Vice President – Architecture, AI Engineering Transformation
Appspace
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Florida • United States
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About the role
- Architect and operationalize an AI native development environment across the engineering organization.
- Redefine the software development lifecycle through AI enabled code generation, automated testing, documentation, observability, and incident response.
- Establish measurable improvements in productivity, quality, and cycle time through responsible AI adoption.
- Partner with Product leadership to embed AI capabilities into the Appspace platform as a core competitive differentiator.
- Continuously assess technology trends and their relevance to Appspace’s long-term strategy.
- Design systems and tooling that materially increase developer throughput and reduce time-to-production.
- Build an engineering operating model optimized for $100M+ scale and beyond.
- Introduce data-driven engineering KPIs (cycle time, deployment frequency, AI adoption rates, cost per feature, etc.).
- Embed automation across the SDLC to reduce manual effort and improve predictability.
- Drive consistency and maturity across the software development lifecycle including development practices, testing, DevOps, observability, and reliability.
- Establish architectural standards, principles, and reference designs that support scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
- Serve as the primary escalation point for complex, cross-organizational technical and architectural decisions.
- Guide modernization efforts across legacy and acquired platforms in alignment with business priorities.
- Help rationalize platforms, services, and tooling to reduce complexity and long-term maintenance cost.
- Ensure modernization initiatives deliver measurable improvements rather than isolated technical change.
- Support technical due diligence for potential acquisitions.
- Define and guide post-acquisition architectural integration strategies that balance speed, risk, and sustainability.
- Partner with engineering leaders to integrate platforms, teams, and practices effectively.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the CTO.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Technology Operations, Security, and Innovation to align technical direction and execution.
- Elevate the technical bar across the organization and institutionalize engineering excellence.
- Challenge legacy patterns and introduce modern, high-performance engineering practices.
- Build a culture that embraces experimentation, rapid iteration, and responsible AI adoption.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 15 or more years of progressive experience in software engineering, architecture, or platform development.
- 5 or more years of experience in senior technical leadership roles such as VP, SVP, Chief Architect, or equivalent.
- Demonstrated success defining and governing enterprise architecture in complex, multi-product SaaS environments.
- Deep technical expertise across modern software architecture, cloud platforms, DevOps practices, reliability engineering, and SDLC disciplines.
- Proven experience driving technology modernization initiatives in growing or acquired organizations.
- Experience supporting M&A technical due diligence and post-acquisition integration.
- Strong understanding of security, compliance, and regulatory requirements in enterprise SaaS environments.
- Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple regions and cultures.
- Possess deep technical expertise, enjoys being hands-on with code, while also possessing the business acumen necessary to effectively present and communicate with executive leadership.
- Exceptional communication and influence skills with the ability to lead through partnership rather than direct authority.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Paid parental leave program
- Generous PTO
- Flexible work schedules
- Remote work opportunities
- Paid company holidays
- Appspace Quiet Fridays (No non-essential internal meetings scheduled)
- A casual dress work environment
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI native developmentsoftware development lifecycleautomated testingobservabilityincident responsedata-driven engineering KPIsDevOps practicescloud platformsenterprise architecturereliability engineering
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcommunication skillsinfluence skillspartnershipbusiness acumencollaborationexperimentationrapid iterationproblem-solvingadaptability