VP of Engineering, Applications

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

📋 Description

• Take charge of the application engineering strategy and its implementation across backend, mobile, and desktop platforms.

• Lead and develop a small, experienced applications team that includes backend, mobile, and desktop engineers.

• Define the architectural vision for AI-driven product workflows, APIs, and client integrations.

• Ensure that AI functionalities are seamlessly integrated into the product, featuring clear abstractions, predictable performance, and reliable failure management.

• Collaborate closely with Machine Learning leadership to convert model capabilities into deployable product features.

• Make significant decisions regarding latency, cost, reliability, security, and user experience.

• Establish clear ownership boundaries among backend, mobile, and desktop teams to avoid architectural drift.

• Guarantee production readiness by focusing on observability, monitoring, retries, fallbacks, privacy, and cost management.

• Balance the need for speed and discipline, ensuring rapid shipping without sacrificing long-term system quality.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience in leading application or product engineering for intricate systems.

• Strong practical experience in developing and deploying backend systems utilized in production environments.

• Background in delivering AI-enhanced products, with a thorough understanding of model integration trade-offs.

• Exceptional system design abilities spanning services, APIs, clients, and data flows.

• Comfortable working across multiple platforms (backend, mobile, desktop), even if you have specialized knowledge in one.

• Proven capacity to make impactful technical decisions in uncertain situations.

• A strong inclination towards shipping, iterating, and learning from real-world application feedback.

• Low ego, sound judgment, and the ability to elevate the technical standards of the entire applications organization.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• Paid time off

• Flexible work arrangements

• Professional development