Vice President of Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Guide engineering teams via their managers by establishing objectives, offering feedback, and facilitating growth trajectories.

• Recruit, mentor, and manage the performance of engineering managers.

• Strategize headcount needs and oversee hiring procedures for engineering positions.

• Take ownership of project delivery from planning and estimation to risk management and release.

• Define technical direction and engage in critical architecture and system design discussions.

• Ensure system reliability, security, and performance.

• Enhance developer productivity by optimizing CI/CD processes and releases while minimizing engineering overhead.

• Establish organization-wide engineering standards, planning cycles, and team structures in collaboration with engineering leadership.

• Collaborate with Product, Design, and client-facing teams to translate product strategy into actionable roadmaps and customer results.

• Act as a representative of engineering to external clients, clarifying technical concepts, architecture, and project roadmaps.

• Manage the area budget, providing updates on delivery, quality, and team well-being to the CTO and executive team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in engineering leadership and senior roles, including oversight of managers of managers.

• Proven experience in leading a multi-team engineering organization through managers, which includes hiring, developing, and managing engineering managers' performance.

• A history of reliably delivering customer-facing SaaS products as the product and team expand.

• Strong technical expertise in modern SaaS engineering, encompassing CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, and agile delivery methodologies.

• Ability to contribute sound judgment to architecture and system design decisions.

• Experience in managing expectations with executive and C-suite leaders.

• Proven collaboration with Product, Design, and client-facing teams.

• Capability to communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders and external clients.

• Experience managing an engineering budget and headcount strategy.

• Experience scaling an engineering organization during periods of rapid growth.

• Preferred: background in ad tech, marketing technology, or similar high-volume data platforms, including third-party ad platform APIs.

• Must reside in the Greater Toronto Area.

• Successful completion of a criminal background check is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first work environment.

• Flexible work philosophy with options for remote work.

• Support for home office setup.

• Annual company retreats.

• Equal opportunity employer.

• Reasonable accommodations available throughout the application process.