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VP of Software Engineering - Platform

11 hours, 38 minutes ago
United States
Full-time
Executive
Data Engineer
Software Development
API Gateway AWS Kubernetes Microservices Node.js PostgreSQL Python Ruby on Rails
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Firstup

Firstup

Firstup offers an intelligent communication platform designed to engage employees throughout their entire employment journey, providing insights that help organizations support, promote, and retain their workforce effectively.

Professional Services
251-1K
Founded 2008
$47M raised
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Description

  • Lead the platform engineering vision, roadmap, operating model, and execution plan.
  • Build a cohesive organization across shared services, AI platform, integrations, data engineering, reporting, analytics, and developer experience.
  • Translate business and product strategy into platform capabilities that improve speed, reliability, security, scalability, and customer value.
  • Own foundational application platform services including API Gateway, Developer Portal, Authentication, Authorization, Logging, Audit Trail, service templates, and platform libraries.
  • Drive a paved-road development model that increases velocity while preserving team autonomy.
  • Lead the strategy, architecture, and execution for the agentic AI platform.
  • Build reusable AI platform capabilities for tool definition, retrieval, grounding, model interaction, permission context, tracing, evaluation, versioning, and usage reporting.
  • Lead the company’s AI-native software development lifecycle strategy across coding, testing, review, documentation, release management, support, and operations.
  • Define the technical strategy for enterprise integrations and ecosystem connectivity, including HRIS, ITSM, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Teams.
  • Own data engineering, customer-facing reporting, internal analytics infrastructure, and analytics products.
  • Lead multiple teams and develop managers, architects, staff engineers, and senior engineers.
  • Create goals, ownership, operating rhythms, and accountability across the organization, and partner closely with Product, CloudOps, Security, Customer Success, Implementation, Data, and executive leadership.

Requirements

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience, with significant leadership experience in enterprise SaaS, platform engineering, data platforms, integrations, infrastructure, or AI-enabled product development.
  • 5+ years leading engineering organizations at senior director, VP, or equivalent levels.
  • Experience translating business and product strategy into technical strategy, operating plans, and measurable outcomes.
  • Experience leading multiple teams, managers, senior technical leaders, and complex cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience building shared platform services, internal developer tooling, integration platforms, data platforms, and AI platform capabilities.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Ruby on Rails, Node, Python, PostgreSQL, Redshift, OpenAI SDK, and MCP.
  • Ability to engage deeply in architecture reviews, technical tradeoffs, implementation approaches, and operational risk decisions.
  • Strong product mindset for internal platforms, with an emphasis on adoption, usability, documentation, developer experience, and measurable impact.
  • Strong judgment on when to standardize, when to allow flexibility, and when to build versus buy.
  • Pragmatic, collaborative, and able to operate effectively in ambiguity while creating alignment.

Benefits

  • Excellent PTO program.
  • Great health benefits.
  • Remote work.
  • Casual and friendly work environment.
  • Leadership team that supports personal and professional growth.
  • High-growth and inclusive environment where ideas are rewarded.
  • Equal employment opportunity commitment across all protected categories.

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