Vice President Engineering

Location: On-site | San Francisco, CA

A high-growth, venture-backed software company is scaling from proven product-market fit to national market leadership. As Vice President Engineering, you will own the end-to-end technical strategy, building the architecture, processes, and team that transform a successful platform into the gold standard for an entire industry. You will work side-by-side with executive leadership, wield significant influence on product direction, and see your decisions translate directly into revenue growth and market share.

What You’ll Tackle

• Set the technical north star—define service boundaries, data strategy, and API standards that support rapid expansion.
• Raise the engineering bar—implement world-class reliability, observability, and test automation without sacrificing delivery speed.
• Embed compliance into design—partner with Security to ensure the platform meets the most stringent regulatory requirements from day one.
• Scale people and process—hire, mentor, and inspire senior leaders and ICs while establishing lightweight, outcome-focused practices.
• Drive executive alignment—act as the technical voice at the table, translating architecture choices into business impact and margin expansion.

What Success Looks Like

• A modular, reusable platform that accelerates onboarding of new customers and use cases.
• Measurably higher uptime and faster incident resolution.
• A high-trust, high-ownership engineering culture with clearly defined career paths.
• Engineering investments that demonstrably improve revenue and gross margin.

Ideal Profile

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years leading multi-disciplinary teams.
• Deep background building cloud-native SaaS at scale, including microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Track record of delivering in regulated or security-sensitive verticals (govtech, fintech, healthtech, etc.).
• Proven ability to balance long-term architecture with near-term delivery targets.
• Passion for developing leaders and cultivating an inclusive, empowered culture.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary target: $250 K – $350 K plus meaningful performance incentives.
• Full medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage for employees.
• 401(k) with profit-sharing.
• Flexible PTO and generous parental leave.
• Commuter and home-office stipends.

Eager to architect the next industry-defining platform? Apply today to learn more.

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