Vice President, Engineering

Bonterra • FL

106d • $210,000 - $250,000

About The Position

As Vice President of Engineering, you will lead multiple engineering teams across different product lines, balancing innovation initiatives while maintaining stable, mission-critical systems focused on delivering scalable, secure, and impactful technology for our strategic philanthropy and life sciences departments. You'll help shape the architectural vision, ensure technical excellence, and collaborate across disciplines to deliver features and infrastructure that support Bonterra's mission. This highly collaborative role blends hands-on technical leadership, strategic planning, and people management. You'll remain close to the code while mentoring teams and driving high standards across engineering practices. Your leadership will be essential in helping us scale sustainably and responsibly, building new product lines as you drive Bonterra’s growth and direction in key business areas. This role reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer.

Requirements

• 7+ years engineering management experience, including 3+ years managing multiple teams or managers
• Proven track record scaling engineering organizations (20 to 100+ engineers)
• Experience managing both new product development and legacy system maintenance
• Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms (AWS preferred), and DevOps practices
• Track record of delivering complex multi-team projects on schedule
• Experience establishing engineering metrics and data-driven decision making
• Strong recruiting and talent development capabilities
• Exceptional communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences

Nice To Haves

• SaaS B2B experience
• Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, HIPAA)
• Background managing distributed/remote teams
• Experience balancing AI/ML initiatives with traditional software development

Responsibilities

• Manage a 30+ person engineering organization across multiple teams and product lines
• Drive delivery through efficient resource allocation and elimination of cross-team impediments
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent while mentoring managers and technical leaders
• Optimize team structures and project assignments to maximize productivity and professional growth
• Shape engineering strategy aligned with company-wide strategic goals
• Establish and enforce standards for performance, scale, security, and reliability
• Balance innovation with technical debt management and legacy system maintenance
• Continuously improve engineering processes and development practices
• Collaborate with Product, Sales, and executive leadership to align engineering with business objectives
• Communicate technical strategy and risks to senior leadership
• Coordinate dependencies across teams to deliver projects on time and budget

Benefits

• Generous Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• Up to 15 paid company holidays including some commemorating social justice events and self-care
• Paid volunteer time
• Resources for savings and investments
• Paid parental leave
• Paid sick leave
• Health, vision, dental, and life insurance with additional access to health and wellness programs
• Opportunities to learn, develop, network, and connect

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees