Vice President, Engineering

Perforce • Burlington, MA

1d • $259,000 - $330,000 • Remote

About The Position

Perforce is seeking a Vice President of Engineering to lead the global engineering org across BlazeMeter and Perfecto, two industry-leading platforms in continuous performance testing and mobile device testing. This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for engineering strategy, execution, team development, and platform evolution across both products. The ideal candidate has proven experience leading distributed engineering teams in a high-growth SaaS environment, a strong grasp of modern SDLC practices, and a track record of embedding AI into development workflows and product capabilities. They thrive in acquisition-driven organizations, can drive platform consolidation without losing engineering momentum, and bring both technical depth and executive presence.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Working leadership experience with global teams (ideally Israel, Europe, India and the United States.
• 10+ years of software development and engineering leadership experience in a hyper-growth SaaS or technology company.
• Demonstrated experience leading AI and SDLC transformation initiatives — including adoption of AI-assisted development, agentic workflows, and AI-native product capabilities
• Proven experience managing large, distributed engineering orgs spanning onshore and offshore locations, including India-based teams
• Experience operating in PE-backed or acquisition-driven environments; ability to integrate acquired engineering teams and consolidate platforms
• Experience identifying top talent and developing team members.
• History of managing teams by establishing goals, measuring success, and holding team members accountable.
• Demonstrated understanding of the business environment and relevant strategic, developmental, and operational drivers.
• Ability to balance being hands-on with also having a 30,000 feet perspective.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and own the success of the products jointly with other disciplines.
• Ability to work within a dynamic, entrepreneurial, deadline-driven environment
• Proven track record of managing successful software delivery in a public-facing SaaS web application development environment
• Extensive experience and leadership in design and developing high performance, scalable and fault-tolerant, multi-tenant enterprise SaaS/Cloud applications
• Experience with API-first and developer-facing product environments
• Proven ability to drive the entire software development process from concept, architecture design, development, and QA to deployment of complex web-based and mobile applications.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with performance testing, continuous testing, or mobile testing infrastructure is a strong plus

Responsibilities

• Lead the overall planning, development, and deployment of BlazeMeter and Perfecto, driving a unified engineering strategy across both platforms.
• Own and drive AI and SDLC transformation — accelerating adoption of AI-assisted development practices, agentic tooling, and AI-native features across the engineering org.
• Develop and implement an architectural strategy to ensure platform security, scalability, and resilience at global scale.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams including product management, sales customer success regarding development schedules, backlog, and roadmap.
• Implement engineering best practices to optimize development cycles as well as increase predictability and product quality.
• Manage resources effectively to resolve customer issues immediately without delaying development or overloading development teams.
• Lead integration and consolidation efforts across acquired products, reducing technical debt while maintaining delivery velocity.
• Hire and develop top engineering talent across Israel, US and India.
• Create a hiring plan that scales the team with the growth of the business.
• Lead the team in a way that promotes failing fast to succeed sooner when generating and testing new concepts.
• Leverage market intuition and customer feedback to iterate and improve the product.
• Present technology vision and roadmap to a diverse set of corporate audiences including senior leadership, executive committee, and business community.
• Ensure the team is cohesive and aligned towards the same goals

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• retirement benefits
• life insurance
• wellness programs
• total time off
• other employee perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive