Vice President, Engineering

What You'll Do
Engineering Leadership

Own the engineering roadmap in partnership with the CTO, balancing new feature development, platform modernization, and technical debt
Define and run the SDLC end-to-end: requirements through QA, staging validation, and production deployment
Set and enforce engineering standards: code review, documentation, testing, and release management
Act as technical architect on major initiatives including REST API refactors, database modernization, and new dashboard development
Establish guidelines for responsible AI coding tool adoption within the team
DevOps and Infrastructure

Own CI/CD pipelines, branch management, deployment automation, and environment management
Lead infrastructure decisions across Rackspace Cloud and AWS, including containerization (Docker) and database scaling
Build and maintain a proper staging environment for pre-production testing and validation
Drive security and compliance initiatives, including SOC 2 readiness
Team Development

Lead, mentor, and grow the frontend, backend, and DevOps teams
Identify hiring needs and lead recruitment for engineering roles
Build a high-performance, accountability-driven culture with clear ownership
Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with Customer Success and Operations to scope customer-facing builds and manage delivery expectations
Establish a repeatable Engineering-to-Services handoff process so new features are demo-ready and deployable without bottlenecks
Serve as engineering escalation point when the CTO is unavailable
What We're Looking For
Required

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering leadership role (Manager, Director, or VP)
Hands-on experience with Python-based development and REST API design
Strong DevOps background: CI/CD, branch management, deployment automation, infrastructure-as-code
Experience with AWS and/or GCP, including containerization with Docker or Kubernetes
Experience managing relational and NoSQL databases at scale
Proven track record of building and retaining engineering teams
Strong cross-functional communication skills — you can translate technical tradeoffs into plain business language
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
You'll Thrive Here If You

Have a player-coach mindset: technically credible, without ego
Bring structure without bureaucracy — you right-size process for the team you have today
Communicate clearly and honestly, even when the answer is complicated
Move with urgency but not chaos — you value sustainable delivery over heroic sprints
Are energized by ambiguity and the opportunity to build something better

Skills Required
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering leadership role
Hands-on experience with Python-based development
Experience designing REST APIs
Strong DevOps background: CI/CD, branch management, deployment automation, infrastructure-as-code
Experience with AWS and/or GCP
Experience with containerization (Docker or Kubernetes)
Experience managing relational and NoSQL databases at scale
Proven track record of building and retaining engineering teams
Strong cross-functional communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Player-coach mindset and willingness to be hands-on
Ability to right-size process and bring structure without bureaucracy
Comfort with ambiguity and building processes/teams from scratch