Files.com-posted 3 months ago
Full-time • Executive
Austin, TX
51-100 employees

We’ve built a $35M+ business with just 70 people by hiring smart, disciplined, high-output teammates who act fast and own outcomes. Our CEO is a founding engineer who still understands our entire stack in detail and has run the engineering function for the past 15 years. Now, as we scale further, we’re looking for a VP of Engineering who can step into that seat — leading the technical organization with the same rigor, discipline, and depth that got us here. This is a rare opportunity: an executive seat in a profitable, founder-led SaaS company where engineering is the heart of the business, not a support function. You’ll inherit a lean, talented, highly respected team and take ownership of the systems that serve thousands of requests per second, move petabytes of data, and power mission-critical supply chains for global brands.

  • Lead the engineering organization across backend, frontend, infrastructure, QA, and security.
  • Serve as the technical authority: coding, reviewing, and guiding architecture decisions across Rails services, React/TypeScript apps, Redis/MySQL clusters, and more.
  • Define and execute the long-term technical roadmap, ensuring scalability, resilience, and sustainability.
  • Oversee large-scale AWS infrastructure (~$2M/year spend), distributed job orchestration, and integrations with providers like S3 and Azure.
  • Ensure operationalized security: patch vulnerabilities quickly, prevent incidents, and maintain audit-readiness.
  • Drive rapid integration of acquisitions, merging products and tooling into a single stack and methodology.
  • Maintain high engineering discipline: CI/CD pipelines, deep test coverage, observability, and automation-first operations.
  • Recruit, coach, and mentor engineers, building training programs and career paths that elevate the technical bar.
  • Deliver early wins in your first 90 days to establish credibility and build momentum for long-term initiatives.
  • Collaborate directly with the founder/CEO and leadership peers to align engineering with overall company strategy.
  • Proven expertise in Ruby on Rails at scale, including high-performance MySQL and Redis.
  • Experience operating large-scale cloud environments (AWS spend in the millions, high-volume transactional traffic).
  • Fluency in modern web and mobile technologies: React, React Native, JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • Working knowledge of Golang, Java, and Python in production contexts.
  • Hands-on leadership: ability to code, review, and architect alongside the team.
  • Strong background in security and compliance — operationalized, not just audit prep.
  • Track record of leading engineering organizations through growth, acquisitions, and scale challenges.
  • 100% Paid Health, Dental & Vision (75% for family)
  • 401(k) with 4% Company Match
  • Equity Grants for Every Employee
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • 20 PTO Days + 11 Holidays + Full Company Winter Break
  • $1,000 Signing Bonus + Modern Apple Laptop (Mac-only environment) + Anniversary Gifts
  • Team Travel to NYC, Austin, Nashville, San Diego, and more
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