Position Details: Vice-President of Software Engineering
Description:
About the Role
This role is for a high-impact engineering leader who has been in
the trenches at fast-scaling startups — someone who has grown from
individual contributor to leader and helped scale engineering
organizations through multiple phases of growth. Ideally, you've
done it more than once.
As VP of Software Engineering, you'll be responsible for building
and maintaining a high-performing, scalable engineering organization
across Product Development, Ops, and Technical Support. This is a
role for someone who's hands-on enough to spot an issue in a pull
request, and strategic enough to influence long-term roadmap,
product vision, and cross-functional priorities.
You'll partner closely with the Sr. Director of Product and the SVP
of Design to ship great software faster, with fewer surprises.
You'll also work directly with customers and support our GTM motion,
stepping in when technical insight is needed on strategic deals or
customer challenges.
Our Ideal Candidate
- You've helped scale at least one startup through a period of
fast growth.
- You've grown from individual contributor to leadership, and
know what it takes to help others do the same.
- You're low ego, high respect. People seek out your input not
because of your title, but because you are good at what you do,
genuinely helpful and motivating to work with.
- You're a builder at heart — pragmatic, resourceful, and
relentlessly focused on outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Lead Software Engineering within our product development team.
- Guide and grow our teams to improve quality, development speed
and confidence
- Partner with the Product team to drive road-map planning,
resource allocation.
- Ensure compliance with key standards through a mature SDLC
- Set and manage operating metrics (e.g. up-time, velocity,
quality, cost) that drive business value
- Help scale our team with world-class talent and build
functions that support career growth across the team
- Collaborate across departments to support technical and
customer success
- Join our Senior Leadership Team and help shape company
strategy across all areas of the business
What You'll Bring
- Significant experience as a software developer, including on
large-scale SaaS systems
- Experience with modern cloud tech stacks. Ours is: React,
Python, GraphQL, Postgres, AWS
- Strong knowledge of AI solutions for software development and
experience deploying AI coding solutions at scale
- 5+ years in engineering leadership roles, with experience
managing managers
- Proven ability to scale teams and processes during periods of
high growth
- Familiarity with building secure, compliant software in a
regulated environment
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration
skills
- Experience directly supporting customer conversations and
technical sales
Extra Details
- Compensation: This is a full-time, permanent position with an
attractive compensation package that includes a stock options
package.
- Benefits: This role offers an extended health and benefits
package that includes unlimited paid vacation and RRSP matching.