology risks, investment requirements and strategic initiatives to executive leadership.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and determine their potential business and engineering impact.

Preferred candidate profile

• 5 to 10 years of progressive experience in software engineering, engineering management, technology leadership or product engineering.
• Proven experience leading and scaling multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, microservices, APIs and scalable application development.
• Extensive experience with modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP.
• Strong knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Infrastructure as Code and SRE practices.
• Experience defining and executing engineering strategy, technology roadmaps and digital transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to manage engineering budgets, resources, hiring plans and organizational capacity.
• Strong experience with Agile/Scrum, SDLC, engineering productivity and delivery management.
• Experience establishing engineering KPIs, OKRs, quality metrics and performance frameworks.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, application security, compliance, reliability and risk management.
• Experience partnering with Product, Business, Design, Sales and executive leadership to achieve business objectives.
• Strong track record of hiring, mentoring and developing senior engineers and engineering managers.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, negotiation and decision-making skills.
• Ability to balance technical excellence, business priorities, delivery timelines and cost considerations.
• Experience with technology modernization, cloud migration, platform engineering or large-scale engineering transformation is highly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related technical field.
• MBA, Master's degree or relevant leadership/technology certifications are advantageous.