VP Software Engineering

A fast-growing, well-capitalized vertical SaaS company in the Glendale area is looking for a Vice President of Engineering who wants to be in the weeds, not just in the org chart. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who has personally scaled an engineering team from a smaller base past 50 people, while staying close to architecture and product decisions day to day. The product is a UI-heavy application used daily by real customers in a large, traditionally underserved industry, and the team is still early enough that you'd help build the engineering culture from close to the ground floor.

Responsibilities

Be in the weeds, not just in the org chart; Stay close to architecture and product decisions day to day; Help build the engineering culture from close to the ground floor

Requirements

12 or more years in technology leadership, including several years in a senior engineering executive role; Track record of growing a team through a real scaling phase, not inheriting one already built; Comfort owning a budget across engineering, product, and design, not just a technical team in isolation; Genuine hands-on habits, can still speak fluently to architecture and product tradeoffs without deferring to a report

Nice to have

Used AI-assisted engineering workflows heavily in your own daily work