VP of Engineering/Chief Technology Officer

Northwoods•Dublin, OH

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About The Position

Northwoods is seeking an experienced VP of Engineering to join its executive team. The successful candidate will act as the senior Engineering leader, responsible for driving business growth through technology innovation, setting quality benchmarks, standardizing practices, and building a more durable Engineering organization. This leader will oversee the consolidation and modernization of a bifurcated technology stack, ensuring excellence in security, operations, and modern software development practices and will work across the company to align the technology strategy with business objectives.

Requirements

Extensive experience (10+ years) in senior engineering leadership roles, such as VP of Engineering, Director of Engineering, or similar.
Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, particularly the AWS ecosystem: EKS, EC2, Lambda, PostgreSQL, S3, and so on.
Proven technical depth in the current modern stack: Ruby on Rails, React/TypeScript, and modern CI/CD.
Experience in managing, maintaining, and modernizing C# / .NET Framework applications and complex installer/deployment tooling (MSI, WiX).
Prior experience with security compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA) and implementing preventative security controls (SAST, SCA).
Demonstrated ability to drive cultural change, adopt new technologies, such as Generative AI.
3-5 years of experience managing offshore teams
2-3 years of experience leveraging AI to support the SDLC process to improve team efficiency with working examples
Working experience using Cursor, Microsoft Co-Pilot, GitHub or similar AI tools in coding practice with measurable results.

Responsibilities

Define a unifying engineering strategy and roadmap for managing the success of customers, leveraging Compass and Traverse while designing our next-generation offerings with an AI first mindset.
Establish clear architectural governance and set consistent technical direction across the entire product portfolio.
Drive the evaluation and standardization of CI/CD practices and modern DevOps pipelines to enable scalable, efficient SaaS delivery.
Lead the adoption and institutionalization of a GenAI-assisted approach to increase engineering throughput.
Advance the use of GenAI and emerging technologies within the product to benefit customers and the next generation of innovation.
Evaluate and refine the engineering organization to ensure an effective structure, strong leadership, and a culture that fosters innovation, continuous skill development, and scalable growth.
Implement continuous improvement in AWS operations, monitoring, services, cost profiles and core engineering processes.
Set measurable engineering goals that track output, identify improvement opportunities, and drive accountability.
Implement continuous improvement in the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC) while supporting compliance and industry standard practices.
Oversee incident response, vulnerability management, and security posture.
Lead Business Continuity (BCP) and Disaster Recovery (DRP) readiness efforts.
Align Northwoods products with state HHS regulations and case management needs.
Lead interoperability efforts with systems like SACWIS, CCWIS, Medicaid, and SNAP/TANF.
Maintain awareness of federal and state technology frameworks (ACF, CMS, NIEM, NC Child Welfare Data Framework).

Benefits

Medical (includes H.S.A. option with employer contribution), dental, and vision insurance
Short- and long-term disability
Company paid basic life insurance
401(k) with 4% company match and immediate vesting
Free financial education and consultation
Wellness program that helps you earn lower premiums
Robust EAP program that includes free therapy sessions, lifestyle coaching, legal/ID theft services, and more
12 weeks fully paid parental leave
Up to $5,000 adoption fee reimbursement
$500 wellness reimbursement after 60 days of employment
Generous PTO policy and 10 company paid holidays
Company paid cell phone plan