Vice President of Engineering

NaviStone • Cincinnati, OH

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Opportunity: Delivering Growth through Innovation NaviStone is on a mission to revolutionize growth for B2C marketers. In the considered-purchase vertical, our platform empowers brands to find, activate, and convert high-value audiences with precision. We are currently at a pivotal inflection point. After successfully establishing our market presence through a services-first approach, we are evolving into a programmatic, API-driven, self-service platform. We are seeking a strategic Vice President of Engineering to lead this technical evolution, professionalize our engineering culture, and scale a talented, decentralized team into a high-output, autonomous organization. The Challenge As the VP of Engineering , you will be the architect of our execution engine. Your goal is to instill disciplined operating practices and deliver extreme predictability in outcomes. You will champion a reliability-firs t posture, ensuring that as we scale our programmatic capabilities, our systems remain robust, secure, and performant.

Requirements

• Proven Leadership: 10+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years managing other managers in a high-growth startup environment.
• Scale Experience: Proven track record of scaling organizations and leading transitions from services to SaaS/API‑first models.
• Technical Depth : Architectural familiarity with C#, TypeScript, Python, and Go .
• Operational Rigor: A disciplined approach to incident management, observability, and release safety. You prioritize durable, scalable systems over "heroics."
• AdTech Savvy : Understanding of the complexities of data-driven marketing platforms, including multi-tenancy, data privacy, and high-volume processing.
• Executive Communication: The ability to communicate complex technical trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders with clarity and brevity.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, and Snowflake is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Leadership Lead and mentor managers across Application Development, Platform/Data Engineering, and IT/Operations, building a cohesive, high‑ownership engineering culture. Design and execute hiring plans that align with our platform transition and long-term growth trajectory.
• Platform Modernization Own the transition to a programmatic, API-first architecture and ensure scalable, secure systems that support rapid iteration. Oversee a multi-tenant cloud environment and Kubernetes clusters, prioritizing resilience and cost-aware scalability.
• Operational Excellence Reliability-First Delivery: Own the engineering roadmap; ensure plans are realistic, risks are transparent, and outcomes are repeatable. Infrastructure & DevOps: Strengthen SDLC practices, including automated testing, release discipline, and the strategic migration of CI/CD pipelines to GitHub. Incident Management: Rebuild "Keep the Lights On" (KTLO) workflows to move from reactive firefighting to disciplined, proactive operations with clear observability standards.
• Data & AI Strategy Oversee the Data Engineering roadmap to ensure data quality and operational reliability for our core audience products. Drive the pragmatic integration of AI-enabled workflows where they measurably improve product capability or engineering velocity.
• Strategic Partnership Partner with the Head of Product and the Chief of Staff to translate and deliver the portfolio roadmap into reliable, transparent, and data-driven engineering delivery.

Benefits

• Growth-Focused: Countless professional development opportunities to fuel your ambitions.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Generous medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans.
• Work-Life Harmony: Unlimited vacation, generous paid holidays, and a culture that understands even "rocketships" need to recharge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed