VP of Engineering

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VP of Engineering leading engineering team responsible for Crunch SaaS platform. Overseeing strategy, architecture, and team development for data-driven solutions.

Posted 5/22/2026full-timeRemote • California, Colorado, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $210,000 - $280,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudMicroservices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and execute the engineering strategy across frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure, setting a high bar for engineering culture, delivery, and operational excellence
Hire, develop, and retain exceptional engineers and engineering managers, fostering a culture of psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement
Collaborate closely with the CPO and Product team to translate roadmap priorities into reliable, scalable delivery, bringing an opinionated technical voice to product strategy
Own the technical architecture of a multi-tenant SaaS platform handling large-scale research data pipelines, survey infrastructure, and analytics delivery
Ensure the platform meets enterprise-grade SLA, security, and data privacy requirements (SOC 2, GDPR, ISO 27001), leading incident response culture and processes
Manage the engineering budget, headcount planning, and vendor relationships to optimise cost, velocity, and quality across the organisation
Participate in cross-departmental projects and in senior leadership meetings, representing engineering externally with customers, partners, investors, and prospective hires

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
10+ years in software engineering, including at least 5 years in engineering leadership roles managing teams of 20 or more people across multiple disciplines
Proven track record scaling B2B SaaS platforms, ideally in data-heavy, analytics, or research technology products
Strong command of cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS), microservices architecture, data pipelines, and modern API design
Experience as a manager of managers, with the ability to build and coach layered engineering organisations through periods of rapid growth
Fluency in data engineering, AI engineering practices, and AI/ML integration, with the ability to make informed architectural decisions in data-heavy product contexts
Commercially minded and able to balance technical idealism with pragmatism

Benefits

Comp & perks

Paid vacation, holidays and sick days
Flexible working arrangement available
Group medical, dental and vision insurance
Company-paid life and disability insurance
Paid parental leave
401(k) with company match

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringcloud infrastructuremicroservices architecturedata pipelinesAPI designdata engineeringAI engineeringAI/ML integrationB2B SaaS platformstechnical architecture

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingpsychological safetyaccountabilitycontinuous improvementcollaborationcommunicationstrategic thinkingvendor managementbudget management